Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism - BS, Business Hospitality Track

This program offers coursework that covers planning media and promotion, operational logistics, evaluation contracting, sponsorship and fundraising, risk management and vendor management.

The four-year Bachelor of Science in Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism degree prepares professionals to manage organizations and innovate change in a diverse and expanding field. The degree provides an industry-responsive curriculum with a focus on experience design and implementation, management of organizations and human capital, data-driven decision-making, service quality, marketing, risk management and the financing of programs/services. Courses are offered in person, with some also available in online delivery format.

The Business Hospitality Track offers coursework that covers:

Planning
Media and promotion
Operational logistics
Evaluation
Contracting
Sponsorship and fundraising
Risk management
Vendor management

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Semester Credit Hours
HMGT 201	Foundations of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism	3
MATH 140	Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences	3
American history		3
Language, philosophy and culture		3
Life and physical sciences		3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Spring
MATH 142	Business Calculus	3
Select one of the following:		3
COMM 203	Public Speaking
COMM 205	Communication for Technical Professions
COMM 243	Argumentation and Debate
Select one of the following:		3
ENGL 103	Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition
ENGL 104	Composition and Rhetoric
ENGL 210	Technical and Professional Writing
American history		3
Creative arts		3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Second Year
Fall
ACCT 229	Introductory Accounting	3
HMGT 223	Managing Hospitality and Tourism Organizations	3
HMGT 314	Service Quality in Hospitality, Hotel Management, and Tourism	3
Government/Political science		3
Life and physical sciences		3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Spring
HMGT 210	Data-Driven Decision Making in Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism	3
HMGT 211	Planning and Implementation of Events and Programs	3
Select one of the following:		3
AGEC 105	Introduction to Agricultural Economics
FINP 235	Foundations of Money Education
ECON 202	Principles of Economics
ECON 203	Principles of Economics
Government/Political science		3
	Semester Credit Hours	12
Third Year
Fall
HMGT 312	Managing Human Capital in Hospitality, Hotel Management, and Tourism	3
HMGT 331	Marketing in the Digital Age for Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism	3
HMGT 340	Global Communities & Diverse Populations in Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism ¹	3
HMGT 352	Hotel and Resort Operations	3
ISTM 210	Fundamentals of Information Systems	3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Spring
HMGT 281	Career Planning in Hospitality, Hotel Management, and Tourism	1
HMGT 353	Food and Beverage Management	3
HMGT 384	Junior Internship	2
HMGT 450	Financing Hospitality, Hotel, and Tourism Services	3
FINC 341 or MGMT 311	Business Finance or Legal and Social Environment of Business	3
General elective		3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Summer
HMGT 484	Internship	3
	Semester Credit Hours	3
Fourth Year
Fall
HMGT 451	Law, Negotiation, and Risk Management in Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation	3
MKTG 321	Marketing	3
SCMT 364	Operations Management	3
General elective		6
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Spring
MGMT 363	Managing People in Organizations	3
Life and physical sciences		3
Track elective ²		3
General elective		6
	Semester Credit Hours	15
	Total Semester Credit Hours	120

¹: This course fulfills the Cultural Discourse (CD) requirement.
²: Select from FINC 341, FINC 371, MGMT 311, MGMT 439, MGMT 440, MKTG 345, MKTG 322, SCMT 334.