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Hospitality Management (BA), Tourism and Catering, Blended Learning, Fall, 2024: PRAS24

Code: PRAS24

Degree:
Bachelor of Tourism and Catering

Degree title:
Restonomi

Credits:
210 ects

Duration:
3.5 years (210 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2024

Descriptions

CURRICULUM
Bachelor of Hospitality Management, multimodal education

The Degree Programme in Tourism and Hospitality Management provides abilities to plan, implement and market tourism services. Practical training periods play an important role in the education. Working life-oriented development assignments and the thesis promote the students’ networking and cooperation with actors in the field of tourism already during the studies. The main themes of studies include production and marketing of services as well as responsible and sustainable business. The studies also include language, internationality, and entrepreneurship studies. The students lay a foundation for their own career in the field of tourism during the studies.

The degree for Bachelors of Hospitality Management provides competence for expert, development, managerial and other responsible positions in the field of tourism and service or for working as an entrepreneur. The field is a growing industry and thus, Bachelors of Hospitality Management have a wide range of employment opportunities.

Degree

Degree title: Bachelor of Hospitality Management
Extent: 210 cr. / 3.5 y.

Description of Competences

The expertise of Bachelors of Hospitality Management includes wide-ranging knowledge of the operating environment in the tourism and catering sector. Bachelors of Hospitality Management are able to plan and implement services for different target groups.

- Competence in the provision of services typical of the tourism and catering sector. Customer understanding, definition of customer value and quality. Marketing and sales expertise. Business competence.

- Subordinate skills, managerial skills, and management of service activities. Planning of the profitability, economy, and efficiency of the tourism business.

- Qualifications required for working in the field. Alcohol Passport and Hygiene Passport, First Aid Course (EA1), Tourism Safety Passport.

Competence Development and the Content of Studies

The Degree Programme in Hospitality Management consists of common core studies and complementary studies. The extent of the degree is 210 credits (cr). The themes in common core studies include, for example, productisation and service competence, and multimediated services. The extent of common core studies in tourism education is 185 credits and the extent of complementary studies is 25 credits. Optional complementary studies aim at strengthening and directing the students’ professional competence. Complementary studies can also include sports academy training for top athletes or student union and tutoring activities with a maximum of 15 credits.

The studies include 45 credits of practical training. The aim of practical training periods is that the students learn to apply the theory learned, develop their professional competence, and network with the world of work. The purpose of the 15-credit thesis is that the students demonstrate and apply their competence. Theses are carried out as commissions for the world of work.

The annual themes in studies include productisation and business competence, product development and management of services, and tourism development and research activities. The main contents of studies include tourism business, quality, safety, sustainable development, internationality, and entrepreneurship. Areas of business in the field of tourism include, for example, accommodation and catering services, programme services, and event production.

During the studies, students can apply to the Business Academy of Entrepreneurship at Karelia University of Applied Sciences, where entrepreneurship is studied in multidisciplinary teams. The academy provides an opportunity to reconcile entrepreneurship and studies. Students in the academy have their own curriculum. Different options and professional objectives related to studies can be discussed with the teacher tutor or with the student counsellor.

Work-Related Learning

In tourism education, professional competence is strengthened by conducting commissions given by companies in the field, and through practical training periods and thesis commissions. During the studies, students participate in various development projects and in organising events.

Participation in research and development activities deepens the students’ professional competence and networking with the field.

Pedagogical Choices

The education in the Degree Programme in Tourism and Hospitality Management is carried out as multimodal education. The studies consist of both distance studies and contact teaching. The number of contact teaching days varies depending on the year of study. Teaching and guidance between the contact teaching days is carried out in an online learning environment. Studies in the Degree Programme in Tourism and Hospitality Management are work-related and they include development commissions from tourism and service companies to be carried out in real work environments. Some studies and practical training periods can be completed abroad.

Flexible Course Implementations

Karelia UAS students have a possibility to apply for the recognition of prior studies or for the validation of the competence acquired elsewhere as part of your degree. Complementary studies for widening or deepening the competence can be selected from the course supply of other fields of study at Karelia UAS, the national CampusOnline portal, or international cooperation partners according to the student’s own interests.

Internationalisation

Students have the opportunity to become international through studies, project work, international student exchange, and international practical training placements. You can also strengthen your international competence by acting as a tutor for international students.

Study exchange is usually a study period of one or two semesters in a partner university abroad. Exchange studies can also include practical training placements abroad.

Studies completed abroad are eligible for students’ degrees, i.e. the exchange period does not extend the duration of study.

