The Business Hospitality track reinforces the Texas A&M University and Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism core classes with 18 of the 120 hours of course work being taken in Mays Business School. These courses focus on accounting, marketing, management, information systems, business finance and operations management. The track prepares graduates for careers in strategic planning and finance for businesses within the hospitality field and beyond. 

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 1	3
American history		3
Language, philosophy and culture		3
Life and physical sciences		3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Spring
MATH 142	Business Calculus 1	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
HMGT 223	Managing Hospitality and Tourism Organizations	3
HMGT 314	Service Quality in Hospitality, Hotel Management, and Tourism	3
HMGT 354	Restaurant Management	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
ECON 202	Principles of Economics
ECON 203	Principles of Economics
FINP 235	Foundations of Money Education
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	Serving Global Communities in Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure 2	3
HMGT 352	Hotel and Resort Operations	3
ISTM 210	Fundamentals of Information Systems	3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Spring
FINC 341	Business Finance	3
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
General elective 3		3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
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 3		6
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Spring
ACCT 229	Introductory Accounting	3
HMGT 336	Evaluation and Measurement of Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Services	3
MGMT 363	Managing People in Organizations	3
Life and physical sciences		3
General elective 3		6
	Semester Credit Hours	18
	Total Semester Credit Hours	120

¹

Must make a grade of C or better.

²

This course fulfills the Cultural Discourse (CD) requirement.

³

Select from any 100-499 course not used elsewhere.