Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management

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This degree focuses on one of the fastest growing industries in the world: hospitality, to include focus areas in food and restaurant operations and management, the lodging industry and operations, parks and recreation management, entrepreneurship, among others. Students in this degree typically have an interest in owning or managing an enterprise or organization in the hospitality industry, but the degree is open to all students and is designed to provide a foundation of research, critical thinking, and writing skills that could be useful in further study and/or professional work.

Degree Program Objectives

In addition to the institutional and general education level learning objectives, the Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management also seeks the following specific learning outcomes of its graduates. With reference to each of the respective areas of hospitality management, graduates in this degree program will be able to:

  • Discover and apply various concepts and principles of management, marketing, law, public relations, business, finance, strategic planning, leisure, and tourism to the unique aspects of hospitality operations with fundamental business enterprise.
  • Evaluate current political, economic, and social issues that affect the tourism and travel industry.
  • Identify and discuss how various concepts and meanings of leisure and health and wellness apply and are utilized in the tourism and travel industry.
  • Distinguish and explain how certain hospitality concepts and principles apply to the restaurant, lodging, parks, recreation, or other areas of hospitality management.

Degree Program Requirements

Required Course - 3 semester hours

General Education Requirements (34 semester hours)
English - 6 semester hours
Social Sciences - 6 semester hours
Science - 4 semester hours including the required 1 hour labs
Mathematics - 3 semester hours
History - 6 semester hours
Humanities - 3 semester hours
Literature - 3 semester hours
All literature courses require successful completion of ENGL101 - Proficiency in Writing or ENGL102 - Effectiveness in Writing
Political Science - 3 semester hours
Core Course Requirements (27 semester hours)
Concentration in Food and Restaurant Operations

Objectives

  • Plan a food service facility with emphasis on human engineering, layout, design, and equipment selection
  • Comprehend hotel foodservice operations including concession, restaurant, room service, banquet, snack bar, and other forms of foodservice
  • Examine and discuss the leading issues associated with foodservice in the 21st Century including foodservice trends, issues, and challenges

Concentration Requirements

Concentration in Hospitality Management

Objectives

  • Explain hospitality management topics including: revenue management, forecasting, budgeting, measuring performance, transient versus group displacement, pricing and inventory management, service quality, ethics, and technology
  • Examine the study of the tourism from a global perspective in addition to the public and private organizations that organize, promote, manage and participate in tourism and travel
  • Analyze and describe the operation of hospitality facilities, to include facility operating costs, building system characteristics, and the function of the engineering-maintenance department. The renovation needs of hospitality facilities are examined and key managerial aspects of renovations considered

Concentration Requirements

Final Program Requirements (3 semester hours)
Electives (36 semester hours)
Select any courses that have not been used to fulfill core or major requirements. Credits applied toward a minor or certificate in an unrelated field may be used to fulfill elective credit for the major.

Total = 121 semester hours


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