Assessment

Learning analytics is utilised in the assessment of studies, enabling the monitoring of students’ individual progress in studies. Students are also able to follow their own activity with learning analytics. The assessment in studies can also be performed using self-assessment, peer review, and feedback from representatives of the world of work.

Students can monitor the development of their competence with the help of the assessment and the feedback received as well as set new goals. Karelia UAS has common assessment criteria and the implementation of assessment for each study unit and study unit-specific assessment criteria are based on these common criteria.

Career Opportunities

Practical training periods, working life-oriented learning projects, and the thesis give students the opportunity to get acquainted with a variety of duties in the field of tourism and catering. Titles and positions for graduated Bachelors of Hospitality Management can be viewed e.g. on the Toissa.fi website:

https://toissa.fi/fi_FI/sijoittuminen-tyoelamaan/show/restonomi-amk-matkailu
https://toissa.fi/fi_FI/sijoittuminen-tyoelamaan/show/restonomi-amk-majoitus-ja-ravitsemisala

Changes in the world of work and students’ own career development require continuous learning after the graduation. A significant part of learning takes place at work, but it can be improved through further training. Students’ own competence can be supplemented by open UAS studies or by Master’s Degree education. The teacher tutor and the student counsellor support students’ career planning throughout the studies. In addition, counselling and support for post-graduation career planning is also provided.

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PRAS24-1
Tourism and Service Business Competence

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59
PRAS24-11
Become a Professional in the Travel and Service Business

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14
PR10006 Operational Environment of the Tourism and Hospitality Branch 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PR10007 Digi Skills 4 4 4 2 2
PR10008 Reporting and Written Communication 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
PR10009 Career Planning and Development 1: Orientation to Studies 2 2 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
PRAS24-12
Tourism Customer Expertise

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10
PR10010 Tourism Consumer Behaviour 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PR10011 Service Expertise and Quality in Hospitality Industry 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PRAS24-13
Optional Language Studies 1

(Choose one)

5
PR10040 Russian for Beginners: Othsen prijatno! Nice to Meet You! 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PR10041 Nice to Meet You! Freut mich, Sie kennenzulernen! 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PRAS24-14
Basic Skills in Tourism and Services

(Choose all)

13
PR10012 Accommodation Services 2 2 2 1 1
PR10013 Catering Services 4 4 4 2 2
PR10014 Customer Service Skills and Alcohol Knowledge 4 4 4 2 2
PR10015 Social Contacts and Customer Service 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
PRAS24-15
Basic Practical Training

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17
PR10016 Tourism Safety 2 2 2 1 1
PR10017 Basic Practical Training 15 15 15 7.5 7.5
PRAS24-2
Production and Business Competence

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53
PRAS24-21
Profitable Service Business

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10
PR10018 Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Business 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PR10019 Profitable Tourism Business 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PRAS24-22
Optional Language Studies 2

(Choose one)

5
PR10042 Russian for Customer Service: Slushaju Vas! How May I Help You? 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PR10043 How May I Help You? Wie Kann Ihnen Helfen? 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PRAS24-23
Productisation

(Choose all)

10
PR10020 From Idea to Product – Productisation Process 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PR10021 Value Creation in Tourism Services 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PRAS24-24
Marketing of Travel Services

(Choose all)

13
PR10022 Multimediated Corporate and Community Communication 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PR10023 Tourism Marketing 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PR10024 Sociala kontakter för restonomer (Swedish Course) 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
PRAS24-25
Complementary Practical Training

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15
PR10025 Career Planning and Development 2: Career Planning 1 1 1 0.5 0.5
PR10026 Complementary Practical Training 14 14 14 7 7
PRAS24-3
Product Development and Management

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53
PRAS24-31
Service Design

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10
PR10027 Service Design Tools 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PR10028 Service Concept Design and Brand Management 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PRAS24-32
Service Management

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13
PR10029 Human Resource Management 6 6 6 3 3
PR10030 Sales Management 4 4 4 2 2
PR10031 Svenska för restonomer (Swedish Course) 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
PRAS24-33
Responsible Nature-Based and Cultural Tourism (K1-2)

(Choose all)

15
PR10001 Principles of Responsible Tourism 4 4 4 2 2
PR10038 English Language Skills in Principles of Responsible Tourism 1 1 1 0.5 0.5
PR10002 Economic and Social Sustainability in Tourism 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PR10003 Responsible Communication and Marketing in Tourism 3 3 3 1.5 1.5
PR10039 English Language Skills in Responsible Communication and Marketing 2 2 2 1 1
PRAS24-34
In-Depth Practical Training

