School of Arts, Management & Social Science (SAMSS)
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B.Sc. Tourism and Hospitality Management
The broad philosophy of B.Sc. Tourism and Hospitality Management is designed to develop skills and give training to interested students, enabling them to handle tourism-related matters, as well as equip the students for careers in schools, ministries, tourism institutions, tourism corporations, boards, hotels, travel agencies, airports, tour operations, and organizing socio-cultural events. This programme is also designed to respond to the need for tourism professionals and prepare interested students at the undergraduate level to acquire relevance to venture into many businesses and organizations related to this demanding industry.
The Goals serves to:
- Equip students with a sound knowledge of Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Produce competent and skilled tourism and hospitality professionals that will fit readily into fast-evolving technology-driven and competitive public and private sectors.
- Integrate socio-cultural, financial and ecological perspectives in order to help students develop a better understanding of the world around them.
- Transform graduates into self-reliant entrepreneurs and/or consultants.
The objectives are to:
- Provide students with broad and well-balanced theories and methods in Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Cultivate in students the ability to plan and manage public and private entertainments, and other leisure and recreational activities.
- Provide students with relevant knowledge and skills from which they can proceed to further studies in special areas of Tourism and Hospitality Management or multi-disciplinary areas involving Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Instill in students an appreciation of the importance of Tourism and Hospitality Management in contemporary national and global affairs