The Hospitality and Tourism degree program is a specific business degree that focuses mainly on: Hospitality, Tourism, Food and Beverage Service Management.

The degree aims to produce professionals with firm academic and practical foundation in management and operation of most sectors in the hospitality industry. Graduates will be multi-skilled with transferable managerial skills within the hospitality industry. The curriculum also incorporates courses in languages, humanities, and ethics to enable students attain a holistic development.

Target group

The degree targets secondary school leavers (Form four graduates or higher). The programme is also open to applicants who possess relevant qualifications for admission to a Hospitality and Tourism degree program, for instance Hospitality and Tourism Diploma holders from training institutions recognized by the University Academic Council.

Entry requirements

• Professional Diploma in Hospitality or Tourism from an institution recognised by the University Academic Council.
  
• KCSE Aggregate C+ with a minimum of C in both Mathematics and English, Geography, Biology, and Chemistry or Physics
• KACE certificate with a minimum of two principal passes, one subsidiary pass, and a minimum of a Credit Pass in Mathematics, English, and one other subject in Geography, or Biology or Chemistry or Physics.
  

Exemptions

• Hospitality or Tourism Diploma Holders are exempted for a maximum of 50% of courses at discretion of University Academic Council.
• Exemptions and credit transfers are granted at discretion of the University Academic Council.
  

Entrance Examinations

• Mathematics exam
• English exam
• Oral interview
• A School assessment test for Hospitality & Tourism Diploma holders

Candidates should report to the University by 8.00 a.m. on the day of the interview and should bring:

• 3 passport-size photographs
• Original and photocopies of all relevant academic and professional certificates
• KShs. 600 entrance examination fee.

Course structure

The Hospitality and Tourism degree is offered in two stages; Stage I and II. A stage is equivalent to two academic years for a total of 4 years. Included are compulsory community based attachment, and 800 hours industrial attachment distributed within the two stages.

Course Distribution

STAGE 1: (Year 1 and 2)

Year 1: Semester 1 (7 units)

HED 1101 Introduction to Ethics
HED 1102 Communication skills I
BBT 1111 Fundamentals of information technology
BHT 1101 Principles of hospitality industry
BHT 1102 Principles of travel and tourism
BHT 1203 Foods and nutrition for hospitality industry managers
BHT 1104 World Geography

Year 1, Semester 2 (8 units)

HED 1201 Ethics 1
HED 1202 Communication Skills II
HED 2261 Foreign languages Major
BHT 1205 Principles of accounting
BHT 1250 Hospitality Lodgings and Food service Facilities
BHT 1206 Tourism resources in geographical
and natural science studies
BHT 1207 Hospitality enterprises general operation
BHT 1259 Community Based Attachment

Year 2, Semester 1 (6 Units)

HED 2101 Ethics II
HED 2103 Development Studies
HED 2261 Foreign Language Major (Continued)
BHT 2108 Food related micro organism and diseases
BHT 2109 Health, Safety and Security in Hospitality Industry
BHT 2110 Applied Economic Principles

Year 2, Semester 2 (7 units)

BHT 2253 Human resources management
BHT 2254 Foundations of financial management
BHT 3104 Foreign Language Major (Continued)
BHT 2211 Communication, Technology, and Office Practice
BHT 2212 Statistics for Management
BHT 2213 Principles of management
BHT 2214 Hospitality industry: housekeeping operations 1

BHT 2239 Industrial attachment (10 weeks)
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STAGE II: (Year 3 and 4)

Year 3, Semester 1 (7 units)

HED 3101 Political and Social Philosophy
BHT 3115 Small business management & entrepreneurship
BHT 3116 Conventions and trade show management, meetings and special events
HED 3204 Foreign Language Major (continued)
BHT 3117 Cultural cuisines, local, regional, and international
2 electives from a major

Year 3, Semester 2 (7 units)

HED 4201 Business Ethics
BHT 3218 Hospitality and tourism laws, rules and regulations (national and international)
HED3262 Foreign Language Major (continued)
3 electives from a major

FHT 3249 Industrial attachment (10 Weeks)
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Year 4, Semester 1 (7 Units)

BHT 4170 Research project
HED 4163 Foreign Language Major (continued)
4 electives from a major

Year 4, Semester 2 (7 units)

BHT 4219 Essential Statistical Data, Research and Development in Hospitality and Tourism
HED 4264 Foreign Language Major (continued)
BHT 4170 Research project
Plus 3 Electives from a major

Specialisation electives

LODGING, FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPTION

BHT 3120 Advanced food and beverage service and operations
BHT 3121 Essentials of menu planning
BHT 3122 Food science and culinary food preparation
BHT 3223 Hospitality industry: housekeeping operations II
BHT 3225 Purchasing in hospitality industry
BHT 3226 Food and beverage production apprentice I
BHT 3232 Food and beverage production apprentice II
BHT 4127 Hotel Business Operations: Financial Control Systems and Accountability
BHT 4128 Cost control in hospitality industry
BHT 4129 Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Service: Theory and Practice
BHT 4230 Principles of marketing in Hospitality Industry
BHT 4131 Hotel Business Theory and Operations: Overall Managerial Duties
BHT 4233 Advanced nutrition for institutional managers
BHT 4251 Property management and maintenance

TRAVEL AND TOURISM COURSES

HED 3165 Foreign Language Minor
BHT 2233 Cross-cultural management
BHT 3134 Travel and tourism industry operations 1
BHT 3152 World History
HED 3266 Foreign Language Minor (continued)
BHT 3235 Destination Services and Information Research
HED 4167 Foreign Language Minor (continued)
BHT 4136 Applied Marketing in Travel and Tourism
BHT 4138 Operating Computerized Reservation Systems
BHT 4147 Contemporary Social Issues
BHT 4146 Leisure Studies
HED 4268 Foreign Language Minor (continued)
BHT 4170 Research Project
BHT 4245 Travel and Tourism Management Issues
BHT 4242 Sustainable Tourism and Eco-Tourism
BHT 4243 East African Societies
BHT 4244 Sociology
BHT 3171 Sports Tourism
BHT 3177 Cultural and Rural Tourism
BHT 2178 Wildlife Tourism
BHT 3174 Destination Management
BHT 3273 Ecotourism
BHT 3275 Travel Agency Management
BHT 4276 Tourism Policy and Planning

• Fulltime course intake July
• Evening course intake May