Degree Requirements

The program consists of a minimum of 120 credit hours in four main areas: (1) general education core requirements, (2) required management core courses, (3) hospitality and tourism courses, and (4) general electives.

General Education Core Requirements

Graduates of the BSHTM program must fulfill all of the general education requirements as passed by the Faculty Senate. These general education requirements are effective for Fall 2019 admitted students and are found at academic-regulations/general-education. All HTM courses must be completed with a C or better with an overall 2.0 GPA. Students are encouraged to work closely with an undergraduate academic advisor.

General Education Requirements (34 credit hours):

• Speaking and Listening (6 cr.)
• Quantitative Reasoning (3-8 cr.)
• Humanistic & Artistic Ways of Knowing (6 cr.)
• Scientific Ways of Knowing (8 cr.)
• Social & Behavioral Ways of Knowing (3 cr.)
• Diversity requirement (3 cr.)

Required Management Core (24 credit hours):

• BUS-A 200 Foundations of Accounting (for nonbusiness majors) (3 cr.) or BUS-A 201 Intro to Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
• BUS-F 300 Intro to Financial Management (for non-business majors) (3 cr.) or BUS-F 301 Intro to Financial Management (3 cr.)
• BUS-L 200 Elements of Business Law (for nonbusiness majors) (3 cr.) or BUS-L 201 Legal Environment of Business (3 cr.)
• BUS-M 300 Intro to Marketing (for non-business majors) (3 cr.) or BUS-M 301 Intro to Marketing Management (3 cr.)
• BUS-W 100 Introduction to Business (3 cr.)
• BUS-X 107 Freshman Seminar in Business (3 cr.)
• BUS-Z 300 Organizational Behavior and Leadership (for non-business majors) (3 cr.) or BUS-Z 302 Managing and Behavior in Organizations (3 cr.)
• ECON-E 200 Fundamentals of Economics: An Overview (for non-business majors) (3 cr.) or ECON-E201 Intro to Microeconomics (3 cr.)

Required HTM Core Courses (36 credit hours):

• HTM-T 100 Introduction to Tourism Studies (3 cr.)
• HTM-T 181 Lodging Industry Operations (3 cr.)
• HTM-T 191 Sanitation and Health in Food Service, Lodging and Tourism (3 cr.)
• HTM-T 219 Management of Sports Events (3 cr.)
• HTM-T 325 Food and Beverage Management (3 cr.)
• HTM-T 362 Economics of Tourism (3 cr.)
• HTM-T 375 International Tourism (or equivalent cross-cultural communications course) (3 cr.)
• HTM-T 419 Tourism Sports Marketing (3 cr.)
• HTM-T 425 Event Production (3 cr.)
• HTM-T 444 Tourism Careers and Leadership (3 cr.)
• HTM-T 401 Internship in H & T (6 cr.)

Additional elective courses to reach 120 credit hours required for graduation.

Courses counted toward the Hospitality & Tourism degree program must be taken for a letter grade. Students must maintain an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher. At least 30 hours

of the curriculum must be at the 300 level or higher. Although foreign language is not required in this degree, students are strongly encouraged to study a foreign language as it will help them advance in their careers. Hospitality and tourism is a global industry and there may be many overseas job opportunities for graduates.