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Restaurant Beverages and Legislation

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: RRA0102
Type: Compulsory / Professional Studies
Curriculum: R-RB 2007
Level: Bachelor of Hospitality Management
Year of Study: 1 (2007-2008)
Credits: 4 cr
Responsible Teacher: Vaahtoniemi, Saila
Language of Instruction: Swedish

Courses During the Academic Year 2007-2008

Impl.Study TimeTeacher(s)LanguageEnrolment
32007-10-29 – 2008-05-02Helena AlamäkiFinnish2007-10-08 – 2007-11-02

Learning Outcomes

The student knows strong alcoholic beverages, fortified wines and beers. He/she manages their use in different drinks and can recommend them to the customers. He/she masters alcohol legislation and can apply it in his/her work.

Student's Workload

Lectures and supervised teaching 32 h, supervised practical exercises 20 h, individual studies 28 h, theory reading 20 h, examinations and practical tests 8h.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

non

Contents

Production and types of strong alcoholic beverages, fortified wines and beers and their use. Alcohol legislation.

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

• Beckmann, J. 1999. Choosing, serving, enjoying afterdinner drinks. San Fransisco. Chronicle Books.
• Nutley, J. 1996. Cocktails and bar drinks. London. Hodder&Stoughton.
• Walker, J. 2000. The restaurant from concept to operation. New York. John Wiley.
• Koplan, S. – Smith, B. -Weiss, M. 2001. Exploring Wine. New York. John Wiley&Sons, Inc.
• Durkan, A –Cousins, J 1999, The beverage book.
• Alcohol law 2005 and statute 2005. STTV.

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and individual and group exercises

Assessment Criteria

Excellent 5

The student can price the alcoholic beverages and cocktails in a profitable way, she can plan the sales accordingly. The student can apply the alcohol legislation in changing situations and is cabable of applying for the licenses, can employe comptetent staff according to the alcoho legislation. The student can plan the advertising for the restaurant according to the law.

Good 3

The student knows the oringin and types of different alcoholic beverages, she can use them in cocktails and can recommend them in a suitable way. She masters the alcohol legislation and can guide the staff in their work also when concerning alcohol law.




Satisfactory 1

The student knows different alcoholic beverages and the most common international cocktails. She can recommend them in a suitable way. She masters the essential parts of the alcohol act concerning serving alcoholic beverages in the restaurant.

Assessment Methods

Completed exercises and written examination. Numeric scale (0-5).


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