Course Includes:
- Language: English
- Certificate: Yes
Course Description
Overview
The International Higher Diploma in Tourism, program provides students with the vocational skills required to secure a highly successful career in tourism management.
Throughout the course, students will focus on developing their employability skills and industry knowledge with exciting field study within the country where your study center resides, internships and placements as well as a range of supporting lectures and tutorials to provide the academic under pinning.
Learning will be reinforced by core skills development focusing on management and leadership, an in depth understanding of contemporary issues and their relationship with tourism, as well as global hospitality and guest service which are central to the
industry. The program offers exciting internship opportunities for you to gain practical experience within the local or international Hospitality & tourism industry. Links with leading employers, ensure that the program focuses on cutting edge
industry skills to prepare you for success. Students are expected to be active in managing their learning experience, to be creative and to take initiative to develop themselves.
On graduating, students from this program have a successful track in securing a range of management and operational positions within the Hospitality & Tourism Industry locally as well as UK wide and globally. Specialist career pathways include
Tourism Management, Tourism Marketing, Heritage Management, Attraction Management, Event Management, Hotel Management, and Travel Management or they are eligible to enter in to graduate top up programs, in the discipline of Tourism
and Hospitality.
This qualification is suitable for both students who aged between 16 – 24 and also adults candidates.
Entry Requirements
Programs of EdHat International Higher Diploma are designed particularly for those students who have recently been in education with an entry profile as follows:
Relevant NQF Level 3 qualifications or
- An access to Higher Education certificate awarded by an approved Further Education institution or equivalent.
- EdHat International Higher Diploma programs may also be accessed by those with previous relevant learning and/or work experience. In such cases the entry profile may include:
- Accreditation of Prior Certified Learning (APCL) which gives recognition to learning which has been formally assessed and for which a certificate has been awarded other than those listed above; or
- Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) which gives recognition to knowledge and skills developed through different types of experience, such as work and voluntary activities. Mature students may present a more varied profile of achievement that is likely to include extensive work experience.
Assessment
| Level of Assessment | Type of Assessment | Weightage | Purpose of Assessment |
| Module Level | On-Line Examinations | 40% | Theoretical Aspects of the Module |
| Assignment | 60% | Practical Implementation aspects of the Module | |
| Program Level | Final Project or Industrial Training | 100% | Ensure the student meets the Program Objectives |
Units
Semester: 1
| Unit ID | Unit Name | Unit category | Credits |
| GCU 0103 | Computer Platforms | General Core Unit | 10 |
| GCU 0102 | End User Applications | General Core Unit | 10 |
| GCU 0101 | Organization and Behavior | General Core Unit | 10 |
| LCS 0102 | English for Academic Purposes – Level I | Language and Communication Skills | 0 |
| LCS 0101 | Personal Skills Development | Language and Communication Skills | 10 |
| ICP 0102 | Tour Operations Management | Specialised Elective Unit: Pool A | 10 |
| ICP 0101 | Introduction to the Tourism Industry | Specialised Elective Unit: Pool A | 10 |
Semester: 2
| Unit ID | Unit Name | Unit category | Credits |
| LCS 0201 | English for Academic Purposes – Level II | Language and Communication Skills | 0 |
| ICP 0204 | Managing Service Quality | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| ICP 0203 | Understanding Management | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| ICP 0202 | Financial Resources and Techniques | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| ICP 0201 | Tourism, Culture and Society | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| ICB 0203 | International Hospitality Management | Specialised Elective Unit: Pool B | 10 |
| ICS 0102 | International Food and Beverage Management | Specialised Elective Unit: Pool B | 10 |
Semester: 3
| Unit ID | Unit Name | Unit category | Credits |
| ICR 0301 | Research Methods | Language and Communication Skills | 10 |
| LCS 0301 | English for Academic Purposes – Level III | Language and Communication Skills | 0 |
| ICP 0304 | International Tourism and Travel Marketing | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| ICP 0303 | Rooms Division Management | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| HRC 0302 | Human Resource Management | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| ICP 0301 | Professional Development | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| ICP 0305 | International Tourism and Travel Management | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
Semester: 4
| Unit ID | Unit Name | Unit category | Credits |
| ICP 0403 | Branding and Advertising | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| ICB 0204 | Facilities Management | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| ICP 0401 | Strategic Management in International Tourism | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| ICP 0402 | Current issues in International Tourism | Specialised Core Unit | 10 |
| ICP 0404 | Tourism Management Project or Industrial Experience | Specialised Project or Industrial Experience | 20 |
