COURSE DESCRIPTION


Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts

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University Requirement

Faculty Requirement

Major Requirement

Free Ellective

Complementary Requirement

Total Credit Hours

Complementary Requirement is not calcualted in total credit hours



University Requirement - 24 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 15 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0161201 English Communication Skills 3 Grammar: question tags, modals, future forms, articles, adjectives, adverbs, if structures; vocabulary: relationships, work, activities, media, war, sport; writing skills: essay, notes, messages, application letters; basic and advanced reading skills; basic and advanced listening skills; verbal skills: oral presentations, arguments.
A0161101 Arabic Communication Skills 3 Language levels: phonological level, grammatical level, rhetorical level, orthographic level, comprehension and speaking; grammar exercises, nominal sentences, verbal sentences, kana and its sisters, Inna and its sisters, dual, masculine plural, feminine plural, indeclinable nouns, vocative, appositives; exercises in morphology, present participle, and past participle; spelling and punctuation, dictionaries, listening and speaking.
A0161301 National Education 3 Concepts and terms; Geography of Jordan; contemporary political history of Jordan; Jordanian Society; Jordanian constitutional and democratic life; Jordanian national institutions; challenges facing Jordan; threats to civic life: fanaticism, extremism, terrorism, violence; corruption: definitions, types, causes, impact, and prevention.
A0161112 Leadership and Societal Responsibility 1 This course deals with prominent titles related to leadership, such as: the meaning of leadership, the vocabulary that falls under the term, leadership styles, leadership and social responsibility, change management and strategies, building an effective team, the leader and managing diversity, how to discover future leaders and support them, and women leaders.
A0161401 Military Sciences 3 The establishment and development of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; the history of the Arab Legion; peacekeeping troops; preparing the nation for defense and liberation.
A0161113 Life Skills 1 This course deals with the vital interest of the individual on the individual and collective level. It is like a passport to the success of individuals and helps them understand their personal competencies. It discusses the meaning of skills, their levels, characteristics and importance, communication skill and communication, and trains them on self-skills such as the skill of time management, organizing and defining it, and providing examples of its fields of application and activities. carried out by the students themselves. It also deals with thinking skills, its importance, education, and forms such as problem-solving and decision-making as forms of complex thinking or its strategies. The course also deals with training students on methods of dialogue and exchange of views as an entry point to resolving differences and mitigating frictions when we witness the openness of societies, correct study skills, family success and conservatism.
A0161111 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 1 Economic science definition: its objectives and the economic problem; The relation between the economic science and other sciences; Economic analysis methods; Production possibilities curve; National income accounts; Consumption; Investment; Saving; Unemployment; Inflation; Money and Banking; Financial and monetary policy and its role in dealing with the imbalanced economy through these policies; Economic development in terms of importance and objectives and economic planning to achieve such objectives; Demand and supply theory and consumer equilibrium; Cost and production theory; Producer equilibrium in different markets.

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0161501 Islamic Culture 3 Definition of the culture, characteristics of the Islamic culture, Islamic culture and other cultures; the sources of Islamic culture: The Holy Quran, Sunna, the Arabic language, history of Islam; fields of Islamic culture: faith, worship, morals; challenges facing the Islamic culture: orientalism, globalization, secularism; young people and the impacts of foreign cultures, women and Islam, Islam and terrorism.
A0161701 History of Jordan and Palestine 3 The geography of Jordan and Palestine, Jordan and Palestine in ancient times, general historical look, Jordan, and Palestine in the Mamluk era, Jordan, and Palestine during the First World War (1914- 1918), Emirate of East Jordan (Transjordan), constitutional and legislative life in Jordan, Palestine under the British Mandate, and Jordanian-Palestinian relations, Jerusalem, historical status.
A0161703 Archaeology and Tourism in Jordan 3 Tourism definition; Classification of Tourism; The difference between tourist and other traveler?s concepts, Travel types, The definition of Archaeology and archaeological sites: Archaeological surveys and excavations; Documentation; Jordan through the ages; Components of tourism in Jordan; Elements of tourist attractions in Jordan: Archeological sites, Natural sites, Natural reserves, Forests; Tourist movement and types in Jordan; Economical impact of tourism in Jordan.
A0161601 Contemporary Issues 3 Identify the most important contemporary local, national and regional issues, the most prominent contemporary challenges and their questions from development, youth, extremism, globalization, culture and identity; Jerusalem and its central position, the Arab-Israeli conflict
A0161802 Development and Environment 3 The course provides awareness and insight into the environmental issue, its vocabulary, the human relationship with the ecosystem, and environmental hazards to avoid. It also works to develop students' understanding and awareness of basic ecological concepts, and to reinforce their attitudes and values, in order to practice solving environmental problems. And linking it to comprehensive development and its relationship to water, food and energy security.
A0411601 Legal Education and Human Rights 3 This course identifying the basic concepts of human rights in an analytical way, and then realistic clarify of the international & regional means dealing with human rights such as treaties, recommendations and international means that are in the process of formation, such imperative rules & customs, this course also address realistically the content of human rights and the rights of the first generation such as right of living. The second-generation rights such as the right to work and third-generation rights such as the right of environment. International ways to protect human rights in general. In addition, the extent to which the Jordanian constitution is compatible with international human rights standards.
A0161901 Media and Public Relations 3 The nexus between media and society in terms of the social, political, economic and cultural power of the media, the role of the media in giving people the opportunity to express their opinions and promote international relations. Communication and public relations, communication and its types, levels, forms, properties, fields, activities, physical and nonphysical (symbolic) environment, and obstacles to the communicative process. Public relations: its beginnings, development, principles, bases, importance, functions, planning, activities.

