eie | The Postgraduate Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management (MQF Level 7)

The Post Graduate Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management aims to provide candidates with the ability to understand the interrelationship between hospitality and tourism and focuses on the strategic issues in relation to business planning and development within the hospitality and tourism sectors, rather than any operational issues.

The qualification prepares candidates for senior management roles within the hospitality and tourism industries by focusing on the broad strategic business issues such as marketing, strategic planning and leadership, as well as a strategic focus on creating and developing customer loyalty as a way of gaining competitive advantage within the hospitality and tourism industry.

The qualifications also enable candidates to develop wider transferrable skills need at senior management level such as strategic business planning and project management.

Candidates develop their competence in a real life scenario via the completion of a summative project during which they also develop higher level academic skills to enable them to transfer to masters level study.

The qualifications are also heavily endorsed by key bodies within the hospitality industry such as the Institute of Hospitality and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

This programme has been devised on the basis that students will attend a course of study not less than 120 credits which equates to 240 hours tuition and 960 hours of directed learning. Candidates have an opportunity to gain credit towards either an MA, or an MSc degree. They also have an opportunity to develop higher level academic skills that can be applied in a vocational context.

Objectives of the Postgraduate Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management

To understand the interrelationship between the hospitality and tourism sectors.
To explore the strategic issues in business development, rather than operational level issues.
To secure employment at senior supervisory / management level.
To secure progression on to the dissertation stage of a Masters Degree.

Syllabus Overview:

Module 1: Hospitality and Tourism Marketing Strategies
Module 2: Management and Leadership Across Cultures
Module 3: Hospitality and Tourism Strategic Planning

Plus ONE of the following options:
Module 4: Managing Hospitality and Tourism Projects
Module 5: Research Methods for Hospitality and Tourism Managers

Assessment

The Postgraduate Diploma assessment methods have been designed to enable students to demonstrate Level Seven outcomes for this level of qualification.

Given the broad and highly varied nature of the hospitality and tourism industry, candidates will need to demonstrate the higher-level skills and qualities specified in the Level Seven outcomes within a non-homogeneous vocational context.

Assessment involves investigative assignments, presentations and action research activities. The assessment of candidates ‘work is centre based, against the specified learning outcomes and directed by CTH.

To maintain the quality of these qualifications, all centres are expected to demonstrate a robust assessment system.

Progression

Candidates who successfully achieve the Post Graduate Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism can progress onto the final stages of Masters level study (dissertation) with the University of Sunderland.

Holders of the ITS (Institute of Tourism Studies) Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management (MQF & EQF Level 5) are eligible to start directly from the Level 7 CTH Postgraduate Diploma programme.

The programme is a lecture based programme.
For Fee information, please contact EIE.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management is recognised at Level 7 by the Malta Qualifications Council (MQC)

The programme is a lecture based programme.

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