Number of Credits: 2 credits
Level: 3
Course Description: This interdisciplinary course involves a balanced blend of three disciplines, viz., sociology, anthropology and culinary arts. A sociological look at food in the context of cultural beliefs and social practices, from small-scale face-to-face interactions to the role of food in global systems. This course discusses how foodways have evolved as a holistic expression of culture, including ecology, religion, and social structure. This blend will help students to understand the culinary field’s past and the future, from Ayurvedic cuisine to modern haute cuisine.
Number of Credits: 2 credits
Level: 4
Course Description: An understanding of entrepreneurship from business and personal perspectives. The challenges of opening and maintaining financial and personal success. It also relates to the process of creating and testing ideas and includes defining the market and the methods for selling the product. The course defines the financial information and reporting unique to food businesses. It also covers analytical tools used to buy and sell a food business, as well as to operate successfully.
Number of Credits: 3 credits
Level: 4
Course Description: This course takes a management perspective in introducing students to the organization and structure of hotels, restaurants, clubs, cruise ships, and casino hotels. There are aspects of business ethics, franchising, management contracts, and areas of management responsibility such as human resources, marketing and sales, and advertising.
Number of Credits: 3 credits
Level: 8
Course Description: This course is designed to acquaint students with leadership, management, and quality issues facing today's hospitality industry. The course focuses on managing organizational change, traditional management roles, and styles versus leadership in the twenty-first century, quality management, continuous improvement, power and empowerment, communication skills, goal setting and coaching, high-performance teams, diversity, strategic career planning, and ethics.
This personality development course helps you improve your communication skills, confidence, problem-solving abilities, and ability to deal with stress, anxiety, and depression. This also helps the student transition from a professional learner to a working professional in real workplaces and also helps to develop a healthy lifestyle.