Hospitality Enterprise Major - Bachelor of International Hospitality Management

Learn to manage both customers and employees, and find out what it takes to create memorable hospitality experiences.

The Hospitality Enterprise major in the Bachelor of International Hospitality Management focuses on the development of hospitable employee and customer experiences.

You’ll explore strategies to improve staff wellbeing and propose innovative ways to create sustainable futures for the hospitality industry. Studying hospitality offers a lot of flexibility, and you can include subjects from other AUT degrees as part of your studies.

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This is part of the Bachelor of International Hospitality Management.

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Start your journey towards creating positive experiences for customers and employees in hospitality organisations by studying hospitality enterprise.

Year 1

You take two core courses that give you a fundamental understanding of applied food and beverage management, and international hospitality management. You’re also introduced to human resource management in hospitality, human and organisational behaviour, and social enterprise and innovation in hospitality.

You study the following courses:

Core courses

Hospitality enterprise courses

In your second semester, you also take the first two courses from your second major, minor(s) or elective courses.

Year 2

This year you explore critical and ethical perspectives of hospitality and its role in society, service design and how to create an excellent guest experience.

You study the following courses:

Core course

Hospitality enterprise courses

You also continue to take courses from your second major, minor(s) or elective courses.

Year 3

You further your knowledge of people management in hospitality and tourism, leadership principles and innovation in hospitality.

You study the following courses:

Core course

Hospitality enterprise course

You also take the final courses from your second major, minor(s) or elective courses.

Workplace experience

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

HOSP797 Hospitality and Tourism Work Integrated Learning

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Read more about workplace experience in AUT programmes, how it works and why it’s so beneficial when you start your career.

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Skills you will develop

The outcomes for graduates of the Bachelor of International Hospitality Management are outlined in the Graduate Profile below.

Graduate Profile

  • Hospitality recruitment
  • Training and development
  • Employment relations
  • Human resource manager
  • Corporate or regional sales
  • Guest relations

Other majors in the Bachelor of International Hospitality Management

Key features
  • Valuable workplace experience in your final semester
  • Develop people management skills for the hospitality industry
  • Further your problem-solving skills
  • Flexibility to tailor your degree to your interests
See yourself as
  • Having excellent people skills
  • Able to negotiate and problem-solve
  • Good at verbal and written communication
  • Capable of keeping confidences
  • Calm and patient
  • Confident and professional

The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.

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