Diploma in Hospitality Management

HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT – HOTEL AND RESORT

Major: HMGT
Length: 2 Years
Delivery: 4 Semesters, plus 1 work term
Credential: Ontario College Diploma, Co-op
Effective: 2014-2015
Location: Barrie
Start: Fall (Barrie), Winter (Barrie), Summer (Barrie)

What is Hospitality Management – Hotel And Resort?

Imagine working at 5-star hotels, luxurious resorts, restaurants, clubs, on cruise lines, and more. Consistently in the top colleges for graduate placement, this program offers the most extensive paid co-op work experience in the Canadian college system. With extensive experiential opportunities including field trips, practical labs, workplace certifications, and study and travel abroad, Georgian College, through our strategic industry partners, opens up an exciting hospitality career. As a professional, students experience a unique lifestyle and meet diverse people from around the world.

Student centered faculty focus on delivering innovative curriculum, industry expertise and employability skills in the pillars of the hospitality industry; entrepreneurial thinking, accounting and finance, marketing and sales, food and beverage, accommodations and human resources management.

Career Opportunities
The majority of graduates from this program find positions in the following fields:
hotels, resorts, clubs and restaurant operations, sales and marketing, attractions, theme parks, airline food services, industrial sales to hospitality institutions, recreation or sports shops. Other related types of work include such positions as program directors in hotels, resorts, banquet and catering operations, and on cruise ships, supervisory positions at golf clubs, yacht clubs and elder care institutions. Graduates find positions at the supervisory or management trainee level.

Admission Requirements:
You must meet ONE of the following requirements to be eligible for admission to these programs:

Secondary school applicants:
– OSS curriculum: OSSD or equivalent, with Grade 12 English (C) or (U) (ENG4C, ENG4U)

Non-Secondary school applicants (19 years or older):
– Any credit Communication course taken at Georgian College
– College preparatory programs including those taken at Georgian College: Hospitality
Skills and General Arts and Science*
– Equivalent courses in English taken through secondary school or Independent Learning
Centres (at the general, advanced, college or university level)
– Academic and Career Entrance Certificate (ACE) program with communications
– Mature student testing in English that meets the minimum standards for admission
(available through most testing services)*
– Ontario High School Equivalency Certificate (GED)
– English, Literature or Communication credit courses from accredited
colleges/universities

Mandatory Courses

ACCT1013 Accounting Fundamentals
FNCE2013 Financial Management for Hospitality and Tourism
FOSR1012 Food and Beverage Service
FOSR1014 Food Preparation and Theory
FOSR2003 Wine, Beer and Spirits
FOSR2008 Food and Beverage Control Systems
MATH1026 Math for Hospitality
MGMT2003 Human Resources Management
MKTG1000 Introduction to Marketing
MKTG2034 Hotel and Convention Sales
TOUR1003 Front Office and Guest Services
TOUR1009 Dynamics of Hospitality and Tourism
TOUR2001 Supervision in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
TOUR2031 Rooms Division/Facility Mgmt

Communications Courses
To be selected at time of registration from the College list, as determined by testing.

Optional Courses
BUSI2007 Entrepreneurship and Small Business
FOSR2014 Menu and Restaurant Design
MKTG2035 Hospitality Internet Marketing
TOUR2000 Hospitality Recreation Planning
TOUR2003 Convention and Event Services
TOUR2032 Casino, Resorts and Spa Operations

General Education Courses
To be selected from College list

Co-op Work Term
COOP1003 Hospitality and Tourism Work Term 1