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.

  1. Utilize management roles and interpersonal skills to lead/manage first level employees in a hospitality setting.
  2. Prepare food and beverage menus for a variety of hospitality requirements considering price, quality, and selection.
  3. Utilize knowledge of facilities management to aid in decision making.
  4. Perform cost calculations and apply to decision making situations pertaining to factors of production.
  5. Evaluate levels of food safety and sanitation to maintain a safe and sanitary work environment.
  6. Integrate professional, ethical and legal standards into business practice.
  7. 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:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Graduation Requirements

Core Courses

ECO 111Macroeconomics

3

ECO 122Microeconomics

3

ENG 101Composition I

3

ENG 102Composition II

3

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

 

MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3

Or

MAT 183Reasoning with Functions I

5

Program/Major Courses

HRI 101Introduction to Hospitality

3

HRI 212Food and Beverage Cost Control

3

HRI 215Lodging Operations Management

3

HRI 217Event Planning and Management

3

HRI 219Innkeepers’ Law

3

MGT 231Human Resources Management

3

OAT 152Excel

3

 

MGT 212Principles of Management

3

Or

MGT 248Culinary Supervisory Development

3

 

CUL 119Food Safety and Sanitation

2

Or

FSY 110Food Safety & Sanitation

4

 

HRI 211Food Principles and Menu Planning

3

Or

CUL 121Food Preparation I

4

 

ENG 122Technical Writing and Communication

3

Or

MKT 212Principles of Marketing

3

Program/Major Support Courses

ACC 101Accounting I

3

ACC 112Accounting II

3

 

CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application

3

Or

MAT 193Reasoning with Functions II

4

 

SPA 136Spanish Communication I

4

Or

ENT 220Leadership

3

 

MIS 220Management Information Systems

3

Or

MAT 162Statistical Reasoning

4

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

ENG 101Composition I

3

 

MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3

Or

MAT 183Reasoning with Functions I

5

 

HRI 101Introduction to Hospitality

3

ECO 111Macroeconomics

3

 

CUL 119Food Safety and Sanitation

2

Or

FSY 110Food Safety & Sanitation

4

Semester 2

ACC 101Accounting I

3

ENG 102Composition II

3

 

CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application

3

Or

MAT 193Reasoning with Functions II

4

 

HRI 211Food Principles and Menu Planning

3

Or

CUL 121Food Preparation I

4

 

OAT 152Excel

3

Semester 3

ACC 112Accounting II

3

HRI 215Lodging Operations Management

3

HRI 217Event Planning and Management

3

HRI 212Food and Beverage Cost Control

3

ECO 122Microeconomics

3

 

MGT 212Principles of Management

3

Or

MGT 248Culinary Supervisory Development

3

Semester 4

MAT 162Statistical Reasoning

4

Or

MIS 220Management Information Systems

3

 

HRI 219Innkeepers’ Law

3

 

MKT 212Principles of Marketing

3

Or

ENG 122Technical Writing and Communication

3

 

SPA 136Spanish Communication I

4

Or

ENT 220Leadership

3

 

MGT 231Human Resources Management

3

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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