Duration: 1 Year

Awarding Body: The Organisation for Tourism and Hospitality Management (OTHM)

Course Aims and Objectives:

To provide students with:

• An in-depth knowledge of the nature of tourism and hospitality and its economic consequences. Understanding of the operations, structure and culture of the industry.
• Understanding of contemporary issues in the industry.
• Information technology skills, customer relation skills.
• The opportunity to acquire necessary skills to function in a multi-disciplined and complex industry.

Progression:

Career opportunities exist in a wide range of tourism and hospitality related areas. The qualification will open up further opportunities for the people who are already working in the industry. Progression can also be made in to postgraduate study.

Entrance requirements:

OTHM Professional Diploma qualification or equivalent overseas degree

Work Experience

Higher Diploma students are expected to either have work experience in the industry before joining the course or be working part-time in the industry during the course or both. Candidates should note that if they intend to study for further professional qualifications in the industry a certain amount of industrial experience will probably be required.

English Language requirements:

IELTS score at CEFR level B2 or any English Language Test certificate from the Secure English Language Test list approved by UK Border Agency equivalent to CEFR level B2. Please find the UKBA approved English Language Test list on the right menu.

Assessment:

By a single 3-hours externally set examination paper

Part I Marketing Communications for Tourism and Hospitality International Tourism & Hospitality Business Environment Corporate Business Strategy and Finance Part II Management Information Systems Strategic Human Resource Management Project: Operations Management in the Business Environment

Please note that on completion of the programme students can progress to the final year BA (Hons) in Tourism and Hospitality degree under London South Bank University. For further information please contact: London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, UK, Tel: + 44 (0) 207 815 7815, Email: enquiry@lsbu.ac.uk , Web: www.lsbu.ac.uk

London South Bank University has an articulation agreement with the Organisation for Tourism and Hospitality Management (OTHM) that allows professionally qualified OTHM students for a direct entry to the final year of London South Bank University's BA (Hons) Tourism and Hospitality and M.Sc in International Tourism Marketing.