Hospitality management involves overseeing the administrative tasks of a hotel or resort.
About Programme:
With a growing middle class and an expanding economy, Ghana’s hospitality industry is booming.
Many international standard hotels, restaurants and entertainment centers are being established across the length and breadth of the country.
Thus, a UCC BSc in Hospitality Management puts one at a vantage position to explore career opportunities in such establishments.
40 Opportunities also abound in event management, travel, and tours as well as various government agencies.
OBJECTIVES:
- To train high calibre personnel to meet the human resource needs of the fledgling tourism and hospitality industry in the country;
- To provide opportunity for people, including hospitality practitioners and tourism planners to upgrade their professional knowledge and proficiency in hospitality management;
- To facilitate the academic progression of career hospitality staff through exposure to best practices in hospitality provision; and
- To enhance students conceptual and theoretical knowledge of issues of hospitality and tourism.
Entry Requirements:
Applicants must have passes in any three (3) elective subjects including two of the following:
Geography, Economics, Government, History, Biology, Chemistry, Business Management, Elective Mathematics, Management in Living and Food and Nutrition.
Career Opportunities:
This programme offers an exciting opportunity for students to take a variety of courses which will broaden their knowledge of the hospitality industry and build their capacities to manage various hospitality establishments such as hotels, restaurants, resorts, etc.
Students therefore from a practical experience needed to excel in the industry in addition to the classroom-based knowledge acquisition.