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About
The Hospitality, Tourism, and Events industry includes air, bus, rail and ship travel; hospitality enterprises (hotels, motels, resorts); tour packaging and retail and wholesale travel agencies; and meeting and event planning. This major develops students’ skills in the areas of sales, market research and development, packaging and advertising, customer service, operations and lodging management.
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What makes this major unique?
The Hospitality, Tourism, and Events Management degree provides students with a solid foundation in business functions (finance, sales and marketing, human resources, and operations), while focusing on specific customer-centric service needs.
Career Possibilities
Please note that experience in the Hospitality industry is highly valued. Students should be working in the field while obtaining their degree. Also, many Hospitality recruiters follow the adage, “Hire for attitude/ train for skills”, placing importance on a customer-service focused mentality.
A Master’s in Hospitality Administration or a PhD are generally for academic career paths. Students desiring an advanced degree for industry success should pursue an MBA.
Transfer Possibilities
A. REQUIRED CORE: 12 credits
English: 6 credits
Select one course from the following:
Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning: 3 credits
Life & Physical Sciences: 3 credits
B. FLEXIBLE CORE: 18 Credits
Select one course from each of the five flexible core categories AND one additional course from any flexible core category
Students are advised to select one Urban Study course to complete college requirement. Note: Students can select only two courses from any one discipline
| Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| Business and Technology: 8 credits | |
| BTF101 First Year Seminar for Business | 2 |
| BTA111 Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| BTM104 Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management Core: 15 credits |
|
| BTT101 Introduction to Hospitality Management | 3 |
| BTT202 Global Tourism Destinations | 3 |
| BTT203 Hospitality Technology Systems | 3 |
| BTT212 Customer Service and Sales | 3 |
| BTT225 Hospitality Human Resources Management | 3 |
| Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management Co-Curricular Core: 1 credit Select one of the following courses: |
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| BTT233 Hospitality Internship Project | 1 |
| BTT234 Hospitality Internship | 1 |
| Hospitality, Tourism, and Events Management Electives: 6 credits Select one of the following courses: |
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| BTT205 Hospitality Law | 3 |
| BTT223 Meeting and Event Planning | 3 |
| BTT231 Hotel and Lodging Operations and Management | 3 |
| BTN211 Hospitality and Destination Marketing | 3 |
| HTR100 Introduction to Recreation and Leisure | 3 |
| SCD114 Culinary Arts I | 3 |
| SCD250 Menu Planning and Production | 3 |
| TOTAL CREDITS: 60 | |
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