Modules

Year 1 Modules: Introduction to Hospitality & Tourism: Provides a broad knowledge and understanding of the Tourism, Hospitality and Events Industries. Food and Beverage Service Operations: Provides students with the knowledge and understanding of food and beverage service practices and operational procedures found in industry. Management in Action: Introduces students to the nature of management and leadership in organisations, also investigating the business environment in which they operate. Managing Financial Performance: Provides a background knowledge and understanding of the financial responsibilities in the management of organisations in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry. Facilities Operations: Provides knowledge and understanding of the wide range of sectors and organisations that operate within the tourism, hospitality and events sector. Year 2 Modules: Events Operations: Introduces students to the importance of events worldwide and will allow the students to examine international, national and local event examples. Marketing and Entrepreneurship: Equips students with a general understanding of the core components of contemporary marketing and entrepreneurship within a tourism, Hospitality and Events context. People Management: Prepares students for leadership roles in the human resource function of the hospitality and tourism industry. Food and Beverage Management: Provides an opportunity to demonstrate supervisory skills through a range of hospitality related events or food and beverage project management. Personal Professional Development : Enables students to develop a thorough understanding of the range of career opportunities available to them and to critically reflect upon what it means to work in this sector. Work Based Learning: Provides students with an opportunity to gain authentic and innovative work experience, in a work-based learning environment, as part of their planned programme of study. Students are strongly encouraged to identify and secure their own placement. Courses are continually reviewed to take advantage of new teaching approaches and developments in research, industry and the professions. Please be aware that modules may change for your year of entry. The exact modules available and their order may vary depending on course updates, staff availability, timetabling and student demand. Please contact the course team for the most up to date module list. SERC's Placement Officer can offer support to student's own efforts for identifying appropriate placements.

Assessment method

Students are assessed using a range of different methods. These include examinations, coursework, Project Based Learning, presentations, practical, posters, leaflets, role-play, and case studies. This is dependent on the requirements of each unit of study. Oral, written and online feedback will be provided during your course to help improve and monitor performance.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS