StudyQA — Bachelor: Hospitality Management — Pennsylvania State University

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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 ** available as of 13.08.2017
(203)	Hospitality Professional Development Seminar ** available as of 13.08.2017	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 ** available as of 13.08.2017	Fall Only
(335)	Hospitality Financial Accounting ** available as of 13.08.2017	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 *** view multiple offerings	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 *** view multiple offerings	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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TOEFL: A minimum TOEFL score of 80 on the Internet-based TOEFL or 550 on the paper exam (code #2660)
IELTS: A minimum IELTS score of 6.5 on the academic test
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