others, emotion development techniques, adjusting to changes,
entrepreneurial spirit, report writing and presentation
techniques, etiquette in workplace as well as moral and
professional ethics.
Professional Internship
CDI 501 Internship I (6 Credits)
(3 Credits)
CDI 502 Internship II (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: CDI 211 and CDI 224
Students complete an internship either in Thailand
or overseas. Internship-based study enables students to
adapt theoretical knowledge to real-life situations in hotels,
restaurants, cruise ships, spa, media and press businesses
or other businesses related to food service. Students are
required to complete at least 400 working hours. The intern-
ship is monitored and evaluated under cooperation between
the school departments and the work placement organiza-
tions.
CDI 504 Cooperative Education in Food
Service Industry
(6 Credits)
Prerequisite: CDI 503
Students study the practical system in a workplace
through being an employee. The course is designed to
prepare students to be ready for professional careers by
working in systematic operations. Students are required to
work full time for at least a semester of 16 weeks. The
assigned work must be of high quality or work that provides
practical experience in the students’ major field of study or
a proposed project or work that benefits an organization
as a whole. Cooperative education will be monitored and
evaluated under cooperation between the school depart-
ments and the work placement organizations. Students are
required to submit an evaluation report at the end of the
placement.
Prerequisite: CDI 501
The advanced internship course allows the students
to do an internship either in Thailand or overseas. The
chosen work placement must be different from the Internship
I course. Internship based study enables students to adapt
theoretical knowledge into real life situation in hotel, restau-
rant, cruise, spa, media and press business or other
businesses related to food service. Students are required to
complete at least 400 working hours. The internship is
monitored and evaluated under cooperation between the
school departments and the work placement organizations.
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