Bachelor of Science Degree Hospitality Management

Building the foundation for a life-long career in management is both a science and an art. Successful travel industry managers have a number of vital and, sometimes divergent, duties, and responsibilities. Each element of the TIM curriculum provides an essential building block for a complete education that is relevant not only to the travel industry but to virtually any service-related enterprise or occupation. The curriculum focuses on developing problem-solving and decision-making techniques and critical-thinking skills which are essential skills for successful managers and leaders in any industry.

The hospitality management emphasis is intended to provide students with the ability to apply problem-solving, decision-making techniques, and critical-thinking skills to meet current and future industry challenges. Students will study the relationship of the various constituencies (customer, owner, staff) in the management and operation of hospitality businesses, including lodging and foodservice establishments, as well as event management enterprises.

Courses in this area cover the following areas: management of hotel and food & beverage establishments; food quality management; hospitality financial control; events management; principles of sales and marketing hotels and resorts with a focus on public relations; advertising, pricing, and yield management; operating a commercial food-service facility either as a freestanding operation or as a part of a hotel, club, entertainment/recreation complex, or institution; resort development and management of hotel facilities and designs; resort development and management and quantity/quality of food productions.