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Hospitality Management
BC’s range of Hospitality Management programs (diploma and degree) can provide you with the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for a rewarding career in today’s hotel, resort, and restaurant environments. In this rapidly changing industry, hospitality managers are challenged to understand and respond to a complex working environment, and to provide ever better levels of service to clients.
To prepare you for these challenges, BC’s range of Hospitality Management diploma programs use a Core + Specialty Courses framework. Recent graduates of these programs are now in influential hospitality positions in BC and around the globe!
Laddered programs in the study of tourism management are available at colleges and universities throughout the province. These programs include (click on a title to read more):
Diploma in Hospitality Management | Bachelor of Hospitality Management and Bachelor of Arts in International Hotel Management | Bachelor of Commerce, Hospitality Option | Master of Arts in International Hotel Management
Diploma in Hospitality Management
At the diploma level, core topics include: Accommodations, Accounting, Beverage Operations, Business Communications, Economics, Food and Beverage Cost Control, HR Management in the Hospitality Industry, Hospitality Law, Marketing, and Organizational Behaviour.
Click here to learn more about the BC Provincial Hospitality Management Diploma Program we recommend you read the Standardized Core Curriculum Handbook.
The Diploma in Hospitality Management is offered at the following colleges and universities:
Bachelor of Hospitality Management (BHM) and Bachelor of International Hotel Management Program (IHM)
At the degree level, seven common themes guide students through their studies in the Bachelor of Hospitality Management or Hotel Management degree programs: Hospitality Business Management, Consumer Behaviour, Hospitality Ethics, Risk Management, Community Development, Hospitality/Tourism Current Events, and Hospitality Career Preparation. The BHM and IHM are currently available at:
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Royal Roads University, Victoria (IHM) | |
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Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo (BHM) | |
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Vancouver Community College, Vancouver (BHM) | |
Bachelor of Commerce, Hospitality, and Services Management Specialization (BCom)
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University of Victoria, Victoria | |
The Hospitality/Service Management specialization provides graduates with management and leadership skills necessary to lead teams in the hospitality and tourism industry. The program features a mandatory co-op (work experience) term, helping students launch successful careers in the industry.
Master of Arts in International Hotel Management - Now Part of the MA in Tourism Management
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Due to the popularity of the new and highly flexible modular delivery of the MA in Tourism Management, the content from the MA in International Hotel Management is being revised to provide the same degree of choice to the hospitality sector which includes: multiple entrance points to the degree; an ability to complete the degree over two, three, four or five years; seasonality-based scheduling; blended programs with distance learning combined with short destination residencies; professors with academic credentials combined with industry experience; and fellow students with a wealth of professional experience.
All hospitality and tourism modules will be now be available in one degree, the MA in Tourism Management, for optimal flexibility.
Graduate Profile:
Ben Gregoire, Bachelor of International Hotel Management.
Occupation: Guest Relations Officer, Sheraton Nanjing (China).
“The entire program ... gave me the skills to have a successful career in the hotel industry. The diversity of the learning environment was excellent: students from many different countries with different cultures worked together. At first I found it challenging to complete projects because of the language and cultural barriers, but as the year progressed, my understanding of cultures ... progressed immensely.”