Explore the role of hospitality to make a difference in the world with the Hospitality and Society major in the Bachelor of International Hospitality Management.

 

You’ll tackle issues of diversity, inclusion, and social justice in the sector, and will develop your critical thinking, problem solving and advocacy skills.
 

Modules

Possible courses for this major include:

• Micro-Volunteering for Hospitality
• Nutrition and Wellbeing
• Hospitable Communities
• Hospitality and Human Rights
• Principles of Wellness
• Hospitality in the Care Sector
• Wellness Tourism
• Hospitality Innovation and Change
• Critical Hospitality Perspectives
• Hospitality Innovation Competition
• Applied Food and Beverage Management (Restaurant)
• International Hospitality Management
• Hospitality Work Integrated Learning (60 points)
   

You also complete courses from your second major or your chosen minor(s).
 

Workplace experience
In your final semester, you complete valuable workplace experience with an organisation (this is the Hospitality Work Integrated Learning course, worth 60 points). It’s a great opportunity to develop industry networks and make a decision on your professional career after graduation.
 

Career Outcomes

Hospitality roles in different working environments, where profit may not be the primary objective. This includes:

• Disability service providers
• Schools
• Churches
• Hospitals
• Migrant centres
• Wellness retreats
• Youth detention
• Retirement villages
   

What will I learn?

In addition to achieving the broader outcomes of the Bachelor International Hospitality Management, a graduate of the Hospitality and Society major will be able to:

a. Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of hospitality ethic for community wellbeing and social change (Knowledge & Understanding)

b. Demonstrate an understanding of health, nutrition and wellbeing within the hospitality industry and society (Knowledge & Understanding)

c. Apply concepts of hospitality to health care and wellbeing contexts (Knowledge & Understanding; Skills & Application)

d. Apply a human rights framework in promoting dignity and equality across diverse, and often vulnerable, individuals and groups in society (Ethical & Professional Dispositions Personal & Intellectual Autonomy)

e. Apply principles of innovation and change to enhance stakeholder outcomes (Inquiry, Research & Creativity; Ethical & Professional Dispositions)

f. Critically review the effectiveness of community social change campaigns to advance hospitable societies (Inquiry, Research & Creativity)

g. Design, plan and implement a hospitality project to promote hospitable societies (Inquiry, Research & Creativity; Skills & Application; Personal & Intellectual Autonomy; Communication)