This program prepares students for employment in management positions in the hospitality industry and/or to provide supplemental training for persons previously or currently employed in these occupations. The hospitality industry as addressed in this program includes the hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, resort, club, marina, and other lodging organizations.

The content includes but is not limited to customer service, management and supervisory development, management theory, hospitality attitude, guest experience, decision making, organization, communications, human relations, leadership training, personnel training, security, sanitation, food and beverage management, sales, hotel accounting, housekeeping, energy management, maintenance and engineering, marketing, property, resort, and convention management, applicable local, state, and federal laws and asset management.

Career opportunities: Hotel and Resort Manager, Food Service Manager, Event Planner, Catering/Sales and Services, Food & Beverage Specialist, Nature Tour Operator, Ecotourism/Sustainability Project Manager, Resort Marketing Manager, Guest Services Representative, Front Office or Reservations Supervisor

Degree Requirements

General Education Requirements (15 credit hours)
  • ECO 2013 – Macroeconomics (3)
  • ENC 1101 – English Composition I (3)
  • MAC 1105 – College Algebra (3) OR STA 2023 – Introduction to Probability and Statistics I (3)
  • Natural Sciences Requirements (choose 3 credit hours)
    • AST 1002 – Astronomy (3) BSC 1005 – Survey of Biological Science (3) BSC 1010 – Principles of Biology I (3) BSC 1085 – Anatomy and Physiology I (3) CHM 1045 – General Chemistry I (3) PHY 1053C – General Physics I (4)
  • Humanities/Fine Arts Requirements (choose 3 credit hours)
    • MUL 1010 – Music Appreciation (3) HUM 1020 – Introduction to Humanities (3) PHI 2010 – Introduction to Philosophy (3) ARH 1000 – Art Appreciation (3)
Core Requirements (45 credit hours)
  • ACG 2021 – Financial Accounting (3)
  • CGS 1100 – Introduction to Computer Applications (3)
  • FSS 2251 – Food and Beverage Management (3)
  • HFT 1002 – Introduction to Hospitality & Tourism Management (3)
  • HFT 2500 – Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism (3)
  • HFT 1300 – Managing Housekeeping Operations (3)
  • HFT 1410 – Front Office Management (3)
  • HFT 2276 – Resort Management (3)
  • HFT 2600 – Hospitality Law (3)
  • HFT 2102 – Sustainable Tourism Assessment & Development (3)
  • OCB 2071 – Marine Ecology for Tourism Professionals (3)
  • HFT 2704 – Ecotourism Management (3)
  • MAN 1300 – Introduction to Human Resource Management (3)
  • HFT 2940C – Internship in Hospitality and Ecotourism Management (3)
  • SLS 1101 – Preparing for Student Success (3)
Total Credit Hours Required: 60