Two years of course for hospitality management

THE OBVIOUS CHOICE FOR FUTURE TOURISM HOTEL MANAGERS.

Tourism is one of the leading industries in the world today. The volume of business tourism generates every year is equal to 6% of the overall value of goods and services produced worldwide. In the threshold of the third millennium tourism is destined to go on growing in importance.
Increasing world tourism consumption is matched by an increasingly challenging demand which pays particular attention to the quality and price of the goods and services on offer. The result is a constant rise in tourism employment levels and in the demand for professionals with specific training.
Two-year Course for Hospitality Management, the first of its kind in Italy, was introduced 15 years ago, with the aim of training future managers for the hospitality industry.
The Course is a unique opportunity for young people with a high-school diploma to acquire the theoretical education for practical aims that will prepare them for the many careers offered by the tourism industry. The teaching consists of didactic courses, analysis of case histories, seminars, study trips, stages reserved for European Union citizens.
The Course differs from courses offered in universities in that it aims at blending the purely theoretical aspects of education with practical aspects so as to pro vide students with the operating tools necessary for the work place.
The future manager can choose, inside the sector, which type of specialization is most fitting to his interests. In fact there are many different professions to choose from: from hotel managers to product managers working for tour operators; from meeting planners, who plan and organize meetings and congresses, to human resource managers. From advertising and public relation managers for airlines and hotel chains to food and beverage managers.

THE OBJECTIVE: The final objective of the Course is to provide the basic teachings and specific organizational and management techniques for hotel and tourism companies.

IT IS AIMED: at young people holding high school diplomas who wish to acquire specific training in the tourism and hotel sector.

HOW TO PARTECIPATE: a limited number of students are accepted. The School Director selects the candidates on the basis of their qualifications.

THE METHOD: The lessons are integrated with work groups, guided readings, debates, seminars and discussions of case histories. The participants can benefit from didactic aids such as the text-books and technical notes provided by the professors.

THE SYLLABUS: The Course is divided into two cycles:
- the first academic year starting on December 1 and   ending on April 30;
- the second academic year starting on October I of the   same year and ending on February 28.
The Course is an intensive one with 4 hours of lessons every day as well as the hours required by the seminars.

The syllabus of the Two-Year Course for Hospitality Management includes the following subjects divided over both years:

1st YEAR