Hospitality Management Major (Bachelor of Science)

Freshman - Credits: 32

• Individual and Society General Education Requirement    (Cr: 3)
• Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement    (Cr: 3)
• General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• Hospitality Elective  (Cr: 3)

• ACC 175 - Financial Accounting (Cr: 3)
• ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)

• Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)

• Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• HTM 101 - Foundations of Hospitality Management (Cr: 3)
• HTM 108 - Rooms Division Management (Cr: 3)
• HTM 110 - Service Management (Cr: 3)
• INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)

Sophomore - Credits: 32-33

• Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement    (Cr: 3)
• Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement    (Cr: 3)
• Science and Technology General Education Requirement    (Cr: 3-4)
• General Education Requirements  (Cr: 6)

• ECN 201 - Macroeconomics (Cr: 3)
• HTM 213 - Hospitality Sales and Marketing (Cr: 3)
• HTM 225 - Hospitality Management Accounting (Cr: 3)
• HTM 250 - Food and Beverage Management (Cr: 3)
• HTM 255 - Fundamentals of Events (Cr: 3)
• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)

Junior - Credits: 31

• Elective   (Cr: 3)
• General Education Electives    (Cr: 6) 
• Global Issues General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• Hospitality Electives    (Cr: 3)
• Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement    (Cr: 3)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)

• HTM 302 - Hospitality Research Methods (Cr: 3)
• HTM 360 - Hospitality Legal Perspectives (Cr: 3)
• HTM 374 - Hospitality Organizational Behavior (Cr: 3)

• Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement

• HTM 379 - Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)

Senior - Credits: 30

• Elective    (Cr: 3)
• Hospitality Electives    (Cr: 6)

• HTM 415 - Hospitality Strategic Management (Cr: 3)
• HTM 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
• HTM 489 - Senior Thesis I (Cr: 3)
• HTM 490 - Senior Thesis II (Cr: 3)

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the hospitality programs, students will:

• Develop strong interpersonal and communication skills associated with customer negotiation and active listening.
• Communicate effectively in written form within the conventions of the discipline.
• Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within the discipline of hospitality management.
• Demonstrate effective financial skills including operational hotel and restaurant ratio calculations, SWOT analyses, and management process and styles.
• Develop the relevant technological skills used in the hospitality industry.