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Tourism and Hospitality
Objectives of the
Curriculum
The Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management focuses on the dynamic
and growing tourism industry. Tourism and Hospitality Management is a
multidisciplinary area of specialization offered under the auspices of the BS
degree. Unlike other specializations in which students concentrate in one
functional area of business, this specialization concentrates upon orienting the
student toward applying business principles to a specific industry. The program
requires course work from various departments within the School of Business, as
well as from other areas within the University. The BS degree is also available
completely online. (Link to “Online BS Degree Course Guide”)
The mission of the Hospitality Management Program is to educate and train
students through the use of theory-based instruction and practical experience to
assume leadership roles in a challenging and changing global hospitality
environment.
All students must first complete the general education, and business
requirements of the BS. Following this, the specialization includes advanced
courses in the nature and functioning of the tourism and hospitality industry as
well as courses dealing with the unique management, marketing, legal, financial,
and human resource aspects of the industry. In addition, courses relating to the
fundamentals of tourism are required to expose students to a major aspect of the
hospitality industry. Finally, each student before graduation must fulfill all
requirements for an internship and senior project.
The objectives of our curriculum are:
- To prepare students for an entry-level management position
in the hospitality industry.
- To prepare students to apply business principles in all
aspects of the tourism industry such as cruise ships, food service,
restaurant, and hotel/resort management segments.
- To provide students with insight, guidance, training and
sensitivity to the multi-cultural and global nature of the industry
workforce and the public served.
- To instill in students the service nature of the
hospitality industry with a focus on the internal customer (the employee) as
the key to effecting external customer loyalty and profitability.
- The curriculum is to be used in consultation with an
academic advisor. The student must be familiar with the university core
courses, and the special requirements for the above degree.
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