Course details

Summary

Programme highlights

Develop your management and supervisory skills, and have your experience formally recognised, or gain the advantage of a head start if you're new to hospitality.

Increase your operational and supervisory skills along with your knowledge of hospitality-specific and general business management techniques. Build on your management and planning skills in relation to food and beverage, restaurant, accommodation, human resources and functions operations, and learn how to communicate well in formal meetings and through report writing. Our students get real-world experience in our modern restaurant facilities and will undertake supervision of other students with hands-on function management and delivery.

Includes 200 hours of industry placement at leading Auckland hotels, restaurants, function and event centres, plus practical project work where you design and operate pop-up restaurants.

Career opportunities

Management or supervisory positions in the hospitality industry.

Programme structure

The Café (40 Credits)

In this course the focus is on key concepts underpinning hospitality management, particularly those relating to Food and Beverage Management, Finance and Human Resources. Delivery and assessment will be contextualised to hospitality situations and real life real time scenarios will be used to illustrate and highlight content. These scenarios will be based around MIT Facilities such as the Student Cafeteria's and Student Village.

The Event (40 Credits)

In this course the focus is on key concepts underpinning hospitality management, particularly those relating to Accommodation Management, Marketing and Communication.

Delivery and assessment will be contextualised to hospitality situations and real life – real time scenarios and will centre on the learners planning and executing a forum or seminar for at least 100 delegates.

Work Placement (40 Credits)

Work placement will occur on a continuous basis throughout the two trimesters of this programme.

Learners will spend a minimum of 200 hours with industry partner(s).

During the work placement, learners will be given a series of analytical and reflective assessments that will reinforce and focus the academic learning gained in The Café and The Event courses.

Entry criteria

Applicants must meet the following entry criteria:

1. Be able to demonstrate the attitude and ability to work and study at the level required for the respective programme and
2. Be physically capable of completing the practical aspects of the programme.
3. Students who have attained the age of 20 years and do not hold the minimum entry requirements for a programme will be eligible to be enrolled as a student where their previous educational, work or life experience indicates they have a reasonable likelihood of success.
4. Students who have not attained the age of 20 years and do not hold the required minimum entry requirements for a programme may also be eligible to enrol in exceptional circumstances.

Pre and Co Requisites

Students are required to meet any pre- or co-requisites relevant to the specific courses:

• The New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service (Level 4) Restaurant Services Strand OR
• The New Zealand Certificate in Hotel Reception (Level 4) OR
• The New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4)
• OR equivalent skills and knowledge

English Language entry requirements

• IELTS test - Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5
• TOEFL Paper-based test (pBT) - Score of 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE)
• TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) - Score of 46 (with a writing score of 14)
• Cambridge English Examinations - FCE or FCE for schools with a score of 162. No less than
  154 in each skill OET at Grade C in all sub-tests
• NZCEL a) Expiring b) Current - a) Level 4 (General) or (Workplace) b) Level 4 (General) or (Employment)
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PToE (Academic) score of 42
• City & Guilds IESOL - B2 Communicator with a score of 42