Hospitality Business Management
Associate of Applied Science (Two year program)
*** Program Under Revision ***
The mission of the Hospitality Business Management program is to provide excellence in hotel and restaurant education, guiding the learner in the pursuit of management skills and employment goals.This curriculum is designed to prepare students for direct job entry into the hospitality management industry.
Emphasis is placed upon entry / middle-level managerial positions in the various aspects of the hospitality industry: food services, catering, hotel administration, sales/marketing, meeting planning, resort operations, and convention and visitors bureaus.
Concentration is on the practical application of managerial principles involving the most up-to-date techniques of the industry. The specific courses are complemented by a practicum that gives the student a significant period of on-the-job experience, while specialized offerings are supplemented by liberal arts and basic hospitality business courses.
This program provides the student the opportunity:
- To understand principles of hospitality business administration and management.
- To learn professional skills to successfully operate a hospitality business.
The graduate of this program is able to:
- Develop, utilize and analyze financial reporting data.
- Demonstrate knowledge and practical application of management principles.
- Demonstrate managerial theory and analysis.
- Evaluate and discuss solutions for hospitality business scenarios and case studies.
- Apply sanitation and safety principles.
- Demonstrate necessary skills to manage hospitality facilities.
ENG-101 - English Composition, 3 credits
FYE-101 - First Year Experience, 1 credits
or HRM-101 - UNKNOWN COURSE (HRM-101), 1 credits
or HRM-105 - UNKNOWN COURSE (HRM-105), 1 credits
HRM-110 - Hospitality Human Resource Manangement, 3 credits
Elective - Social Science Elective, 3 credits
FIRST YEAR - SECOND SEMESTER
CIS-104 - Hospitality Computer Applications, 3 credits
ENG-261 - Technical Communications, 3 credits
or SPE-125 - Fundamentals of Speech, 3 credits
Elective - Health and Physical Ed Electives, 1 credits
or HRM-122 - UNKNOWN COURSE (HRM-122), 1 credits
HRM-132 - Property Management & Housekeeping, 3 credits
HRM-232 - Meeting & Convention Planning, 3 credits
HRM-260 - Restaurant Field Practicum Restaurant Field Practicum, 0 credits
SECOND YEAR - FIRST SEMESTER
ACC-104 - Hotel/Restaurant Accounting Hotel and Restaurant Accounting, 3 credits
HRM-213 - Beverage Operations, 3 credits
HRM-215 - Marketing for the Hospitality Industry, 3 credits
HRM-218 - Resort Management and Operations, 3 credits
HRM-228 - Management, Financial Analysis & Plan., 3 credits
MAT-104 - Mathematics for the Hospitality Industry, 3 credits
SECOND YEAR - SECOND SEMESTER
HRM-130 - Hotel Restaurant Operations, 3 credits
HRM-134 - Management in the Hospitality Industry, 3 credits
HRM-212 - Hospitality Law, 3 credits
Elective - Humanities Elective, 3 credits
or Elective - History Elective, 3 credits
Elective - Science Elective (3 cr), 3 credits
Total Credits for Degree: 59