Curriculum and Courses

Our curriculum framework ensures students to be equipped with basic business knowledge before advancing into specific streams in Hospitality or Real Estate.

Our curriculum framework ensures students to be equipped with basic business knowledge before advancing into specific stream in Hospitality or Real Estate. This guarantees whole-person development so that students will be able to develop their future career in both fields or select a path specializing in either one.

Faculty-package Courses

  • Foundations in Financial Accounting
  • Basic Economics for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
  • Management of Hospitality and Real Estate Businesses
  • Foundations in Financial Accounting
  • Basic Economics for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
  • Management of Hospitality and Real Estate Businesses

Core Courses

  • Basic Quantitative Methods for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
  • Business Information Systems
  • Financial Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Food & Beverage Management
  • Management of Lodging Facilities
  • Hospitality Real Estate Economics
  • Law for Hospitality and Real Estate Industry
  • Hospitality Strategic Management
  • Hospitality and Real Estate Capstone Project
  • Basic Quantitative Methods for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
  • Business Information Systems
  • Financial Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Food & Beverage Management
  • Management of Lodging Facilities
  • Hospitality Real Estate Economics
  • Law for Hospitality and Real Estate Industry
  • Hospitality Strategic Management
  • Hospitality and Real Estate Capstone Project

In your first two years of study, you will take a series of business foundation courses and Hospitality and Real Estate introductory courses. Prior to the completion of your second year, you will declare your intention in either Hospitality or Real Estate stream.

Hospitality Stream

  • Hospitality Organization Behaviour
  • Hospitality Service Management & Innovation
  • Designing and Managing Customer Experience
  • Hospitality Revenue Management & Analytics
  • Facilities Development and Management for Hospitality and Real Estate
  • Hospitality Organization Behaviour
  • Hospitality Service Management & Innovation
  • Designing and Managing Customer Experience
  • Hospitality Revenue Management & Analytics
  • Facilities Development and Management for Hospitality and Real Estate

Real Estate Stream

  • Real Estate Finance
  • Introduction to Real Estate Investments
  • Real Estate Valuation
  • Global Real Estate Asset Management
  • Facilities Development and Management for Hospitality and Real Estate
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Introduction to Real Estate Investments
  • Real Estate Valuation
  • Global Real Estate Asset Management
  • Facilities Development and Management for Hospitality and Real Estate

Over the following two years, you will complete the required stream courses and choose from an array of elective courses across the three modules.

Analytical Module

  • Financial Management and Cost Control for Hospitality Organizations
  • Quantitative Methods for Real Estate
  • Fundamental Research Methodology for Hospitality and Real Estate
  • Digital Marketing for Hospitality Industry
  • Land Conversion Process and Development Control
  • Consultation Practicum in Hospitality and Real Estate
  • Advanced Real Estate Investments
  • Financial Management and Cost Control for Hospitality Organizations
  • Quantitative Methods for Real Estate
  • Fundamental Research Methodology for Hospitality and Real Estate
  • Digital Marketing for Hospitality Industry
  • Land Conversion Process and Development Control
  • Consultation Practicum in Hospitality and Real Estate
  • Advanced Real Estate Investments

Innovative Module

  • Air Transportation
  • Travel and Tourism Management
  • Strategic Brand Management for the Hospitality Business
  • Entrepreneurship in the Hospitality and Real Estate Industry
  • Innovation in Hospitality and Real Estate Industry
  • Hospitality and Real Estate Design Thinking
  • Revitalization of Heritage Buildings
  • Business Sustainability
  • Air Transportation
  • Travel and Tourism Management
  • Strategic Brand Management for the Hospitality Business
  • Entrepreneurship in the Hospitality and Real Estate Industry
  • Innovation in Hospitality and Real Estate Industry
  • Hospitality and Real Estate Design Thinking
  • Revitalization of Heritage Buildings
  • Business Sustainability

Experiential Module

  • Wine Culture and Appreciation
  • Shopping Mall Investment and Management
  • Smart MICE Management
  • Talent Analytics
  • Strategic Negotiation for Hospitality and Real Estate Industry
  • Cruise Management
  • Project Management for Hospitality and Real Estate
  • Wine Culture and Appreciation
  • Shopping Mall Investment and Management
  • Smart MICE Management
  • Talent Analytics Strategies
  • Strategic Negotiation for Hospitality and Real Estate Industry
  • Cruise Management
  • Project Management for Hospitality and Real Estate

Executive-in-Residence (EiR)

Our Executive-in-Residence courses comprise a series of one-unit modules taught over four weeks by industry senior executives. Previous course topics include airline management, cruise line management, specialty tourism, PropTech, event planning, leadership excellence, brand management and commercial real estate investment analysis.

Our Executive-in-Residence courses comprise a series of one-unit modules taught over four weeks by industry senior executives. Previous course topics include airline management, cruise line management, specialty tourism, PropTech, event planning, leadership excellence, brand management and commercial real estate investment analysis.

Distinguished Speakers Series (DSS)

Each semester, leaders and veteran executives from the hospitality and real estate industries visit HRE students to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing their respective fields. These speakers also share helpful insights such as their views on successful management styles and career guidance to aspiring students.

Each semester, leaders and veteran executives from the hospitality and real estate industries visit HRE students to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing their respective fields. These speakers also share helpful insights such as their views on successful management styles and career guidance to aspiring students.