Designing Food and Beverage Experiences (HOSP7050)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2016
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
School
Business School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Delivery mode
Internal
Class hours
4 Seminar hours
Course enquiries
Work Integrated Learning
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Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
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Course description
This course provides students with advanced professional skills in creating food and beverage experiences. It invites students to embrace a multidisciplinary perspective to investigate the design of food and beverage experiences in various contexts, including tourism, festivals and events and the traditional hospitality sector. Utilising an experiential teaching and learning style students will assess the impact of state of the art scientific and social scientific research that food and beverage professionals employ to construct and design experiences. Core concepts include food and beverage management, culinary arts, gastronomy and wine appreciation, authenticity, sustainability, servicescapes, food science, neuro-gastronomy, ego-involvement and destination/product marketing.