Year 4 | Option 2

Innovating the sector

During the first half of your final year (option 2), you will participate in an exchange programme with another university. During the second half, you will work on your graduation project at a hospitality company of your choice.

Exchange Programme (15 ECs)

The exchange programme provides the opportunity to study abroad at one of our partner universities.

Launching Your Career (LYCar) Execution (30 ECs)

Launching Your Career (LYCar) is a stepping stone to your future career and an accumulation of your previous and continuous learning. In this course you need to show you are a critical and reflective learner, who can contribute to the world as an intercultural hospitality leader. You have significant flexibility in shaping this course.

This involves actively working on two main end-products namely:

1. The LYCar project Report: This project, whether within a placement, for a company/commissioner, or your own business, allows you to problematise/solution design and apply gained knowledge. You establish your presence in a specific field through dissemination.

2. The LYCar Career Portfolio: this report showcases your professional, social, and personal development, i.e. your growth & development toward Launching Your Career, this is achieved in a comprehensive learning portfolio, including a 360 evaluation.