Hospitality Management (Diploma)

Curriculum Guideline

Effective Date:
Program code
DPHOSP
Discontinued
No
Program
Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Hospitality Management
Credential type
Diploma
Transcript title
Hospitality Management Dipl
Date of first offering
Start term
201930
End term
202020
Credential
Diploma in Hospitality Management
Length of program
Four semesters
Credits
60.00
Admissions requirements

Applicants must meet the admission requirements listed below:

  • General College Admission Requirements
  • Foundations of Math 11 or Principles of Math 11 or equivalent. MATU 0410 or successful completion of the Business Readiness Assessment are acceptable alternatives/equivalents for the Math 11 requirement.

 

Curriculum framework

Graduation Requirements:

  • Successful completion of 60 credits
  • 25% (15 credits) must be completed at Douglas College
  • 500 work experience hours approved by Chair
  • A minimum program GPA of 2.00 is required

Course Requirements:

  • Students are expected to complete at least 24 credits of 1000 level courses prior to registering into 2000 level courses. This can be accomplished by registering into 2-3 “HOSP” 1000 level courses and 2-3 other 1000 program courses (BUSN, CMNS, CSIS, ECON, ENGL, FINC, MARK) in the first and second semester.
  • Students must enroll in and successfully complete four or five courses per semester to remain as Full Time status.
Course Number Course Title Credits

Required courses:

HOSP 1115

Tourism Business Structure

3.00

HOSP 1145

Introductory Food Management     

3.00

HOSP 1235

Food and Beverage Service Operations

3.00

BUSN 1320

Business Law

3.00

CSIS 1190

Excel for Business

3.00

MARK 1120

Introductory Marketing

3.00

Select one course from the following two options:

ACCT 1110*

Principles of Accounting I

3.00

HOSP 1210 (recommended)

Accounting Principles

3.00

Select one course from the following two options:

CMNS 1111

Workplace Communications for Selected Programs

3.00

CMNS 1115* (recommended)

Practical Writing

3.00

Select one course from the following three options:

ECON 1101** (recommended)

The Canadian Economy

3.00

ECON 1150*

Principles of Microeconomics

3.00

ECON 1250

Principles of Macroeconomics

3.00

Select one course from the following six options:

ENGL 1102

Reading Literature and Culture

3.00

ENGL 1106

Reading Fiction

3.00

ENGL 1114

Reading Poetry

3.00

ENGL 1115

Reading Plays

3.00

ENGL 1130*

Academic Writing

3.00

ENGL 2101

Studies in Canadian Literature

3.00

Select one course from the following two options:

FINC 1231

Commercial & Financial Mathematics

3.00

MATH 1160

Introduction to Statistics

3.00

Required Courses:

HOSP 2240

Front Desk Operations

3.00

HOSP 2255 (Winter only)

Beverage Management

3.00

HOSP 2310

Hospitality Management Accounting

3.00

HOSP 2330

Food and Beverage Cost Controls

3.00

HOSP 2415

Hospitality Sales and Advertising

3.00

HOSP 2445 (Fall only)

Hospitality & Accommodations Management

3.00

HOSP 2455

Hospitality Business Policy

3.00

HOSP 2465

Event Management

3.00

BUSN 3350

Human Resource Management

3.00

Total Credits

 

60.00

*Select asterix courses if you want to pursue the Bachelor of Business Administration track.

**ECON 1101 is recommended over ECON 1150.  Please note that some university-transfer programs require ECON 1150.