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Hospitality Management – Postgraduate Diploma

Program Details

Length: 2 years

Total Credits: 65

Intake Terms: Fall, Spring

Campus: Tenth Street

Student Loans: This program is not eligible for student loans

Credential Received

Postgraduate Diploma in Hospitality Management

Overview

Program Summary

Build on your education and life experience with the Postgraduate Diploma in Hospitality Management. Business specialists such as human resource managers, marketing professionals, accountants and entrepreneurs are among Canada’s top 10 highest paid personnel. The tourism sector is the fastest growing industry in BC—it already offers the most employment opportunities.

The two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Hospitality Management will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in the ever-changing and competitive business world in Canada, specifically the hospitality and tourism industry. The Postgraduate Diploma in Hospitality Management includes a required paid 500-hour work term between year one and year two of studies. Students will be given the opportunity to interview for positions of their choice in the hospitality industry either locally, in larger cities or in resort areas anywhere in Canada or abroad.

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, learners will be able to:

  1. Explain terms, concepts and theories relevant to the Canadian hospitality industry
  2. Demonstrate developing critical and creative thinking skills
  3. Apply emerging problem-solving skills
  4. Communicate effectively and efficiently in various formats to a variety of stakeholders, consistent with industry expectations
  5. Outline professional and ethical standards within their field
  6. Conduct themselves in a professional and ethical manner in academic and work-related environments
  7. Apply basic accounting principles as required
  8. Apply the basic principles of organizational behaviour and human resource management
  9. Describe and explain principles of leadership
  10. Competently use standard industry technology in operations, communication and record keeping/data collection
  11. Demonstrate a working knowledge of industry operations and their value to the economy
  12. Apply industry-specific government health, safety and environmental standards and regulations

Program Admission Requirements

Academic Requirements

a) Any English course at the Grade 12 level with a minimum grade of "C+." For international applicants, IELTS 6.5 overall band score (with no band less than 6.0), or equivalent on other internationally recognized English language proficiency tests. If an international student applies with an IELTS of 6.0 overall score (with no band less than 5.5), then they would need to meet the requirements of (b).
b) Applicants who lack the specific English admission requirements may still gain admission to the program with the understanding that they will complete ENGL 66 Essential English with a minimum grade of C+ in the first year of their program. This course must be completed to be able to advance beyond 30 program credits.
c) Completion of a two-year diploma or bachelor’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Canada or English speaking institution from another country.

Additional Requirements

Student must acknowledge that they are in good health, able to stand for long periods of time and able to lift up to 25 kg.

Graduation and Promotion

In order to receive your credential in your program, you must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.00 and can carry no more than one (1) failing grade in the previous term courses to be promoted to subsequent terms.

Program Courses

Term 1

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours

Required courses

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours
PGHM099Computer Applications and College Orientation

1.00

30
PGHM150Introduction To Tourism

3.00

45
PGHM155Computer Applications

3.00

45
 

PGHM159Business Communications

3.00

45
Or

TWC164Business Communications I

3.00

45
 

PGHM161Accommodation Management

3.00

45
PGHM164Food and Beverage Cost Controls

3.00

45

Term 2

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours

Required courses

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours
PGHM151Marketing

3.00

45
PGHM152Supervisory Housekeeping and Maintenance

3.00

45
PGHM153Organizational Leadership

3.00

45
PGHM162Supervisory Food and Beverage Service

3.00

45
PGHM169Accounting

3.00

45
PGHM172Kitchen Management/Food Preparation

3.00

45
PGHM180Student Field Trip

1.00

30

Term 3

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours

Required courses

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours
PGHM171Work Term

0.00

500

Term 4

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours

Required courses

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours
PGHM263Mixology and Oenology

3.00

45
PGHM268Budgeting and Entrepreneurial Training

3.00

45
PGHM272Hospitality Law

3.00

45
 

PGHM273Tourism and the Canadian Economy

3.00

45
Or

ECON107Principles Of Microeconomics

3.00

60
 

PGHM275Hospitality Computer Applications

3.00

45

Term 5

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours

Required courses

CodeTitleCreditsTotal Hours
PGHM254Human Resources Management

3.00

45
 

PGHM259Management Communcations

3.00

45
Or

TWC165Business Communications II

3.00

45
 

PGHM265Food Service Management

3.00

45
Or

PGHM282Dining Room And Event Management

3.00

45
 

PGHM270Convention, Sales and Catering Services

3.00

45
 

PGHM315Leadership

3.00

45
Or

ADMN315Leadership

3.00

45

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