Hospitality Computer Applications

Course code HOSP 1620

Credit 3.0

Length 45.0 hours

Course outline View

This course provides students opportunities to use MSOffice applications such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and introduces online collaboration tools and POS/PMS (Point of Sale/Property Management Systems) to perform digital workplace tasks in the hospitality industry. Emphasis is placed on financial and informational applications to produce sales and marketing documents, presentations and financial spreadsheets. Students demonstrate hospitality competencies by completing assignments using the selected computer software applications.

Prerequisites

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What you will learn

  • Email expectations and etiquette
  • Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Creating, editing and formatting documents, presentations and spreadsheets
  • Hospitality-related documents such as menus, business cards, global tourism destinations, accommodation presentations, budgets, catering estimates, data analysis
  • Small team work to produce online documents, presentations and spreadsheets
  • Various media such as internal and online video, animation, images, charts, sound and narration
  • Property Management System (PMS)

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
41907 January 5, 2026
to April 20, 2026
Lecture
Lab
VCC Downtown Campus See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

CRN# Duration Delivery Location
43133 January 5, 2026
to April 20, 2026
Lab
Lecture
VCC Downtown Campus See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

Additional information

To learn more about the PLAR pathways for this course review the Hospitality Management Diploma Program Content Guide.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.