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This major helps provide preparation for management positions in hotels, restaurants, institutions, and other hospitality organizations. The program is designed to give the student a broad general education and a strong management and problem-solving orientation balanced with the requisite technical skills, all of them essential for career progression to upper-management positions in the hospitality professions. The program also helps prepare students for graduate study.
HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT OPTION: This option helps prepare students for management positions in any segment of the hospitality industry, including hotels, restaurants, institutional or non-commercial operations, clubs, resorts, and casinos. The management focus helps provide students with the analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills necessary to effectively function as hospitality professionals.
HOSPITALITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPTION: (offered only at Penn State Berks ) This option helps prepare students for careers as owners or managers of small independently-owned hospitality operations or as entrepreneurs within large hospitality corporations or management companies in hospitality segments such as a restaurants, hotels, and non-commercial operations. The entrepreneurship focus helps provide students with creative problem solving, opportunity recognition, and leadership skills necessary to effectively manage small or individual unit's hospitality operations.
For the B.S. degree in Hospitality Management, a minimum of 120.5 credits is required. The B.S. degree program consists of two options: (1) Hospitality Management and Hospitality Entrepreneurship.
Per Senate Policy 83.80.5, the college dean or campus chancellor and program faculty may require up to 24 credits of course work in the major to be taken at the location or in the college or program where the degree is earned. SHM requires students to complete 24 credits for the major through courses taken at University Park. Courses taken at other Penn State campuses may not be counted toward this 24 credit minimum. For more information, check the Recommended Academic Plan for this major.
Course Nbr | Course Title | Typically Offered |
---|---|---|
199 |
Foreign Studies |
Fall Only |
201 |
Introduction to Management in the Hospitality Industry |
Fall Only |
201 |
Introduction to Management in the Hospitality Industry |
Fall & Spring |
202 |
Colloquium in Hospitality Management |
Fall Only |
202 |
Colloquium in Hospitality Management |
Fall & Spring |
(203) |
Hospitality Professional Development Seminar |
|
(203) |
Hospitality Professional Development Seminar |
Fall Only |
203 |
Hospitality Pre-Professional Development Seminar |
|
203 |
Hospitality Pre-Professional Development Seminar |
Fall Only |
228 |
Hospitality Food Safety |
All Semesters |
228 |
Hospitality Food Safety |
Fall Only |
250 |
Principles of Quantity Food Production |
Fall Only |
270 |
Hospitality Administration Seminar |
Spring Only |
271 |
Introduction to Hospitality Technology |
Fall Only |
271 |
Introduction to Hospitality Technology |
Fall & Spring |
290 |
Hospitality managerial Communication |
|
290 |
Hospitality managerial Communication |
All Semesters |
290W |
Hospitality managerial Communication |
All Semesters |
297 |
Special Topics |
All Semesters |
304 |
Institutional Food Service Management |
Spring Only |
305 |
Restaurant Management |
|
306 |
Hospitality in Senior Living |
Fall & Spring |
311 |
Wine Appreciation |
Spring Only |
311 |
Wine Appreciation |
Spring & Summer |
318 |
Club Management and Operations |
Spring Only |
319 |
Hospitality Facilities Management |
Fall Only |
329 |
Introduction to Food Production and Service |
All Semesters |
329 |
Introduction to Food Production and Service |
Spring Only |
330 |
Food Production and Service Management |
|
330 |
Food Production and Service Management |
All Semesters |
(335) |
Hospitality Financial Accounting |
Fall Only |
(335) |
Hospitality Financial Accounting |
Fall & Spring |
335 |
Hospitality Financial Accounting |
Fall Only |
335 |
Hospitality Financial Accounting |
Fall & Spring |
336 |
Hospitality Managerial Accounting |
All Semesters |
336 |
Hospitality Managerial Accounting |
Spring Only |
350 |
Hospitality Decision Making and Information Systems |
Fall Only |
350 |
Hospitality Decision Making and Information Systems |
Fall & Spring |
355 |
Legal Aspects of the Hospitality Industry |
Fall & Spring |
365 |
Organizational Behavior in the Hospitality Industry |
Fall Only |
365 |
Organizational Behavior in the Hospitality Industry |
Fall & Spring |
380 |
Hotel Management |
Fall & Spring |
380 |
Hotel Management |
Spring Only |
384 |
Introduction to Meeting and Event Planning |
Fall & Spring |
386 |
Introduction to the Gaming and Casino Industry |
Fall & Spring |
387 |
Casino Controls |
|
388 |
Gaming Operations Management |
Spring Only |
411 |
Beverage Management and Wine Selection |
Fall Only |
413 |
New Product Development for Commercial Foodservice |
Fall Only |
430 |
Advanced Food Production and Service Management |
All Semesters |
432 |
Contemporary Issues in Restaurant Management |
|
435 |
Financial Management in Hospitality Operations |
All Semesters |
435 |
Financial Management in Hospitality Operations |
Fall & Spring |
442 |
Hospitality Marketing |
All Semesters |
442 |
Hospitality Marketing |
Fall Only |
442 |
Hospitality Marketing |
Fall & Spring |
443 |
Sales Planning and Advertising for Hospitality Operations |
|
466 |
Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry |
|
466 |
Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry |
Fall & Spring |
466 |
Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry |
Spring Only |
471 |
New Trends and System Selection in Hospitality Information Technology |
Fall Only |
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