Looking for a learning experience that provides a wide variety of career opportunities? Study our Bachelor of Business degree.
Our three-year degree is a unique mix of academic and industry-based learning. Starting from an operational base, you will develop a basic understanding of business from a management perspective. Your knowledge base is expanded each year with new industry relevant concepts and business applications.
Typically, each study year is comprised of six-months’ full-time study, followed by a six-month full-time Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement. This allows you to put into practice what you have learnt, and provides you with a head-start on networking opportunities with future employers - all before you have graduated!
Our graduates have an outstanding 87% employment-upon-graduation rating, and according to a recent QILT student experience survey 2019/18, we’re also considered the best Hotel, Hospitality, and Business school in Australia. Enjoy reading some of our graduate testimonials below, they’re working in a variety of careers inside and outside of the hotel industry.
Why study a Bachelor of Business (Hospitality Management) degree?
ICHM graduates gain a comprehensive understanding of business and the hotel and hospitality environments resulting in outstanding career prospects. The hotel industry is also one of the few industries’ where managerial titles and positions of responsibility can be achieved relatively early on in a career.
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Now a Customer Experience Manager with Wing, David is responsible for managing the support team, developing and building the company’s global customer support procedures, and enhancing the overall end-to-end customer experience.
Bodelle’s first industry placement was at Hyatt Regency, and her second was at Sofitel, which she describes as, ‘her foot in the door’. She went on to hold various management positions at The Sebel, and with the Francis Group of companies.
Today SOL Group is Australia’s largest online gift provider with websites The Hamper Emporium and Gifts Australia. SOL Group proudly lays claim to more than one and a half million users accessing their websites annually across more than two million sessions, with growth over the past two years at an impressive 72 per cent. With an annual turnover of $17.5 million.
Benjamin is General Manager at Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20 and he has area responsibility for seven other properties. The 244 - room Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20 is the largest conferencing Novotel in Bangkok, with nine conference rooms, a Junior Ballroom and Grand Ballroom.
Hazel Toutounji is another graduate who has succeeded in a completely different field, as a clinical nutritionist and owner of an organic tea brand Sacha Botanica known for hand-blended health-focused herbal tisanes and sourcing high-quality traditional teas from around the world.
Sachi Fletcher is the Restaurant Manager at Hentley Farm. In 2019 the restaurant picked up the Readers Choice - Regional Award in the Australian Good Food & Travel Guide. Hentley Farm Restaurant also won the Best Restaurant in South Australian - Restaurant & Catering’s Awards for Excellence.
Justin MConnell joined ICHM as a mature-age student in 1994, having previously been a Chef. He says the college provided him with the shot in the arm he needed to broaden his thinking. His placements while studying at ICHM were at The Beaufort Heritage in Brisbane, Brown’s Hotel in London, and Grand Hyatt in Melbourne. Justin is now General Manager at Next Hotels & Resorts in Adelaide, specifically for the redevelopment and refurbishment of the Sage properties on South Terrace.
The Bachelor of Business (Hospitality Management) is a full-time course delivered face-to-face; WIL placements can be in different locations. Presently due to COVID-19, ICHM can also deliver in a blended or on-line mode.
Below is a breakdown of the on-campus academic program subjects and descriptions; some subjects in later years may require successful completion of subjects in previous academic semesters (pre-requisite subjects).
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(Note: Students are encouraged to apply for credit transfer/advanced standing for study taken at other institutions; as well as time they may have spent working in the hospitality industry. Approved credit may reduce a students overall cost and study workload).
BBHM111a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement (subject to course progression)
Core Subjects:
Elective Subjects**
**Students to nominate three. Not every elective will offered each semester
BBHM211a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement (subject to course progression)
BCore Subjects:
Elective Subjects**
**Students to nominate three. Not every elective will be offered each semester.
BBHM311a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement (subject to course progression)
The following document presents tables that present an overview of the subjects within each year of study, their weighting and course workload. This includes hours of face to face study required per subject as well as external study expectations.
Orientation sessions at ICHM are held in week one at the start of each semester to provide a friendly welcome to all new students from Australia and around the world.
With students drawn from across the world, it would be unusual for students to know anyone else before they arrive. The orientation sessions are held to help you get to know each other, introduce you to Adelaide, find your way around the campus, meet your teachers, and just generally settle in. ICHM also offers a free airport pick up service to all new students.