The Associate of Science in International Hospitality Operations consists essentially of the first five semesters of the B.Sc. in International Hospitality Management. It provides students with a foundation programme, covering essential skills, knowledge of key functional areas in business and an understanding of the hospitality industry, as offered in the first levels of the B.Sc. programme. Graduates can utilise this programme as a short route into a career in the hospitality industry, entering at supervisory or trainee management level positions or otherwise transfer the credits earned from this programme onto full degree programmes at The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management or elsewhere.

Programme Goals

The core goals of this programme will allow students to:

• Acquire the general skills and knowledge needed to enter into any middle- level Management career in the hospitality industry

• To develop a regional and global view of the hospitality industry

• To produce and market hospitality products, facilities, and services so that these products contribute in a positive and sustainable way to the community and business organizations in Dubai, the UAE and internationally

• Have a clearer idea and appreciation of hospitality management through an industrial placement.