Elective Courses - 3 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0871103 Principles of Renewable Energy 3 Introduction to renewable Energy include Photovoltaic, Wind power, Micro hydropower, Biomass energy, Waste power, Solar thermal power, Geothermal power, Ocean energy (tidal, tide-flow and wave), Ocean energy (OTEC), , Comparison of characteristics and cost of renewables. How we can use the sun, wind, biomass, geothermal resources, and water to generate more sustainable energy. It explains the fundamentals of energy, including the transfer of energy, as well as the limitations of natural resources. Starting with solar power, the text illustrates how energy from the sun is transferred and stored; used for heating, cooling, and lighting; collected and concentrated; and converted into electricity
A0591111 Digital Literacy 3 Digital Literacy is a concept that describes how technology and the Internet are shaping the way people interact and how they affect us as individuals and as a society. This course educate students on the uses of digital technologies, the dangers of digital technology and the need to build a culture of ethical use of the Internet and introduce the concept of responsible freedom.
A1321100 Sport and Health 3 Defining health and fitness: physical education, health education; the cognitive, emotional, skill-oriented, and social goals of physical education; the history of physical education: ancient, medieval, and modern ages, the Olympics, Athletics in Jordan: nutrition and exercising; athletic injuries: bone, joint , muscle, skin injuries; special exercises for figure deformation; diseases related to lack of exercise: diabetes, obesity, being underweight, back pain, cancer; hooliganism: causes and recommended solutions for hooliganism.
A0612303 Society Health 3 The course aims to provide students with the basic principles that enhance the concept of health and health prevention in its various physical, psychological and social aspects. The student will also be provided with information that helps individuals realize their health needs in the context of the culture and values ??systems they live in and how to meet these needs, which is known as improving health and quality of life.
A0161602 Critical Thinking Skills 3 The concept of critical thinking, its components; characteristics of critical thinking individuals; Critical thinking skills: the skill of interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, expectation, prediction; Stages of critical thinking: Motivation, searching for information, linking information, evaluation, expression, and integration


