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Program Overview
西瓜视频’s hospitality management program explores industry fundamentals with courses in hospitality marketing and restaurant, hotel and events management, along with a series of hospitality business courses. With a liberal arts foundation and a wealth of internship experiences, your 西瓜视频 education will position you for success in this broad and exciting field.
In addition, you will expand your focus by applying hands-on learning in La Chanterelle, the non-traditional classroom at the Misselwood ocean front estate on our campus. Through applied learning, you develop interpersonal, professional, and entrepreneurial skills, preparing you for a leadership role.
Though it is not required, students may choose a concentrated field of study, with concentrations options in either food & beverage entrepreneurship or hotel & resort management.
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Curriculum
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 126
First Year - Credits: 33
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ACC 145聽-聽Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting (Cr: 3)
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BUS 102聽-聽School of Business First Year Experience (Cr: 1)
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BUS 123聽-聽Solving Business Problems with Technology (Cr: 3)
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BUS 130聽-聽Foundations of Business (Cr: 3)
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BUS 200聽-聽Marketing (Cr: 3)
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BUS 270聽-聽Communicating in Business (Cr: 3)
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ECN 210聽-聽The Economics of Business (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Global Issues General Elective
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ENG 111聽-聽Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
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ENG 112聽-聽Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
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HTM 110聽-聽Service Management (Cr: 3)
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HTM 140聽-聽Culinary Arts Operations (Cr: 3)
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INT 100聽-聽Internship I (Cr: 2)
Second Year - Credits: 32
- Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Individual & Society General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
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BUS 210聽-聽Finance (Cr: 3)
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BUS 249聽-聽Introduction to Business Analytics (Cr: 3)
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BUS 325聽-聽Operations Management (Cr: 3)
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BUS 333聽-聽Design Thinking (Cr: 3)
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INT 200聽-聽Internship II (Cr: 2)
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HTM 108聽-聽Rooms Division Management (Cr: 3)
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HTM 202聽-聽Foundations of Hospitality Management (Cr: 3)
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HTM 255聽-聽Fundamentals of Events (Cr: 3)
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MTH 126聽-聽Applied Statistics (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement聽
Third Year - Credits: 31
- Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr. 3-4)
- Values & Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr:3)
- General Education Elective (Cr:3)
- Hospitality Elective (Cr: 6)
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BUS 305聽-聽Human Resource Management (Cr: 3)
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BUS 320聽-聽Organizational Behavior (Cr: 3)
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BUS 370聽-聽Business Analysis and Research (Cr: 3)
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BUS 379聽-聽Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
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BUS 415聽-聽Business Negotiation (Cr: 3)
Fourth Year - Credits: 30
- Aesthetic Awareness General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
- General Education Elective, one must be 200+ level聽(Cr. 6)
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BUS 490聽-聽Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
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BUS 491聽-聽Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
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HTM 415聽-聽Hospitality Strategic Management (Cr: 3)
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HTM 480聽-聽Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
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HTM 489聽-聽Senior Research (Cr: 3)
Hospitality Management Electives (Must Choose 2)
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HTM 203聽-聽Event Design Theory (Cr: 3)
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HTM 210聽-聽Hotel Operations Practicum (Cr: 3)
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HTM 211聽-聽Lodging Operations (Cr: 3)
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HTM 214聽-聽Sustainable Tourism (Cr: 3)
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HTM 215聽-聽Hospitality Purchasing and Cost Control (Cr: 3)
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HTM 216聽-聽Alchemy of Baking (Cr: 3)
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HTM 250聽-聽Food and Beverage Management (Cr: 3)
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HTM 305聽-聽Contemporary Restaurant Concepts and Operations (Cr: 3)
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HTM 315聽-聽The History and Appreciation of Wine (Cr: 3)
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HTM 318聽-聽Events Management (Cr: 3)
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HTM 320聽-聽The Cultural History of Food (Cr: 3)
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HTM 321聽-聽Rituals & Traditions in Events (Cr: 3)
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HTM 330聽-聽Hospitality Facilities Design (Cr: 3)
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HTM 335聽-聽Hotel Revenue Management (Cr: 3)
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HTM 340聽-聽Hotel Asset Management (Cr: 3)
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HTM 350聽-聽Resort Management (Cr: 3)
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HTM 355聽-聽Casino Operations (Cr: 3)
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HTM 365聽-聽International Hospitality Management (Cr: 3)
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HTM 400聽-聽Contemporary Issues in Hospitality (Cr: 3)
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the hospitality management program, students will:
- Develop strong interpersonal and communication skills associated with customer negotiation and active listening within the discipline of Hospitality Management.
- Communicate effectively in written form within the discipline of Hospitality Management.
- Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage within the discipline of Hospitality Management.
- Interpret and apply a range of essential financial and strategic planning practices within聽the discipline of Hospitality Management.
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ACC 145聽-聽Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting (Cr: 3)
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Internships and Careers
An 西瓜视频 education means you'll graduate with a degree and a resume.
Whether you pursue graduate school or embark on your career right away after graduation, we believe that your time at 西瓜视频 will prepare you for the next step. Take a look at what our graduates have been up to lately.
Recent Internships
- Marriott Long Wharf
- Country Music Awards
- MSF Investments
- North of Boston Convention & Visitor Bureau
- Rafanelli Events
Graduate School Acceptances
- Bentley
- UNH
- Duke University
- UMASS Boston
- Suffolk University
La Chanterelle
La Chanterelle, the non-traditional classroom, is a student-operated fine dining restaurant in the renowned Misselwood ocean front estate on our campus. As a student in the School of Hospitality Management, you will acquire skills here fundamental to the industry while gaining valuable work experience for your resume.
Graduate Success
Statistics reflect the 2019 the graduating class. Percentages may exceed more than 100 since graduates may be represented in more than one category.
91%
Graduates of the program currently employed full time
6%
Graduates of the program currently enrolled in graduate programs
3%
Graduates of the program currently employed part-time
Checking Into Success
Hospitality students Emma Cyr 鈥�24 and Caitlin Reale 鈥�24 have found their spark for the hotel industry, thanks to their semester-long internships this past fall.
Accreditation
西瓜视频’s Hospitality Management program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA).
