The Hotel School at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT ) is offering a new three-year degree in Hotel and Catering Management aimed at people working in the hospitality, catering and tourism industry who wish to upskill and earn a management degree while working.
Referred to as the “block degree”, the Bachelor of Business in Hotel and Catering Management has been re-structured to run over three years as opposed to four. It will be delivered over four blocks of study with two seven-month work placement experiences.
The programme commences in September 2009 with students spending one semester (four months ) in college. In January, they commence the first seven-month work placement in an Irish hotel. They return to college in September and study for a second semester followed by a second seven-month work placement in Europe or the US. In the final year, students return to college in September and study for one full academic year (two semesters ) and complete the programme the following May. Students sit exams after each semester in college and are also assessed while on work placement.
The programme is open to anyone who has worked in the hospitality and tourism industry for at least one year. If applicants are currently working in the hotel industry they may use their current employer for their first work placement experience.
