Hospitality Management
Business
A.A.S. Degree (D,G,W)
As a manager in a hotel, restaurant, country club, theme park, or attractions environment, you will play a vital role in the success of that organization. Along with a solid background in the principles of business, hospitality management requires a thorough knowledge of specific areas of hospitality operations.
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Utilize management roles and interpersonal skills to lead/manage first level employees in a hospitality setting.
- Prepare food and beverage menus for a variety of hospitality requirements considering price, quality, and selection.
- Utilize knowledge of facilities management to aid in decision making.
- Perform cost calculations and apply to decision making situations pertaining to factors of production.
- Evaluate levels of food safety and sanitation to maintain a safe and sanitary work environment.
- Integrate professional, ethical and legal standards into business practice.
- Employ the various theories of management and marketing in a business.
Core Curriculum Competencies
The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Graduation Requirements
Core Courses
Program/Major Courses
Program/Major Support Courses
Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)
Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 3
Semester 4
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 63 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.
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