Hospitality Management Major

Department Goals are:

1. To develop knowledgeable, skillful and responsible future managers, and leaders in the hospitality industry
2. Through experiential learning activities, develop students who can apply their knowledge and conceptual skills to real-world problems​

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate leadership and teamwork skills needed for managing diverse hospitality operations.
2. Apply current and relevant technologies in a manner designed to enhance performance in a hospitality business environment
3. Identify hospitality business practices critical to sustainability.
4. Make managerial decisions based on analysis of financial data.
5. Identify enterprise challenges and apply practical solutions.
6. Demonstrate professional career readiness through meeting internship expectations.

Major Requirements (76 units)

Business Core

The business core and foundation courses cover the basic business topics needed for a career in business. Consistent with the direction of business today, the business core at the McLaren School of Management highlights issues related to the global business environment, diversity and ethics. Oral and written communication, quantitative reasoning, information literacy, and critical thinking are also stressed throughout the curriculum.

All Business majors must complete a set of business foundation and core courses, as well as the required University Core Curriculum . Students admitted to the McLaren School of Management’s Honors Program take the Honors Program core. Please see School of Management Honors Program . The required foundation courses are also used to satisfy University Core Curriculum requirements (see faculty adviser). Students must maintain at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average in their foundation and business core coursework.

• ECON 111 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 112 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• MATH 106 - Business Statistics
• BUS 100 - Launch into Business
• BUS 201 - Principles of Financial Accounting
• BUS 202 - Principles of Managerial Accounting
• BUS 204 - Fundamentals of Business Analytics
• BUS 205 - Applied Business Technology
• BUS 301 - Business Law
• BUS 302 - Marketing Principles
• BUS 304 - Management and Organizational Dynamics
• BUS 305 - Principles of Finance
• BUS 308 - Systems in Organizations
• BUS 403 - Entrepreneurial Strategy

Hospitality Management Requirements (24 units)