Diploma in Hospitality Business Management
 
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Pathway to Exciting and Rewarding Careers in the Hospitality, Business Travel and Tourism Industries
 
What It Can Do For You
Provide comprehensive industry-smart knowledge and understanding of hospitality business management practices, procedures and skills.

Open doors to exciting and rewarding careers with bright prospects in the booming hospitality, business travel and tourism industries such as:

  • Lodging - Hotels, motels, resorts
  • Food service - Restaurants, cafeterias, cafes, fast food operations, contract food services, event food catering
  • Clubs - Country clubs, city clubs, golf clubs, swimming clubs, health and fitness clubs
  • Industrial areas - Transportation, airline food service, company cafeterias
  • Events - Business conventions, expositions, conferences
  • Entertainment and leisure - Theme parks, casinos, concerts, cinemas, arcades
  • Travel and tourism - Travel agencies, airlines, airports, luxury cruise liners, tourist information agencies
  • Allied fields - Equipment sales, retail operations, consulting, purchasing, education, cooking schools

Well-prepared for degree studies in the areas of hospitality business management and tourism via credit transfer.

Progress to the second year of UK's Staffordshire University business degree courses at DISTED:

BA(Hons) Business Management
BA(Hons) International Business Management
BA(Hons) Marketing Management


What You Study
The typical course units with their respective credit hours indicated in brackets are listed below.

Year 1 (Semesters 1 to 3 / 44 Credit Hours)
Business Communication (3)
Communication English (3)
Food and Beverage Management (3)
Food and Beverage Service (4)
Food Production (3)
Housekeeping Management (3)
Introduction to Business (3)
Managing Front Office Operations (3)
Study Skills (3)
Supervision in the Hospitality Industry (3)
The Lodging and Food Service Industry (4)
Bahasa Kebangsaan A (MQA) (3)
Pengajian Malaysia (MQA) (3)
Pendidikan Moral / Pengajian Islam (MQA) (3)
 

 

Year 2 (Semesters 4 to 6 / 32 Credit Hours)
Commercial Law of Malaysia (3)
Foundation in Microcomputing (3)
Hospitality and Restaurant Accounting (4)
Industrial Training (4)
Introduction to Microeconomics (3)
Japanese Language (3)
Planning and Control for Food and Beverage Operations (4)
Practical Training (4)
Training and Development for the Hospitality Industry (4)

Year 3 (Semester 7 / 15 Credit Hours)
Accounting for Hospitality Managers (4)
Convention Management and Service (4)
Marketing in the Hospitality Industry (4)
Purchasing for Hospitality Operations (3)


 
Your Study Route

 

How Long, When, What You Need To Enrol And Awards

How Long You Study
5 normal and 2 short semesters over 2 years and 4 months totalling 91 credit hours.

When You Begin Studies

January, March, May, August or September

What You Need to Enrol
3 SPM credits.

Other equivalent qualifications are also accepted.

Forecast examination results are accepted for provisional admission.


Why You Should Join Us

Well-established and highly regarded college in Penang and very experienced in conducting tertiary courses.

Qualified, experienced, dedicated and caring lecturers.

Industry Advisory Panel comprising representatives from prominent enterprises assists in matching the programme with industry needs and employment market trends.

4 months industrial training at leading hotels and other hospitality operations.

Practical learning through study, instruction, experience or observing others.

Regular guest lectures by experts from the hospitality industry.

Part-time job opportunities in hospitality establishments.

Excellent academic and pastoral care to students.

Small class size with close personal attention by lecturers.

Close monitoring of students’ academic progress.

Ideal learning environment at our purpose-built Yeap Chor Ee Campus with excellent modern facilities.

Scholarships are available to Malaysian SPM / O-Level achievers.

Course approval: KPT/JPS(KA6751)3/11

Ng Pei Chuin
Diploma in Hospitality Business Management CGPA 3.57 / 4.0 (2009)

“The DISTED hospitality course is a good stepping stone for me to work in the service industry.

The college has a conducive learning environment with friendly and helpful lecturers."



 
   


My Memoirs at DISTED
Lai Shan Shan
I thought I would never make it to college as my parents cannot afford the expenses...


Fee Schedule & Intake Dates

 
 Diploma in Hospitality Business Management
Intakes:
27 September 2010
3 January, 21 March, 9 May, 8 August and 26 September 2011
 
 
The course fees are available upon request.