Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University

oth technical and managerial skills. The systematic evaluation of
food and beverage systems will be emphasised.
HOS5702 15 Credit Points
Hospitality Facilities Management
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit introduces the key issues involved in the design and
management of hospitality facilities. Emphasis is given to
maintenance, energy use, occupational health and safety, and
conservation. The greening of the hotel industry and the growing
importance of waste management in the hospitality industry, with
the imperative need to conserve resources and minimise waste are
additional areas underlined in this unit. The efficient use and
opertion of mechanical components of hospitlaity properties
forms the foundation of this unit.
HOS5703 15 Credit Points
Contemporary Issues in Hospitality Management
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
The unit investigates areas which are topical and relevant to the
modern day hospitality industry. The unit may reflect specialist
expertise available to the hospitality programme, for example
through a visiting fellow or visiting professor. In addition the unit
is designed to include specific student research projects.
HOS5704 15 Credit Points
Hotel and Restaurant Information Systems
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit is designed to familiarise students with management
information systems which are used in the hotel and restaurant
industry. Information systems and the increasing application of
technology to the hotel and restaurant industries will be analysed
from a conceptual and theoretical perspective. The unit has a
managerial focus, and will focus on the human issues of using
information systems in the hospitality industry. In particular, the
unit will provide an overview of the impacts of technology on the
managers, workforce and customers of the industry. Students will
encounter a range of theoretical and practical applications of
information technology, which are unique to these industries
including property management systems, reservation systems,
guest history systems, electronic point of sale systems, and guest
driven applications such as automatic check-in, check-out and
guest in-room appliances.
HOS5705 15 Credit Points
Hospitality Enterprises in a Global Context
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This unit integrates the business and management concepts
introduced in previous units and applies these in a strategic
planning and management approach for a hospitality business.
The global nature and characteristics of the hospitality industry
will be studied. This global context as it relates to Mulit-national,
Transnational, and Single Business Units will be investigated.
Characteristics of the hospitality service, business, organisational
and operational issues in managing hotels and restaurants are
studied.
HOS5706 15 Credit Points
Accommodation Department Management
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
This is an introduction to the management of the accommodation
sector of the hospitality industry. The principles and procedures in
the provision of quality tourist accommodation are studied with
emphasis on the front office, housekeeping and security. Pricing
strategies, human and other resource allocation and the
maintenance of inventories form important and integral areas of
study in the unit.
HOS6200 0 Credit Points
Masters Thesis
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW
The Master of Business is a research degrees. The purpose of the
degree is to train students in the use of research methodology and
techniques and in a critical evaluation appropriate to their field of
study. By the end of their candidature the student should be
capable of conceiving, designing, implementing and evaluating a
research based study.
HPS5101 15 Credit Points
Preparation of Thesis Proposal
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
The research thesis is completed during two semesters of full-time
study (or the part time equivalent), during which time the 4th year
candidate is under the supervision of a member of the School of
Psychology staff. In this unit students develop their research skills
by designing a project which is achievable in the time available,
which is designed to give a clear answer to a research question (or
manageable set of research questions), and which extends existing
knowledge in a psychological domain. Projects need to be related
to content areas taught in the psychology course. During second
semester (in the units HPS5102-4) the research project is
conducted and written up by the candidate in thesis or literature
review and research project format.
HPS5102 15 Credit Points
Thesis Development
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Prerequisite :
HPS5101 Preparation of Thesis Proposal
In these units students conduct the research project designed in the
unit HPS5101, under the supervision of their academic supervisor.
The project is then written up by the candidate in thesis or
literature review and research project format.
HPS5103 15 Credit Points
Thesis Development
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Prerequisite :
HPS5101 Preparation of Thesis Proposal
In these units students conduct the research project designed in the
unit HPS5101, under the supervision of their academic supervisor.
The project is then written up by the candidate in thesis or
literature review and research project format.
HPS5104 15 Credit Points
Thesis Development
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Prerequisite :
HPS5101 Preparation of Thesis Proposal
In these units students conduct the research project designed in the
unit HPS5101, under the supervision of their academic supervisor.
The project is then written up by the candidate in thesis or
literature review and research project format.
HSA311V 15 Credit Points
Ethical Human Services Practice
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit explores and facilitates ethical reasoning for human
services workers. It aims to enable students to understand the
moral dimensions of choices of action in everyday human services
practice, so as to facilitate professional and organisational
congruence with the mission of human services.
HSR5101 20 Credit Points
The History of Human Services
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit is designed to provide a foundation and framework for
the course. Emphasis will be on the relationship between the roles
and functions of contemporary services and their historical
antecedents. The policy, structural and legislative context of
modern formal human services will be analysed within a
framework of dominant cultural values and ideologies. Students
will be required to analyse critically key contemporary issues
through an individual, structured project.
HSR5102 20 Credit Points
Social Role Valorisation 1 (Theory)
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit is designed to introduce and critically explore the
Theory of Social Role Valorisation. The Theory of Social Role
Valorisation has had a major influence on the development of
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