Food Business & Product Innovation

1 Year / Level 8 / Part-time

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Co-designed by industry. Made for the workplace. This Work-Based-Learning Higher Diploma in Food Business & Product Innovation will provide learners already working within the food and drink sector with enhanced knowledge, skills and abilities required to support sustainable business growth.

Certain semesters of this course are taken in common with other courses.

Year One

	PROPOSED MODULES	MANDATORY/ELECTIVE	CREDITS
1	Strategic Management for the Food Industry	Mandatory	5
	Finance Management for the Food Industry	Mandatory	5
	Food Safety Management and Food Regulatory Affairs	Mandatory	10
2	Food Marketing and Digital Media Management	Mandatory	10
	Food Innovation and Sustainability	Mandatory	10
	Work Based Learning Applied Portfolio/ Project	Mandatory	20

Follow-on Courses

Follow up programmes elsewhere include:

On successful completion of this programme candidates may be eligible to progress to advanced programmes at master's level.

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements

Applicants should have an Honours bachelor’s degree (Level 8) in any discipline.

If a candidate does not have an honours degree but has relevant experience, they may also be eligible to apply on the grounds of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) if they have attained appropriate experience and attainment thresholds deemed equivalent.

Number of Places	30

Information for:

Student Experience

Career Pathways

The main employers are:

Food & Beverage Industry
Government Agencies
Product Development

Graduate Careers

Graduate careers typically include:

Food entrepreneur
Food product developer
Production Manager

Employer Testimonials

--Niall J Coffey, Harvey’s Point Hotel
Harvey’s Point Hotel have for many years had a great rapport with ATU Donegal with their placement students, and their graduates. For many years we have been delighted to welcome students from ATU Donegal. Many have joined the team when carrying out their work placements and then have taken up full-time post and have become industry leaders. The team at Harvey’s Point would have no hesitation in recommending recruiting ATU Donegal graduates to other employers.

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Key Information

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Fees

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Further Information

Department Administration: +353 (0)74 9186613 / +353 (0)74 9186612

WBL Program Manager Gary Mc Gill
Email: gary.mcgill@atu.ie
Telephone: +353 (0)74 918 6633

School and Department
Faculty of Business
Department of Tourism & Sport

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