Faculty Requirement - 24 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 24 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0551201 Microeconomics 3 The course provides the basic knowledge of economics that is essential for all business major students to know. Topics covered in microeconomics include equilibrium models used by consumers and producers to satisfy needs under scarce resources, the theory of demand and supply, shifts in supply and demand, elasticity of demand and supply, consumer equilibrium, producer equilibrium, and markets under perfect competition.
A0571101 Principles of Marketing (1) 3 This course aim to describe the Marketing Concepts, the importance of understanding the marketplace and build customer engagement, and marketing mix; Analyzing the Marketing Environment: Marketing Environment Definition, The Micro-Environment, The Macro Environment, Responding to the Marketing Environment; Products: Product Definition, Product Dimensions, Product Classification, Product life cycle and its strategy;? pricing: pricing concept, pricing strategies and tactics; marketing channels: Understand the importance of marketing channels, Understand what value channel members create; marketing communications: define the promotion mix tools, the integrated marketing communications. Include planning and execution of promotional program.
A0551101 Principles of Financial Management 3 This is an introductory finance course which assumes no prior knowledge of financial management. It introduces students to the fundamental concepts of financial management and the tools of financial decision making. These concepts relate primarily to the financial statement analysis, financial ratios analysis, time value of money, and capital budget techniques.
A0111104 Statistics For Business 3 Elementary principles and applications of descriptive statistics; counting principles; linear regression and correlation and ANOVA; elementary probability principles; probability distributions; test of hypothesis and confidence interval.
A0511101 Principles of Business Administration 3 This course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge of management functions. Students will learn the fundamental principles of business administration, which include: Introduction to management and organizations, management history, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling
A0531101 Principles of Accounting (1) 3 This course aims to prepare students to understand the definition and objectives of Accounting, and its Principles and Assumptions. As well, this course helps students to use the accounting equation in order to analyze the economic transactions, prepare the journal entries, posting, and prepare financial statements. Moreover, this course illustrates all of the following ( event, transaction, entry, journal, posting, ledger, trail balance, adjusting entries, correcting entries, closing entries, financial statement).
A0581401 Management Information Systems (1) 3 his course aims to equip students with the basic knowledge of management information systems (MIS) fundamentals. Accordingly, this course is formulated to cover key topics of MIS include: Information systems basic concepts, the role of information systems in business environments complementary assets of information systems, types of information systems and their functions in an organization, foundations of business intelligence, foundations of telecommunication and Internet technologies, and the principles of e-commerce business and revenue models.
A0331701 Computer Skills (Humanities) 3 The course introduces students to a range of advanced topics in Microsoft Office 2016 Applications; these applications include Microsoft Outlook 2016, Microsoft Word 2016 and Microsoft Excel 2016.  The course is designed to enhance the students? skills in advanced topics of Microsoft, it explains how to manage Emails using MS-Outlook 2016, also it introduces the students to create, format and design Text documents using MS- Word 2016 and finally it develops the knowledge of students in MS-Excel 2016 (Advanced Topics).


