B.S. in Hospitality Management, Hospitality Business Option

Program Learning Outcomes

  • Knowledge of Business: Students will have strong working knowledge of fundamental concepts in hospitality, and other core business domains including accounting, finance, management, marketing, information technology, strategy, and law.
  • Critical Thinking: Students will learn to effectively and persuasively assimilate and evaluate information to solve hospitality and business problems.
  • Quantitative Reasoning: Students will be able to interpret, represent, and evaluate quantitative information and integrate such information into hospitality business decisions and recommendations.
  • Effective Written Communication: Students will be able to develop and organize ideas, adopt an appropriate tone, employ correct grammar, sentence structure and mechanics, use appropriate vocabulary, and correctly cite sources for facts, quotations and ideas.
  • Effective Oral Communication: Students will be able to develop and organize ideas, successfully employ technology in support of a message, speak extemporaneously with minimal hesitations and fillers, adopt an appropriate tone, use appropriate vocabulary, employ correct grammar and sentence structure, and manage presentation pacing and timing effectively.
Freshman YearCredits
FallSpring
BGEN 104US - First Year Business Seminar*3  
M 121Q - College Algebra (Students with MSU Math Placement level 400+ are exempt from this requirement)3  
HTR 107 - Intro to Hospitality Mgmt3  
University Core6  
BGEN 204 - Business Fundamentals  3
ECNS 101IS - Economic Way of Thinking  3
University Core  9
Year Total: 15 15
Sophomore YearCredits
FallSpring
HTR 201 - Hotel Management & Operations3  
ACTG 201 - Principles of Financial Accounting3  
BMIS 211 - Data Analytics I3  
STAT 216Q - Introduction to Statistics3  
ECNS 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics3  
HTR 204 - Restaurant Management and Operations  3
ECNS 204IS - Microeconomics  3
ACTG 202 - Principles of Managerial Accounting  3
BMGT 205 - Prof Business Communication  3
BMGT 240IS - Business Analytics  3
Year Total: 15 15
Junior YearCredits
FallSpring
HTR 350 - Hospitality Purchasing & Cost Control3  
BMGT 335 - Management and Organization3  
BMIS 312 - Data Analytics II3  
BGEN 361 - Principles of Business Law3  
University Core3  
HTR 365 - Entrepreneurship & Innovation in the Service Industries  3
BMGT 322 - Operations Management  3
BFIN 322 - Business Finance  3
BMKT 325 - Principles of Marketing  3
Free Elective  3
Year Total: 15 15
Senior YearCredits
FallSpring
HTR 345 - Revenue Management3  
BMGT 329 - Human Resource Management3  
Choose two Directed Electives:6  
HTR 330 - Event Management
Any 300 or 400-level BMGT, BMKT, BFIN or ACTG coures
Free elective3  
HTR 455 - Advanced Hospitality Management & the Customer Experience  3
BGEN 499 - Senior Thesis/Capstone: Strategy Seminar  3
Free electives  9
Year Total: 15 15
Total Program Credits: 120

*BGEN 104US preferred, but any US core allowable.