Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management

The educational objective of the Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management degree program is to concentrate on courses relevant to management of public and private facilities that cater for the requirements of a fast growing industry. The program is open to holders of high school diploma or equivalent. The emphasis of the program is to train a "generalist" in the field of hospitality management in the broad sense of the world and tourism management in particular.

The program requires completion of 130 semester units and is divided into two segments of 60 units each, the first segment deals with General Education relevant to the field, and the second segment is concerned with departmental and field-related major and core subjects plus a thesis:

 

A-General Education:

Choose a maximum of 10 courses from this category as follows:

A.1. Learning Skills:

LS 101 Computer Literacy and Concepts

LS 102 English Composition

LS 103 Basic Statistics

A.2. Social and Behavioral Sciences:

SS 101 Social History (National, Regional)

SS 104 Introduction to Sociology

SS 105 Introduction to Psychology

SS 108 Psychology in Business

SS 109 CivilizationOne of the Following.

[109A Western Civilization]

[109B Civilization of Middle & Near East]

[109C Central Asian Civilization]

[109D Far East Asian Civilization]

[109E African Civilization]

COM 104 Introduction to Public Relations

COM 210 Business Communication

A.3. Humanities:

HU 102 Business English Composition

A.4. Public Administration Economics, La and Diplomacy

PA 104 Introduction to International Relations

PA 103 Corporate Law and Taxation

PA 107 Small Group Interaction

PA 207 Developmental Economy.

A.5. Business Administration:

BUS 300 Introduction to Business

BUS 400 Essentials of Marketing

BUS 401 Small Business Management

(all courses are 4 semester units)

B-Field-related Subjects:

AND, all the following courser:

ACT 100 Applied Business Mathematics

ACT 101 Introduction to Applied Accounting I

 

Prerequisite: ACT 100

 

ACT 102 Introduction to Applied Accounting II

 

Prerequisite: ACT 101

 

BLA 210 Hospitality Law

PRD 100 Professional Development

C-Majors:

HOM 101 The Hospitality Field

HOM 102 Front Desk Operations

HOM 103 Hospitality Information

 

Prerequisite: HOM 102

 

FSM 100 Food Service Systems

FSM 101 Food Fundamentals

TRT 100 Introduction to Travel and Tourism

HOM 104 Convention and Group

 

Prerequisite: FSM 100

 

HOM 105 Hospitality Purchasing

 

Prerequisite: FSM 100

 

FBM 101 Food and Beverage Operational Controls

 

Prerequisite: ACT 102

 

TRT 104 Travel and Tourism

HOM 120 Hospitality Human Resources and Diversity Leadership

HOM 130 Managing Negotiations in the Hospitality Industry

HOM 140 Managing Quality Services

HOM 199 Directed Work Experience I

 

Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Advisor

 

TRT 199 Directed Work Experience II

 

Prerequisite: Approval of Academic Advisor