Pioneer 
This two-year programme focuses on the comprehensive spectrum of leisure and resort businesses that will enable students to be on the pulse of the leisure industries. Standing out with its highly practical approach, this is also your solid stepping-stone to a challenging career in other areas such as tourism, marketing, and fast-expanding fields like sports and club management.
Duration of Study
2 Years
Course Mode
Full-time
Course Location
Kuching
Intakes
Assessments
Coursework percentage and written examination percentage. This programme provides students with relevant, interesting, stimulating, and practical experience via a variety of teaching and practical techniques. Different dynamic learning processes are employed in the delivery of this programme, such as lectures, tutorials, team-based projects, real-life system development, presentations, and independent projects supervised by supervisors from university lecturers or industry experts. The work-based learning is very much practical oriented.
Career Prospect
Students may expect to be employed by:
- Travel Agency Manager
- Tour Operator
- Cruise Manager
- Theme park Manager
- Tourism Project Manager
- Recreation Manager
- Event Manager
- Event Organiser
- Convention Centre Manager
- Entertainment Specialists
- Banquet Manager
Subjects Offered
Year 1
- Introduction to Management
- Hospitality and Tourism Communication
- Computing Studies
- Tour and Travel Operation
- Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality Industry
- Introduction to Leisure and Recreation
- Writing for Academic Purpose
- Leisure and Recreation Risk Management
- Fundamental of Marketing
- Introduction to Human Resource Management
- Principles of Sport and Leisure Management
- Leisure Marketing
- Introduction to Accounting
Year 2
- Events Management
- Resort, Spa and Wellness
- Sport Management
- Visitor Attraction Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Casino, Club and Resort Management
- Ecotourism
- Leisure Facilities Management
- Business Events
- Cross Cultural Studies
- Co-operative Placement
Elective (Choose One)
- Introduction to Foreign Languages in Hospitality Industry (Japanese, German, Mandarin or Korean)
For foreign students:
- Communication in Bahasa Melayu 2
Entry Requirement
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
​SPM
Pass SPM with minimum 3 credits (C)
O-Level
Minimum 3 credits (C)
​UEC
Pass UEC with a minimum of 3 credits (B)
​Leisure-related Certificate, SKM (MQF Level 3)
Pass Level 3 in the related course and pass SPM with at least 1 credit
Polytechnic Certificates
Pass
​Other qualifications deemed equivalent to SPM/O-Level by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency
Minimum overall average of 50%
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
TOEFL
30-31
Pearson Test of English
36
MUET
Band 2
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