Undergraduate Studies in Hospitality and Tourism

The Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) gives students knowledge, expertise, and skills needed for management, marketing, and operations positions in the expanding industry that provides food, accommodations, and travel services to people away from home.

The program integrates courses in business, hospitality and tourism, the humanities, and social and physical sciences while enabling students to select from five concentrations of study depending on their interests. These tracks are:

Casino Management - The organization and interaction of casino departments; the gaming products with their underlying framework of the laws of probability and how the casino protects the games from customers and employees; and an exploration of social, economic, and regulatory concerns about the gaming industry.

Club Management - Enterprises that provide and manage club and private member services and resources, with a focus on methods and issues regarding the management of these firms. Topics covered include: legal issues, board and committee relationships, leadership and management, financing and financial analysis of clubs, marketing, membership services, CCM certification, and promotion/public relations.

Food and Beverage Management - Quantity food service and risk/sanitation management are key topics. Critical issues in the food service industry are explored in depth. Includes restaurants, contract (military, hospitals, corporations, universities, etc.), and other non-commercial food service and beverage enterprises.

Lodging Management - Topics include the physical and computerized facility infrastructure, yield management, supervision, scheduling, human resource and marketing support, hotel food service, strategic management, and industry structure. Hotels, resorts, time-shares, etc., provide the foundation of study.

Tourism, Convention and Event Management - Tourism covers the broad aspect of why people travel (economic, social, commercial, etc.) and includes all aspects of hospitality that serve the traveler's needs. Key elements of the source of tourism are conventions and meetings. Topics range from operating large convention centers to organizing smaller conferences or special events.