(Choose all)

15
PR10032 Career Planning and Development 3: Marketing Your Skills 1 1 1 0.5 0.5
PR10033 In-Depth Practical Training 14 14 14 7 7
PRAS24-4
Tourism Development and Research Activities

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20
PRAS23-73
Tourism Development and Research Activities

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20
PR10034 Regional Development of Tourism 4 4 4 2 2
PR10035 Career Planning and Development 4: Towards Working Life 1 1 1 0.5 0.5
KY10001 Thesis Planning 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
KY10002 Thesis Implementation 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
KY10003 Thesis Finalising 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
PRAS24-5
Complementary Studies

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25
PRAS24-51
Profiling Supplementary Studies

(Choose 0)

0
PR10036 Event Management 10 5 5 5 5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
PR10037 Catering Services 10 10 10 5 5
PRAS24-52
Language Path

(Choose 0)

0
PRAS24-521
Optional Language, Russian

(Choose 0)

0
KP10006 Russian 1 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
KP10032 Russian 2 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
KP10007 Russian 3 5
KP10008 Russian in the Media 3
PRAS24-522
Optional Language, German

(Choose 0)

0
KP10009 German 1 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
KP10010 German 2 5 5 5 2.5 2.5
KP10011 German 3 5
KP10012 German in the Media 3
PRAS24-523
Optional Language, Spanish

(Choose 0)

0
PRAS24-524
Optional Language, French

(Choose 0)

0
PRAS24-525
Optional Language, Finnish

(Choose 0)

0
KP10027 I am Writing  5
PRAS24-526
Preparatory Language Studies

(Choose 0)

0
KP10028 English Refresher 3
KP10029 Boost Your English Skills! Preparatory Course on A2 level 3
KP10030 Svensk klinik - Refresh Your Swedish 3
PRAS24-53
Preparatory STEM Studies

(Choose 0)

0
PRAS24-54
Other Complementary Studies

(Choose 0)

0
SH10070 First Aid 1 1 1 0.5 0.5
PR10044 Travel Fair 1 1 1 1
Total 210 87 62 58 30 43 44 38 24 23 35 30 0 21.5 21.5 22 22 0 0 19 19 12.5 11.5 0 0 11.5 11.5 17.5 17.5 0 0 15 15

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

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Operational Environment of the Tourism and Hospitality Branch
Digi Skills
Reporting and Written Communication
Career Planning and Development 1: Orientation to Studies
Tourism Consumer Behaviour
Service Expertise and Quality in Hospitality Industry
Russian for Beginners: Othsen prijatno! Nice to Meet You!
Nice to Meet You! Freut mich, Sie kennenzulernen!
Accommodation Services
Catering Services
Customer Service Skills and Alcohol Knowledge
Social Contacts and Customer Service
Tourism Safety
Basic Practical Training
Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Business
Profitable Tourism Business
Russian for Customer Service: Slushaju Vas! How May I Help You?
How May I Help You? Wie Kann Ihnen Helfen?
From Idea to Product – Productisation Process
Value Creation in Tourism Services
Multimediated Corporate and Community Communication
Tourism Marketing
Sociala kontakter för restonomer (Swedish Course)
Career Planning and Development 2: Career Planning
Complementary Practical Training
Service Design Tools
Service Concept Design and Brand Management
Human Resource Management
Sales Management
Svenska för restonomer (Swedish Course)
Principles of Responsible Tourism
English Language Skills in Principles of Responsible Tourism
Economic and Social Sustainability in Tourism
Responsible Communication and Marketing in Tourism
English Language Skills in Responsible Communication and Marketing
Career Planning and Development 3: Marketing Your Skills
In-Depth Practical Training
Regional Development of Tourism
Career Planning and Development 4: Towards Working Life
Thesis Planning
Thesis Implementation
Thesis Finalising
Event Management
Catering Services
Russian 1
Russian 2
Russian 3
Russian in the Media
German 1
German 2
German 3
German in the Media
I am Writing 
English Refresher
Boost Your English Skills! Preparatory Course on A2 level
Svensk klinik - Refresh Your Swedish
First Aid
Travel Fair

Code Name Credits (cr)
PRAS24-1
Tourism and Service Business Competence

(Choose all)

59
PRAS24-11
Become a Professional in the Travel and Service Business

(Choose all)

14
PR10006 Operational Environment of the Tourism and Hospitality Branch 5
PR10007 Digi Skills 4
PR10008 Reporting and Written Communication 3
PR10009 Career Planning and Development 1: Orientation to Studies 2
PRAS24-12
Tourism Customer Expertise

