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Restaurant, Hotel, and Meetings Management

Undergraduate Program

Part Time Job Oportunities The restaurant and hospitality management program offers a variety of courses designed to develop the skills and abilities required for a career in hospitality management. The curriculum prepares the student for a career in restaurant, commercial and institutional foodservice operations, hotel convention service, convention bureau/convention center meeting management, convention and visitor bureaus, hotel food and beverage management, hotel marketing and sales and country club management. Students must complete 120 hours of coursework and complete a 1000 hour practicum or a 400-600 hour internship in hospitality management. The student must complete a minor in business or compete the requirements for the American Hotel and Lodging Association Hospitality Management Certificate.

Required Courses      Sample Curriculum

 

Program Goals
  • Provide a common body of knowledge in hospitality administration coupled with a broad education and awareness of values, skills, and attitudes which will prepare students for imaginative and responsible citizenship roles in the hospitality industry and society.
  • Enable students to understand and apply the concepts of problem-solving in general and in organizational and industry-related issues.
  • Provide fundamental knowledge to meet academic requirements for certification by the American Hotel and Lodging Association, the National Restaurant Association, and the Professional Convention Management Association.
  • Provide relevant operational experience in some facet of the hospitality industry.
  • Expose students to a variety of hospitality leaders and their perspectives of the hospitality industry.
  • Develop the interpersonal skills necessary to function as a member of a professional management team.

 

 

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