Students in the A. S. Business Administration: Hospitality & Tourism Management Transfer Concentration acquire a strong hospitality and tourism management and general education foundation. It is designed to enhance a student’s articulation to a four-year institution.
Students are strongly encouraged to look at the institution to which you plan to transfer for additional course requirements for freshman/sophomore year. If a different course is required, a course substitution request may be submitted.
Students who are matriculated and place into developmental math and/or English are required to begin the course sequence and/or remediate through ALEKS-PPL in the case of developmental math placement, in the first semester. Please see an advisor with questions.
Requirements
First Semester
BST102 or 30 wpm test out
×BST102 Keyboarding or 30 wpm test out
Humanities & Fine Arts (COM103 suggested)
×Choose one from the following:
Second Semester
Behavioral & Social Sciences
×Choose one course from the following:
Natural or Physical Science
×Humanities & Fine Arts
×Choose one from the following:
Third Semester
Humanities & Fine Arts
×Choose one from the following:
Natural or Physical Science
×Behavioral & Social Sciences
×Choose one course from the following:
Fourth Semester
Behavioral & Social Sciences
×Choose one course from the following:
The student completing Business Administration: Hospitality & Tourism Management Transfer Program is encouraged to transfer to a four-year institution to earn a bachelor's degree in Hospitality & Tourism Management.
The Hospitality and Tourism Management major at the bachelor’s level (4-yr. institution) prepares students for a wide range of positions within hotels, resorts, spas, country clubs, restaurants, catering operations, cruise lines, casinos, travel and tourism organizations, convention services, event and wedding planning, and recreation facilities. Courses within the major expose students to the various management functions in the hospitality industry including lodging operations, food and beverage operations, customer service, marketing, human resources, financial management, technology use and management, legal and ethical regulation, facilities management, and strategy.
Course requirements at transfer institutions vary greatly and need to be carefully considered with an advisor.
Upon successful completion of the Hospitality Management concentration, students are able to:
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Transfer to a four-year institution with a major in Hospitality & Tourism Management.
- Apply hospitality and tourism management theories in a dynamic and multicultural world.
- Make decisions through the use of data and technology.
- Recognize and analyze ethical issues as they relate to hospitality and tourism.
- Apply quantitative problem solving techniques to evaluate hospitality and tourism management decisions.
- Demonstrate the ability to work in a team.
- Read, write, discuss and think critically about hospitality and tourism topics.