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Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management
NZQF Level 7

About the course

Are you looking for professional development or an opportunity to learn more about Hotel Management?

SIT’s Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma programmes are designed for students with an undergraduate degree (or relevant experience) who are wanting to transition into the hotel industry, or current hospitality professionals looking to progress into higher management positions by gaining formal qualifications in the hospitality industry.

This course will develop your skills and knowledge in strategic hotel management, tourism and hospitality management, entrepreneurship and event management. You will learn to understand, apply and communicate principles and concepts relevant to hotel management in order to function as a professional practitioner at a senior level in the industry or progress to further study.

Level 6

Students must complete three of the following:

DTT606 The Visitor Experience 

DTT603 Leadership and Management in Tourism 

DTT604 Public Relations in Tourism 

DTT601 Contemporary Tourism Operations 

DTT 602 Tourism Policy and Planning

DTT 605 Environmentally Sustainable Management

Level 7

Students must complete 75 credits from the following:          

MKT776 Event Management

HTM704 Contemporary issues in Hotel Management

ETH7360 Business Ethics

MAN734 Strategic Management

MAN 735 Advanced Human Resource Management

Students must complete three of the following:
HTM601 Contemporary Tourism
MAN633 Human Resource Development
MKT676 Services Management & Marketing
HTM606 Tourism and Hospitality Financial Management
HTM607 Employment Relations and Law for Tourism and Hospitality
HTM608 Entrepreneurship
MAN632 Operations Management
HTM610 Faciltites Management in Hospitality
DTT601 Contemporary Tourism Operations
DTT602 Tourism Policy and Planning
DTT603 Leadership and Management in Tourism
DTT604 Public Relations in Tourism
DTT605 Environmentally Sustainable Management
DTT608 Business Investment Strategy
DTT606 The Visitor Experience
DTT607 Internship 
Level 7
Students must complete 75 credits from the following:
HTM704 Contemporary Issues in Hotel Management
HTM706 Sustainability in Tourism
MAN734 Strategic Management
MKT776 Event Management
IBS790 International Business
ETH760 Business Ethics
MAN735 Advanced Human Resource Management
MKT772 Strategic Marketing
WPE700 Workplace Experience
Elective 1* Elective Paper - to be approved by Programme Manager
Elective 2* Elective Paper - to be approved by Programme Manager
HTM717 Internship Study
HTM703 Tourism and Hospitality Industry Project
Alternative to HTM704
CON759 Contemporary Issues

About the provider

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications. From certificates to postgraduate studies, we offer NZQA programmes for students to learn at a level and pathway that suits them.

We are home to the Zero Fees Scheme and are the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to domestic NZ students for every year of study, at all levels.

We offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Queenstown, Gore, and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.

We also have a specialised faculty in rural education at Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.

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