The Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management requires students to obtain a minimum of 400 hours of work experience in the hospitality and tourism industry prior to being enrolled in 298W. Students will need to:
- Complete the required work experience
- Please review the Work Experience Guidelines below to ensure your experience will be accepted.
- Complete the required verification form
- Review Work Experience Verification Steps for link and instructions.
- Register for HT-MGT 298W
- Review HT-MGT 298W Enrollment process.
Work Experience Guidelines
If you have any doubts regarding the validity of your job counting towards your 400 Work Experience Hours, contact Jenafer Andrén-Kazunas at jenafer@isenberg.umass.edu for verification and/or approval.
Work Experience Verification Steps
Once you've completed your work experience, you'll need to verify your work experience. The process from start to end can be as quick as 15 minutes or take as long as 2 weeks. On average it takes three days. You'll need to complete the form, attach a paystub, and e-sign. As soon as you have signed, DocuSign will send the form to your supervisor where they will complete their section. Once the form is completed by both you and your supervisor, Jenafer Andren-Kazunas will review and approve.
You can reduce the time significantly by staying in touch with your supervisor. Contact the supervisor ahead of time so they are aware that the form is coming. After you’ve signed the form check back again with your supervisor to be sure they received the email notice from DocuSign in their inbox. If they did not, ask them to check their Junk Mail folder. If they still don’t see it notify Jenafer Andren-Kazunas and they will resend the form. DO NOT start a second form.
IMPORTANT!
The deadline for receiving completed Work Experience Verification Forms for the semester is 12:00pm on the first Friday of the semester.
Any completed forms received after that date will be held for the following semester.
Add a comment to your form if you are planning to take HT-MGT 298W during the Summer.
HT-MGT 298W Enrollment
Work experience needs to be verified before you can be enrolled into HT-MGT 298W. Begin the process of completing the verification form before the start of the semester which you wish to enroll into HT-MGT 298W.
The completed form must be received by Professor Andren-Kazunas no later than 12:00 Noon Friday, the first week of the semester that you wish to be enrolled in HT-MGT 298W.
Once your work experience has been verified you will be enrolled by HTM personnel into the course. On-line SPIRE enrollment cannot be used.
Incomplete forms create delays and extra work. If forms are not properly completed when submitted your enrollment in HT-MGT 298W may be delayed to a subsequent semester. If there is an issue with your form, you will be sent a notification to your UMass email address.