Major Requirement - 72 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 66 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0522203 Preparing Salads and Appetizers / Practical 3 This is an introduction to the cold kitchen, students will learn to prepare canap?es, hot and cold hors d?oeuvre, appetizers, pates, galantine, salad and salad dressings, preparation of smoked meat, sea food and poultry. Students will practice presentation style of dishes and buffets
A0521201 Culinary Principles / Practical 3 This course introduces the students to the fundamental of cooking theories and techniques, the topics of study includes safety in the kitchen, methods of cooking, kitchen equipment, station organization, knife skills, vegetable cuts, producing stock, preparing thickening agents, preparing soups and sauces, vegetable cooking and portion calculation
A0523304 Event and Exhibitions Management and Procedures / Practical 1 This course aims to supply students with skills needed to run and manage convention, meetings, special events and exhibition in hospitality field, developing plans for convection and trade show industry, procedures for organizing conventions, methods of contracting and negotiating event, procedures for preparing and executing convention, meeting and tradeshow
A0521104 Food Safety and Hygiene 3 An introduction to food safety and hygiene governed by Jordan Food Drugs Administration rules and regulation, topics to be covered include prevention of foodborne illness through proper handling of potentially hazardous foods, food safety systems, hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP), food processing flow, good hygiene practice, good manufacturing practice, standard operation procedures and auditing excellence
A0523204 International Cuisine / Practical 3 This course designed to allow students cook, taste and serve international dishes from different regions, focus will be on ingredients, flavors and cooking techniques, the course develop and expand understanding of how people from different culture approach food and beverage
A0522207 Food and Beverage Service (1) 1 Food and beverage service is important element for those who are working or planning to work in the hospitality sector. This course will introduce the students to the theory aspects of food and beverage service like service profession, service organization, equipment and materials and waiters rules and responsibilities.
A0524301 Menu Planning 2 Understanding the fundamentals of menu planning is essential to building a successful foodservice concept since the menu is the foundation upon which a foodservice operation builds both its reputation and profit. This course present a complete overview of key aspects of menu planning, including designing, writing, costing, marketing, and merchandising a menu.
A0522303 Room Division Management 2 To give students knowledge about hospitality history and its origins, importance and development, the organization of priorities in work in the hotel and Rooms Division, the connection between Rooms Division and other departments in the hotel, how to prepare statistics of guests, characteristics of front office and housekeeping employees, guidelines of security and safety in rooms division and to teach them about international programs in front office and housekeeping departments.
A0521105 Principles of Nutrition 3 This course presents a unique look at nutrition through the lens of food, it is essential to help chefs prepare food that is as healthful as it is delicious, in addition to providing practical applications of nutrition principles. The course provides information on essential nutrients and phytochemicals plus guidance on healthful cooking techniques, flavor, communicating nutrition messages and meeting the needs of health-conscious diners. The students will learn the power of food, nutrition standard and tools, carbohydrate, fat and oil, protein, water and beverages, vitamins and minerals and the flavor factors
A0521305 Principles of Hospitality Management 3 This course provides an overview of the essential aspects of professionalism and different services in the main area of the hospitality industry and some parts of travel and tourism industry. The hospitality industry background, historical development and its component area will be presented, employment opportunities and facilities as well trends in each area will be discussed
A0524103 Procurement Management and Hotel Supply Chains 3 This course is designed to help students who will be involved in purchasing through their hospitality career. This course covers product information, management of purchasing functions and procurement functions within hospitality industry, the concepts of selection and procurement, technology applications in purchasing, distribution systems, forces affecting the distribution systems, an overview of the purchasing function, the organization, administration, and evaluation of purchasing, the purchase specification, the optimal amount, determining optimal purchase prices and payment policies, the optimal supplier, ordering procedures, receiving procedures, storage management procedures, security in the purchasing function and selection of items
A0524702 Field Training (2) / Practical 6 A supervised work experience designed to expand career knowledge while increase speed, timing, organization and ability to handle cooking or baking and pastry creation or managerial tasks in approved commercial food service and hospitality establishment. Students will complete a set of competencies nd will be evaluated accordingly and received a feedback report
A0522208 Food and Beverage Service (1) / Practical 2 This course will enhance the skills of students on the food and beverage service like preparatory work in the waiters' pantry and dining room, preparing and serving hot and cold drinks, mise en place, service rules, service techniques, breakfast, banquets and functions, guest courtesy, sales techniques, methods of payment and working at the guest table
A0523401 Specialized Computer Applications 2 This course provides knowledge about computer systems within hotel industry and functions provided such as front of the house, in rooms technology, hotel business intelligence and reporting solutions, revenue management system and point of sale
A0523402 Specialized Computer Applications / Practical 1 In the computer lab students will practice different front of the house situations like check in, billing and check out, reservation and generate reports
A0523303 Event and Exhibitions Management and Procedures 2 This course aims to supply students with the information needed to run and manage convention, meetings, special events and exhibition in hospitality filed, marketing plans for convention and trade show industry
A0524302 Menu Planning / Practical 1 The course will cover menu trends in the industry, performing market research and creating a market survey, nutrition and dietary guidelines, menu planning, the financial aspects of menu-planning such as performing a yield test, creating and writing standardized recipes, and recipe costing and writing, designing, and merchandising the menu.
A0523701 Field Training (1) / Practical 6 Training takes at one of the hotels chosen by the Students Industry Relation Supervisor whereby the students can train in the field, The students will gain more experience in a program tailored to their own specialty, this is usually coordinated between the SIR and the hotels and of course with the approval of the department. Students Industry Relations Supervisor usually supervises and follows up on the students? progress and provides a feedback report.
A0523209 Food and Beverage Service (2) / Practical 3
A0522202 Preparing Main Courses / Practical 3 The foundation of cooking techniques and theories from Culinary Principles will be applied in preparing main courses; emphasis will be on cooking vegetables, soups and sauces, meats, poultry, pasta, potatoes and rice. Multi course menu will be prepared with attention to plate decoration
A0524102 Food and Beverage Cost Control 3 This course teaches the art and math of cost control, students will explore recipe costing and sales price determination, purchasing and storeroom control, labor control, revenue management, and income statements and budgeting
A0523205 Paking and Pastries Operation Practical 3 This course offers detailed instructions on the techniques for everything from yeast breads, pastry doughs, quick breads, breakfast pastries, and savory items to cookies, pies, cakes, frozen desserts, custards, souffles, and chocolates. In addition, this course features new information on sustainability and seasonality along with new material on plated desserts, special-occasion cakes, wedding cakes, decor techniques, savory and breakfast pastries, and volume production.
A0523101 Restaurant Management 3 Restaurant Management course discuss the management side of running a restaurant including technical and knowledge of service types and styles, manage, train and motivate service staff, provide good customer relation and promoting sales, as well ability to be good administrator to organize work flow and control quality
A0522304 Room Division Management / Practical 1
A0523206 Preparing Desserts / Practical 3 In this course students will be trained on essential elements of contemporary desserts like mousses, doughs, and ganaches, showing them how to master those building blocks before molding and incorporating them into creative finished desserts. The course explores in detail techniques of pre-desserts, plated desserts, dessert buffets, passed desserts, cakes, petits fours and chocolates.

