Food Services and Wellbeing Management MSc
(University of Brighton)
The Food Services and Wellbeing Management MSc is an industry-specific masters degree course focussing on the importance of food and its origins, diets and wellbeing and the significant growth of interest in these areas.
Designed for people who intend to enter the hospitality, food services and wellbeing sectors and for those who are already at the appropriate developmental stage of their careers, this course is suitable for:
- Professionals in the food service industry who want to gain further knowledge
- Entrepreneurs who wish to explore and develop a food service and wellbeing enterprise
- Graduates from a range of different backgrounds who wish pursue a career in food services and wellbeing management
- Those who wish to pursue a personal interest in food, food service and wellbeing.
This is a unique opportunity to develop the necessary skills required for a successful career in this growing area. This course will allow you to explore the increased awareness of the importance of stable and healthy diets, as well as the effect of campaigns by celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall. You will study the ethical sourcing of food and the growing interest in what we eat and how it is prepared.
You will also study factors that affect food service and wellbeing including government policies, advances and innovations of the food service and wellbeing industries and applied management techniques and scientific substantiation and communication of nutritional and wellbeing of food products to both food service professionals and consumers.
Course structure
This MSc can be studied either full-time over one year or on a part-time basis over two years or longer according to the personal and professional needs of students.
Syllabus
Core modules
Critical Perspectives of Food Service and Wellbeing
Food, Culture and Society
Food, Nutrition and Diet
Managing Resources in Hospitality and Tourism.
Options – two from:
Human Resource Strategy in Multi Unit Service Organisations
Ethical and Social Responsibility: theory and application
Food Safety Management
Entrepreneurship in Food and Drink
Career and progression opportunities
Graduates of this course will have the opportunity to enter the food, food service, hospitality and wellbeing industries. For those or who are already working in these areas the course will help to further develop your career.
Possible job roles could include food retail services management, food and beverage management in independent and group hotel and restaurant companies and catering service management for private and public sector companies.
