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Hospitality Distance Learning

American Hotel & Lodging Association courses and certificates

Tuition: $285 approx per course + books/supplies
Where: College Wide
Starts: Varies
  • Courses are self-paced through distance education using materials from the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, the international standard for hospitality excellence.
  • Choose from 24 courses, which can be taken individually or in combination to achieve one of eight specialized credentials.

Career possibilities: With certification in specific topics, students will enhance their ability to be employed in the tourism and hospitality industry, and pursue a career in hotels, skiing resorts, restaurants, tourism services, or the travel trade.

Program Highlights

All courses use the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) materials and you will receive a certificate upon successful completion of each course. Students may also group a number of certificates together and achieve specialty certificates in the following:

  • Room Division Management Certificate - 5 courses
  • Food and Beverage Management Certificate - 5 courses
  • Human Resources Management Certificate - 5 courses
  • Marketing and Sales Management Certificate - 5 courses
  • Accounting and Financial Management Certificate - 5 courses
  • Hospitality Operations Certificate - 8 courses
  • Hospitality Management Diploma - 12 courses
  • Club Management Certificate - 5 courses

Admission Requirements

  1. While there is no formal admission requirement for English 12, the content of some courses requires a literacy level equal to Grade 12. For more information about specific courses and requirements, please contact the co-ordinator.

To Be Successful

  • Basic knowledge of the English language is recommended for student success. 

Individual Courses

  • TMA-059 Food & Beverage Management
  • TMA-066 Food & Beverage Cost Control
  • TMA-067 Managing Food & Beverage Service
  • TMA-068 Supervisory Housekeeping
  • TMA-069 Bar & Beverage Management
  • TMA-100 Financial Accounting I
  • TMA-110 Financial Accounting II
  • TMA-125 Hotel/Motel Security Management
  • TMA-130 Hospitality Industry Computer Systems
  • TMA-140 Fundamentals of Destination Management and Marketing
  • TMA-145 Managing Hospitality Human Resources
  • TMA-150 Hospitality Sales & Marketing
  • TMA-155 Marketing in the Hospitality Industry
  • TMA-160 Convention Management and Service
  • TMA-165 Facilities Management
  • TMA-170 Front Office Procedures
  • TMA-175 Hospitality Supervision
  • TMA-240 International Hotel Management
  • TMA-265 Training and Development for the Hospitality Industry
  • TMA-270 Quality Leadership and Management
  • TMA-275 Basic Financial Accounting for the Hospitality Industry
  • TMA-280 Managerial Accounting for the Hospitality Industry
  • TMA-285 Contemporary Club Management
  • TMA-366 Accounting for Club Operations

Food and Beverage Management Certificate

  • TFS-010/TFS145 Foodsafe Level 1 & 2
  • TMA-066 Food & Beverage Cost Control
  • TMA-067 Managing Food & Beverage Service
  • TMA-175 Hospitality Supervision
  • TMA-069 Bar & Beverage Management

Rooms Division Management Certificate

  • TMA-068 Supervisory Housekeeping
  • TMA-125 Hotel/Motel Security Management
  • TMA-130 Hospitality Industry Computer Systems
  • TMA-170 Front Office Procedures
  • TMA-175 Hospitality Supervision

Marketing & Sales Management Certificate

  • TMA-140 Fundamentals of Destination Management and Marketing
  • TMA-150 Hospitality Sales and Marketing
  • TMA-155 Marketing in the Hospitality Industry
  • TMA-160 Convention Management and Service
  • TMA-175 Hospitality Supervision

Human Resources Management Certificate

  • TMA-145 Managing Hospitality Human Resources
  • TMA-175 Hospitality Supervision
  • TMA-265 Training and Development for the Hospitality Industry
  • TMA-270 Quality Leadership Management
  • plus one TMA elective course

Hospitality Management Diploma

  • TMA-068 Supervisory Housekeeping
  • TMA-125 Hotel/Motel Security Management
  • TMA-140 Fundamentals of Destination Management and Marketing
  • TMA-145 Managing Hospitality Human Resources
  • TMA-165 Facilities Management
  • TMA-170 Front Office Procedures
  • TMA-175 Hospitality Supervision
  • plus one TMA elective course

and one course from the following:

  • TMA-265 Training and Development for the Hospitality Industry
  • TMA-270 Quality Leadership Management

and one course from the following:

  • TMA-059 Food & Beverage Management
  • TMA-067 Managing Food & Beverage Service

and one course from the following:

  • TMA-150 Hospitality Sales and Marketing
  • TMA-155 Marketing in the Hospitality Industry

and one course from the following:

  • TMA-275 Hospitality Industry Financial Accounting
  • TMA-100 Basic Hotel and Restaurant Accounting

Hospitality Operations Certificate

  • TMA-140 Fundamentals of Destination Management and Marketing
  • TMA-170 Front Office Procedures
  • TMA-175 Hospitality Supervision
  • TMA-059 Food & Beverage Management
  • TMA-067 Managing Food & Beverage Service
  • TMA-100 Financial Accounting I

and one course from the following:

  • TMA-150 Hospitality Sales and Marketing
  • TMA-155 Marketing in the Hospitality Industry

and one course from the following:

Completion Requirements

Completion Requirements are a 70% passing grade.

Questions?

Contact:

Deborah Forsyth
250-923-9765
deborah.forsyth@nic.bc.ca

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