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0572104 Sales Management 3 This course will give an overview of sales responsibilities including prospecting, customer records and information feedback, managing the sales cycle, self-management, dealing with complaints, the provision of service and the implementation of sales strategies. Moreover, this course introduces issues related to the management of the salesforce and examines the important elements of recruitment and selection
A0573102 Services Marketing 3 This course covers the nature of services, how to understand services, how consumer behavior relates to services, and how to position services. In addition, the development of the service concept and its value proposition, and the product, distribution, pricing, and communications strategies that are needed for developing a successful business model and expands them to account for the specific characteristics of services that make them different from goods marketing.
A0512101 Business Communications 3 This course aims to equip students with the skills and knowledge of business communication. Students will learn effective business writing; persuasive and appropriate verbal and nonverbal communication and interpersonal skills across teams and cultures, also to adapt messages to the needs and expectations of the audience.
A0513102 Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses 3 This course aims to equip students with the basic knowledge of Entrepreneurship and Small Business skills. It provides students with an overview of entrepreneurship and small business and the essential tools needed to make successful feasibility analysis and a business plan. Students will learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and small business including: introduction to entrepreneurship, recognizing opportunities and generating ideas, feasibility analysis, writing a business plan, industry and competitor analysis, franchising, and finding opportunity in an existing business.
A0523601 Hotel Accounting 3
A0524602 Hotal Revenue Management 3


Free Ellective - 12 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 12 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0572403 Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and Sales 3 This course is designed to provide students with basic concepts and skills in tourism and hotel services and will cover the following topics: Introduction to Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism, Service Characteristics of Hospitality and Tourism Marketing, Marketing Environment, a strategic map for hotel strategy.
A0121402 English for Special Purposes 3 English for specific purposes (ESP) is a sub-branch of teaching/learning English as a second or foreign language. It involves teaching technical English for students to meet their special needs. English for specific purposes provides learners with specific skills based on a detailed analysis of learners' professional/academic needs. Examples of ESP include English for business, medical and psychological fields or other fields which require dealing with specific jargons or terminologies.
A0512102 Human Resource Management 3 This course aims to enable students to understand the various principles and concepts of Human Resources Management. It provides students a full and practical introduction to human resource management techniques, with a focus on how to use those techniques to improve performance, productivity and profitability at work. Students will learn the fundamental principles of human resource management including: Planning, job analysis, recruitment, selection, training and development, performance appraisal and compensation.
A0151102 Listening and Speaking 3 Communication skills: understanding of discussions from different fields of knowledge, improving critical thinking; speaking skills: reacting efficiently to different kinds of conversation, speaking the English language confidently; Listening skills: Improving students? listening skills, reacting efficiently to different types listening material; building a powerful vocabulary.


Complementary Requirement - 9 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 9 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0161200 Remedial English Language 3 Grammar: auxiliary verbs, tenses (past, present, future) Vocabulary: friendship, communication, IT, TV shows, media, houses, places description, compound nouns, free time activities, books and movies description, food, dinning out. Variety of skills: paragraph writing, verifying formal and informal letters, writing unofficial emails, ways of using punctuation, upper case letters and conjunctions, outlining main ideas and details, inferring conclusions and impeded meanings, determining author?s perspectives, presentations, argumentation and persuasion, agreeing and disagreeing expressions, making comparisons, narrating events, expressing opinions, making official phone calls, ordering food, correct pronunciation.
A0331700 Remedial Computer Skills 3 Introduction to basic computer hardware and software; copyrights; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power point, Access; Introduction to Internet.
A0161100 Remedial Arabic Language 3 Language level and definition, speaking and comprehension texts, syntax exercises, Nominal Sentence, safe feminine plural, safe masculine plural, singularity, auxiliaries, duality, numbers, subordinates, punctuations, morphological exercise, dictation issues, Nunnation.

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