Curriculum

To major in hospitality management, students are expected to complete 36 credits in hospitality management courses; 78 credits in the liberal arts and sciences and business/professional courses; and at least 12 credits of free electives.

(Students with an associate degree from another college complete 21 credits of free electives: only three, not nine credits in philosophy; and only six, not nine, credits in theology. Those nine credits will comprise the free electives.)

Hospitality Management Requirements:36 Credits
Orientation to Hospitality Management3
Food and Beverage Service3
Travel and Tourism3
Hospitality Law and Ethics3
Hospitality Financial Management3
Cost Controls3
Hospitality Marketing3
Hospitality Facilities Management3
Hospitality Information Technology3
Two Hospitality Management Elective Courses6
  
Liberal Arts Requirements:60 Credits
Discover New York3
Computer Science3
History3
Psychology3
Science3
Sociology3
Speech3
Mathematics6
Modern Foreign Languages/Cultural Studies6
English9
Philosophy9
Theology9
  
Business/Professional Requirements:18 Credits
Fundamentals of Accounting3
Managerial Accounting3
Fundamentals of Business Law3
Economics I (Microeconomics)3
Economics II (Macroeconomics)3
Principles of Management I3
Free Electives12

Suggested Area Elective Courses
Lodging
Hotel Operations
Front Office Operations
Housekeeping Management and Operations
International Hospitality Management
Resorts Management
Security Management
Labor Management and Theory

Food Service
Service Management
Public Health and Safety
Culinary Theory and Practices
Food Service Management in Institutions
International Culinary Practice

Travel and Tourism
Event Planning and Management
Conventions Management
Travel Hospitality Industry
International Travel Destinations and Cultures
Cruise Management and Marketing