About Hospitality & Tourism Management in Olds College
What can you expect from the program?
Whether you decide to work abroad or remain close to home the skills you acquire in the Hospitality and Tourism Management program will prepare you with a solid management focused education allowing you to be employable in many businesses around the world.
This unique 15 month accelerated diploma program requires students to complete work experience components along with an applied management residency.
What will you learn?
Students will learn in the Pomeroy Inns & Suites, located on our campus. By leveraging our relationships with industry associations, professional organizations, and tourism operators, students will experience a diverse range of facilities and services focusing on real-life learning. From leisure, tourism, sporting events, and recreation operations, to mixology, culinary theory and everything in between, students will be immersed in applied, hands on learning. Students will learn to:
- Communicate with stakeholders to achieve personal and organizational objectives.
- Apply strategic leadership skills to achieve organization objectives.
- Analyze business information to make strategic decisions.
- Apply resource management skills to achieve organizational objectives.
- Apply critical thinking skills to achieve organizational objectives.
- Apply professional standards to achieve personal and organizational objectives.
- Apply ethical standards to achieve personal and organizational objectives.
- Apply the marketing process to achieve organizational objectives.
- Utilize business technologies to perform workplace duties.
- Apply project management principles to achieve organizational objectives
Your Future
Job opportunities include: special event management, food and beverage and travel counselling.
Academic qualification equivalents
- 50% or better in Two of Biology 20, Chemistry 20, Science 20, OR One of Biology 30, Chemistry 30, Science 30
English language requirements (one of the below):
- IELTS : no band below 5.5, with an overall band score of no less than a 6.0
- TOEFL : overall score of no less than 80 with no academic section below 18
- PTE : score of at least 53-54 with no communicative skill profile below 53.
Olds College The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
| Program |
Tuition Fee per year |
| Avg Cost of Tuition/Year |
$7,008 CAD |
| Admin Fee |
$217 |
| Book & Supply |
$750 CAD |
| Application Fee |
$157.50 CAD |
Olds College English Language Requirements
| Test |
Minimum score required |
| Academic IELTS or IELTS Indicator* |
no band below 5.5, with an overall band score of no less than a 6.0 |
| TOEFL (iBT) |
Internet based test - overall score of no less than 80 with no academic section below 18 |
| PTE Academic |
score of at least 53-54 with no communicative skill profile below 53 |
| CAEL |
overall score of no less than 60, with no band below 50 |
