Online Hospitality Event Management Degree :: Accredited Universities

Graduates will earn a Master of Science in Management with a concentration in Hospitality and Event Management after completing this program. Through a multidisciplinary approach, students majoring in Hospitality and Event Management will gain the expertise, commitment, and skills for management positions in this expanding industry that provides food and beverage, lodging, tourism, and entertainment experiences to people around the world. Students are given a comprehensive background in the business world including financial management, organizational behavior, technology, marketing, and more, and then learn about the inner-workings of the hospitality industry including lodging, food and beverage, service quality, and facility operations.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, over 13 million people are currently employed in leisure and hospitality jobs in the United States. While many industries have been struggling with unemployment over the past couple of years, new growth in the hospitality industry has had an increase in employment and career opportunities. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between December 2009 and December 2010, employment in the industry increased by 240,000 and the leisure/hospitality sector was second only to health care in the number of jobs created in 2011. Additionally, employment of lodging managers is expected to grow by 8 percent from 2010 to 2020. Further projection shows that service-providing sectors are expected to have more job growth than any other sector from 2010 to 2020, with the number of wage and salary-workers in the travel and leisure industries increasing from 7.3 million to 19.4 million, an annual growth rate of 1.5 percent (Industry employment and output projections to 2020).

These statistics don’t even take into consideration the job growth that will be happening in Massachusetts due to legislation allowing the creation of new resort/casinos. With demand for gaming showing no sign of slowing, employment in gaming services occupations alone is projected to grow by 23 percent between 2006 and 2016, which is much faster than the average for all occupations.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. GRE/GMAT scores are not required for admission.

International applicants whose second language is not in English must show a English Language Proficiency in one of the ways below:

TOEFL score minimum required is 79 (ibt) or
IELTS score of 6 or higher

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This course is designed to deliver accessible, creative and flexible postgraduate business education and offer choices in how, when and where you study. It is ideally suited to individuals who intend to balance their personal and professional commitments with their studies. It is a fully online course that will build on your existing experience and knowledge, and develop your business and management skills, giving you the expertise you need to take on senior roles.

You will gain a sound understanding of business and human resource management theory, with a focus on tourism and hospitality, covering topics including the management of international business events and contemporary issues in hospitality management. The curriculum is tailored for the dynamic contemporary business environment and focuses on developing skills in leadership and the application of conceptual management theories to current practice.

Our online learning environment uses materials created especially for the course by our module leaders, and your learning experience will be enriched through online discussions that upplement the written materials, as well as case study analyses from diverse sectors and articles from leading academics and practising professionals. You will be able to study at home or at work, and proceed at a pace that suits your personal and work commitments.

This course will provide you with a sound theoretical grounding in business and tourism and hospitality management, and stimulate an enquiring, analytical approach to a number of subject areas. You will develop competencies in innovative and creative problem solving, critical thinking and strategic reasoning, and apply these skills to your studies of the contemporary global economic environment, international business issues, and organisational change management.

Entry Requirements

You will need a recognised Honours degree at 2:2 or above, or equivalent. Alternatively, you may have an equivalent professional qualification, or qualifications and experience, in which case you will be asked to complete a specified piece of work as part of the selection process, or attend an online interview.
In order to determine suitability for postgraduate study, information is sought through the application form. The process is designed to enable judgement to be made regarding equivalence to Honours degree outcomes:
Applicants without the required level of academic qualification, for example holders of a degree without honours may be considered if they have significant experience in a post of appropriate professional, administrative or managerial responsibility. It is anticipated that the additional experience will provide learning opportunities which will be regarded as equivalent to honours level outcomes.

Those applicants who do not possess an honours degree may be enrolled, in the first instance, as Associate students for the first trimester. Satisfactory performance on these modules may result in registration on the MSc Business Management programme.
Applicants with other relevant qualifications from recognised academic or professional institutions may be considered for entry where the learning outcomes from these qualifications can be satisfactorily matched against those of the MSc BM.
If appropriate, applicants may be required to provide evidence of competence in English (IELTS 6.0, TOEFL 575).
All applicants are required to have an Internet connection.
The admissions process is designed to assure the programme team and the applicant that they will be able to undertake the programme. It also acts as a diagnostic process allowing the identification of students who may need additional guidance and support in undertaking postgraduate study

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This course is accredited by the Institute of Hospitality and will allow you to develop your technical, supervisory and managerial abilities within the context of the hospitality business.

This course allows you to develop your technical supervisory and managerial skills for the hospitality business, and focuses on food-related subjects.

On this course you will learn about the management of hospitality products and services, and we will encourage you to develop a strategic approach to the ever-changing business, economic and social demands placed on the industry.

You will undertake practical and theoretical study with lots of opportunities to get involved with competitions, guest speakers, industry mentoring programmes and events.

All of our teaching staff are experienced hospitality practitioners, with many undertaking research, and while others are recognised authors.

Entry Requirements

Students should have completed an FdA or equivalent within the service industries. Prospective students who do not meet this criteria are encouraged to contact the course leader (Ingrid.Kanuga@uwl.ac.uk).

This course is designed for students who either have a degree in a different discipline and would like to convert to hospitality management or for students who have completed a level 5 programme in the service industry.

International students need to meet our English language requirement at either IELTS at 6.0 or above and a minimum of 5.5 for each of the 4 individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening), TOEFL ibt at score at 76 or above, Pearson PTE Academic at score 51 or above or an equivalent secure English language test. In some countries where teaching is in English, we may accept local qualifications. Please visit http://www.uwl.ac.uk/international/your-country to check for local equivalencies.

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The Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management is designed to prepare students for entry- to mid-management positions in global hospitality workplaces. Core courses diversify the students’ skill sets in a variety of hospitality, organizational and managerial issues.

There are four concentration areas:

Food Service
Lodging
Meeting and Event Planning
Tourism

Students in this degree typically have an interest in owning or managing a restaurant or working in senior management in a lodging facility or destination management organization. The degree is open to all students and is designed to provide a foundation of research, critical thinking, and writing skills that could be useful in further study and professional work.

Entry Requirements

The bachelor’s degree program is open to students who possess a high school diploma or its equivalent.

All students who enroll in the bachelor's degree program must enroll in COLL100 - Foundations of Online Learning as their first course.

International Students
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Applicants self-certify on their admissions application that they have received the equivalent of a U.S. high school diploma.

Depending on the country of citizenship applicants may be required to provide documentation of English proficiency to complete their admission file. Please check at "http://www.apu.apus.edu/admissions/general-information/international-students/english-proficiency.htm".

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The Master of International Tourism and Hotel Management (Advanced) (15 units) and the Master of International Tourism and Hotel Management (12 units) are designed for students with or without industry experience who wish to gain a higher degree in the field of tourism and hospitality studies.

The degree is flexible with students able to choose a course of study that matches their prospective career path. Two schedules are available: a coursework schedule consisting of hotel and tourism units that enables students to study specialist fields including tourism management, convention and event management and an optional workplace internship; plus a research schedule consisting of tourism specialisation units, research methods units and a two-session research project. This research schedule is designed to articulate directly into PhD study and/or provide intense research in a student’s area of interest.

Entry Requirements

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Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year, international students exempt)

Incidental unit costs

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