(Choose all)

10
PR10010 Tourism Consumer Behaviour 5
PR10011 Service Expertise and Quality in Hospitality Industry 5
PRAS24-13
Optional Language Studies 1

(Choose one)

5
PR10040 Russian for Beginners: Othsen prijatno! Nice to Meet You! 5
PR10041 Nice to Meet You! Freut mich, Sie kennenzulernen! 5
PRAS24-14
Basic Skills in Tourism and Services

(Choose all)

13
PR10012 Accommodation Services 2
PR10013 Catering Services 4
PR10014 Customer Service Skills and Alcohol Knowledge 4
PR10015 Social Contacts and Customer Service 3
PRAS24-15
Basic Practical Training

(Choose all)

17
PR10016 Tourism Safety 2
PR10017 Basic Practical Training 15
PRAS24-2
Production and Business Competence

(Choose all)

53
PRAS24-21
Profitable Service Business

(Choose all)

10
PR10018 Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Business 5
PR10019 Profitable Tourism Business 5
PRAS24-22
Optional Language Studies 2

(Choose one)

5
PR10042 Russian for Customer Service: Slushaju Vas! How May I Help You? 5
PR10043 How May I Help You? Wie Kann Ihnen Helfen? 5
PRAS24-23
Productisation

(Choose all)

10
PR10020 From Idea to Product – Productisation Process 5
PR10021 Value Creation in Tourism Services 5
PRAS24-24
Marketing of Travel Services

(Choose all)

13
PR10022 Multimediated Corporate and Community Communication 5
PR10023 Tourism Marketing 5
PR10024 Sociala kontakter för restonomer (Swedish Course) 3
PRAS24-25
Complementary Practical Training

(Choose all)

15
PR10025 Career Planning and Development 2: Career Planning 1
PR10026 Complementary Practical Training 14
PRAS24-3
Product Development and Management

(Choose all)

53
PRAS24-31
Service Design

(Choose all)

10
PR10027 Service Design Tools 5
PR10028 Service Concept Design and Brand Management 5
PRAS24-32
Service Management

(Choose all)

13
PR10029 Human Resource Management 6
PR10030 Sales Management 4
PR10031 Svenska för restonomer (Swedish Course) 3
PRAS24-33
Responsible Nature-Based and Cultural Tourism (K1-2)

(Choose all)

15
PR10001 Principles of Responsible Tourism 4
PR10038 English Language Skills in Principles of Responsible Tourism 1
PR10002 Economic and Social Sustainability in Tourism 5
PR10003 Responsible Communication and Marketing in Tourism 3
PR10039 English Language Skills in Responsible Communication and Marketing 2
PRAS24-34
In-Depth Practical Training

(Choose all)

15
PR10032 Career Planning and Development 3: Marketing Your Skills 1
PR10033 In-Depth Practical Training 14
PRAS24-4
Tourism Development and Research Activities

(Choose all)

20
PRAS23-73
Tourism Development and Research Activities

(Choose all)

20
PR10034 Regional Development of Tourism 4
PR10035 Career Planning and Development 4: Towards Working Life 1
KY10001 Thesis Planning 5
KY10002 Thesis Implementation 5
KY10003 Thesis Finalising 5
PRAS24-5
Complementary Studies

(Choose 25)

25
PRAS24-51
Profiling Supplementary Studies

(Choose 0)

0
PR10036 Event Management 10
PR10037 Catering Services 10
PRAS24-52
Language Path

(Choose 0)

0
PRAS24-521
Optional Language, Russian

(Choose 0)

0
KP10006 Russian 1 5
KP10032 Russian 2 5
KP10007 Russian 3 5
KP10008 Russian in the Media 3
PRAS24-522
Optional Language, German

(Choose 0)

0
KP10009 German 1 5
KP10010 German 2 5
KP10011 German 3 5
KP10012 German in the Media 3
PRAS24-523
Optional Language, Spanish

(Choose 0)

0
PRAS24-524
Optional Language, French

(Choose 0)

0
PRAS24-525
Optional Language, Finnish

(Choose 0)

0
KP10027 I am Writing  5
PRAS24-526
Preparatory Language Studies

(Choose 0)

0
KP10028 English Refresher 3
KP10029 Boost Your English Skills! Preparatory Course on A2 level 3
KP10030 Svensk klinik - Refresh Your Swedish 3
PRAS24-53
Preparatory STEM Studies

(Choose 0)

0
PRAS24-54
Other Complementary Studies

(Choose 0)

0
SH10070 First Aid 1
PR10044 Travel Fair 1