For the exchange student interested in management and business development in an international perspective.
This offer is part of a 1½ year top-up programme to a 2-year AP degree in Service economy, Marketing economy, Financial Management or similar.
Students enrolling for this offer must be interested in hospitality, tourism, events, strategy, culture, leadership, working with people and similar subjects.
The programme is also intended for people with relevant experience and a background in the hospitality industry.
The purpose of the Bachelor of International Hospitality Management programme is to qualify the graduate to function independently in relations regarding hospitality.
The student will gain competencies in solving complex assignments in the field of employment and organisational development, business operations, hospitality and hospitableness and strategic value creation in the hospitality industry.
The semester consists of two subject elements/themes with a combined exam (total 25 ECTS) and one 5 ECTS institutional course element:
Theme 1: Employee and Organisation Development
Theme 2: Business Operations
Institutional course element: Employability
Lectures, student presentations, student-initiated activities, workshops, company visits, guest lectures, group work, individual and group coaching/counselling.
In order to complete the module and obtain a certificate, the student has to:
Not applicable for EU/EEA-students and exchange students from partner institutions, all other students must pay. In this case, please send an e-mail to international@ucl.dk to learn more.
Mandatory Course
Theme 1: Employee and Organisation Development
12
Max. 330 hours (in total) including max. 96 hours in class/company visits/lectures.
This subject element covers management, hospitality and cultural and guest perceptiveness in relation to developing oneself, employees and the organisation.
Knowledge
The student must:
Skills
The student must be able to:
Competencies
The student must be able to:
Mandatory Course
Theme 2: Business Operations
13
Max. 357,5 hours (in total) including max. 104 hours in class/company visits/lectures
This subject element covers management og finances, expenditure and income in relation to the company’s sustainable development. There is a focus on management assessment of operations development within the participant’s own organization.
Knowledge
The student must:
Skills
The student must be able to:
Competencies
The student must be able to:
Mandatory Course
Employability
5
Max. 137,5 hours (in total) including max. 40 hours in class/company visits/lectures
The purpose of the local educational element Employability is that the student pick up the ability to analyse and reflect on own competences in relation to needs of the industry. In addition, the purpose is that the student based on an analysis of own competencies can schedule a personal development plan as well as a development plan for others. The development plan must aim to develop competences, which the industry demand now and in the future.
Knowledge
The student should have acquired knowledge about:
Skills
The student must be able to:
Competencies
The student must be able to:
Oral group exam based on a case defined by the faculty. In groups of 3-5 students and based upon a specific case, the students must participate in an oral test where the suggested solutions to the case must be presented. The case is based on knowledge and skills objectives for Theme 1.
Duration of the exam: 60 mins. regardless of number of group members of which: 20 mins. presentation, 30 mins. questions/discussion and 10 mins. feedback.
The grade given is based on the 7-point scale and accounts for 25% of the combined grade for 1st semester.
Written individual exam. The written assignment must be based upon knowledge regarding the company’s operations as well as knowledge and skills objectives for Theme 2.
The exam has the shape of a written 4 hours attendance exam, where the exam paper is handed out 24 hours prior to the exam. The exam paper contains one or more assignments, which are parts of the assessment. These assignments can be answered within the 24 hours.
The exam paper can be discussed amongst students during the 24 hours before the written exam, but no tutoring from the lecturers is given for the handed out exam paper. The
exam answers must be worked out individually.
It is permitted to use all materials and aids, including electronic aids, during the exam,
however all forms of communication with others are not allowed during the 4 hours attendance exam.
Duration of the exam: 24 hours + 4 hours
The grade given is based on the 7-point scale and accounts for 25% of the combined grade for 1st semester.
Oral individual exam on the basis of a written assignment. The exam takes its point of departure in the competence objectives for Theme 1 and 2 as well as in all learning objectives for Employability.
For the exam the student must, based on the semester learning objectives, exams part 1+2 and other activities, reflect upon:
Duration of the exam: 30 mins. of which 10 mins. presentation incl. video, 15 mins. questions/discussion and 5 mins. feedback.
The grade given is based on the 7-point scale and accounts for 50% of the combined grade for 1st semester.
Admission requirements:
Handing-in of a written career plan containing the student’s personal competence profile before the oral exam and preparation of an individual presentation video (video application) to be presented at the exam.