AA/AS in Hospitality Management is an associate's degree in Hospitality Management programme taught at Northern Caribbean University in Mandeville, Jamaica. It carries 64.0 credits (credits).
At a glance
Degree:Associate's Degree
Field:Hospitality Management
Credits: 64.0 (credits)
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Information for the 2024/25 academic year · Last checked October 2026 · Source: ncu.edu.jm ·
Program details
Overview
The Associate of Science in Hospitality Management at Northern Caribbean University prepares students for the tourism and hospitality workplace. Core courses introduce the tourism industry and cover accounting, professional food preparation with a practical lab, front office and lodging operations, housekeeping, beverage, dining and banquet service, and the logistics of global tourism. Students also take beginning Spanish or French.
Practical experience is central. Each student documents 240 hours of tourism related work, including the hours for Practicum I, and candidates with deep industry experience can request a waiver of up to 120 of them. Students wear a uniform to classes and official university business, take part in the Tourism Action Club, complete Team Jamaica certification and First Aid and CPR training, and hold a valid Food Handlers Permit.
The programme totals 64 credits, with general education included.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Regular admission needs five CSEC or GCE O-Level passes including English Language. CAPE passes (grades 1-5), City and Guilds stage 3 English at Pass or above, or other qualifications assessed for equivalency by a body such as UCJ or JTEC may be considered. Alternative entry: an SAT I score of 1170 or better for students outside the English-speaking Caribbean, or a diploma or associate degree from a recognised tertiary institution. Applicants over 25 may be admitted provisionally through work experience and the Mature Age Examination; they take at most 12 credits per semester in year one and must keep a 2.5 GPA.
