Hospitality and Tourism Management students are required to complete 121 credit hours of course work maintaining a 2.0 overall cumulative grade point average and a 2.0 overall grade point average in their major courses. In the program, students take a very strong core of hospitality and tourism courses and develop a strategically balanced business acumen within a varied general education background.
The program learning outcomes of the B.S. Hospitality & Tourism Management are:
- Students will integrate the core areas of business to inform decision making.
- Students will apply legal and ethical principles in business to organizational decision making.
- Students will apply business-related quantitative and qualitative methods and tools to formulate management decision alternatives.
- Students will demonstrate leadership skills.
- Students will demonstrate professional business communication.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to work with diverse colleagues in team situations.
- Students will demonstrate general and functional knowledge of Hospitality and Tourism Management principles (including those related to the Food and Beverage Industry; the Lodging Industry; Travel and Tourism; and Sustainability).
| General Education Courses | ||
| BA 211 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| BA 212 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| BA 302 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| EH 105 | College Writing | 3 |
| EH 200 | Approaches to Literature | 3 |
| HA 200 | Tourism and Travel | 3 |
| HA 301 | Supervision in Hospitality Management | 3 |
| HE 111 | The Husson Experience *** | 1 |
| MS 132 | Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| SC 101 | Introduction to Nutrition | 3 |
| Fine Arts Elective | 3 | |
| Foreign Culture and Conversation Elective or Open Elective | 3 | |
| Historical Elective | 3 | |
| Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Math I Elective | 4 | |
| Philosophical Elective | 3 | |
| Psychological/Sociological Elective | 3 | |
| General Business Courses | ||
| AC 121 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| AC 122 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| AC 211 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BA 201 | Business Law I | 3 |
| BA 202 | Business Law II | 3 |
| BA 310 | Organization and Management | 3 |
| BA 362 | Financial Management | 3 |
| BA 490 | International Business | 3 |
| IT 111 | Introduction to Microsoft Office | 3 |
| or IT 214 | Spreadsheet Concepts and Applications | |
| MK 220 | Marketing Fundamentals | 3 |
| MK 422 | Sales and Sales Management | 3 |
| Major in Hospitality Management Courses | ||
| HA 101 | Intro to Hospitality Mgmnt | 3 |
| HA 201 | Food & Beverage Control Systems | 3 |
| HA 202 | Facilities & Guest Services | 3 |
| HA 302 | Hotel Operations | 3 |
| HA 303 | Event Planning and Management | 3 |
| HA 311 | Destination Management and Marketing | 3 |
| HA 401 | Hospitality Internship (Has been reduced from 6 credit hours to 3 credit hours) | 3 |
| HA 402 | Leadership in Hospitality Management | 3 |
| Business Related Electives | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 122 | |
Suggested Course Sequence
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| EH 105 | 3 | HA 200 | 3 |
| HA 101 | 3 | IT 111 or 214 | 3 |
| HE 111*** | 1 | MS 132 | 3 |
| Humanities Elective | 3 | Foreign Culture and Conversation Elective or Open Elective | 3 |
| Math I Elective | 4 | Historical Elective | 3 |
| Philosophical Elective | 3 | ||
| 17 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| AC 121 | 3 | AC 122 | 3 |
| BA 201 | 3 | BA 202 | 3 |
| BA 211 | 3 | BA 212 | 3 |
| EH 200 | 3 | HA 202 | 3 |
| HA 201 | 3 | MK 220 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| AC 211 | 3 | BA 302 | 3 |
| BA 310 | 3 | HA 302 | 3 |
| HA 301 | 3 | HA 303 | 3 |
| HA 311 | 3 | SC 101 | 3 |
| Psychological/Sociological Elective | 3 | Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| BA 362 | 3 | BA 490 | 3 |
| HA 401 | 3 | HA 402 | 3 |
| MK 422 | 3 | Business Related Elective | 3 |
| Business Related Elective | 3 | Business Related Elective | 3 |
| Business Related Elective | 3 | Business Related Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 122 | |||
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Credit may not be required for degree completion