Summer in Cyprus: Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Internship
Curriculum and Faculty
Students on this program will attend one course and participate in an assigned internship in the hospitality and tourism industry.
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Required Course
THOM-201A Tourism and Hospitality Management Internship (6-credits)
Students will enroll in the THOM-201 internship course at the University of Nicosia, through the Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management department, and will intern for 10-weeks at a hotel in one of the coastal cities and major tourist destinations in Cyprus, where they will rotate through the following departments: Food & Beverage, Sales & Marketing, Rooms Division.
The main objectives of this 6-credit course are to:
- familiarize students with the philosophy, mission, organization, culture and management style of the organization at which they are assigned; help students gain competence in performing actual tasks on jobs in their designated areas
- participate or be exposed to management activities and any management information systems used within the organization
- involve students with revenue budgeting, forecasting and strategies adopted by their department
The course will consist of:
- shadowing a supervisor
- coaching and mentoring by the supervisor
- participation back of the house and front of the house
- hands-on experience of functions and customer-facing activities
- administrative/paperwork related to the function
Teaching Methods:
- Experiential; hands-on; shadowing; peer coaching
Assessment Methods:
- Reflective paper and supervisor’s report
Upon completion of the internship and the course, students will develop a paper to include the following:
- internship expectations prior to the experience
- description of the host organization
- self-assessment of the internship experience
- personal reflections for self and career development
Interns will typically be assigned work for 36 - 40 hours a week, for ten weeks. This will amount to approximately 400 total supervised internship hours.
Students will receive a transcript from the University of Nicosia upon successful completion of the THOM-201 course.
