Hospitality and Tourism Management

Associate in Business
Credit Requirements: 69 Semester Credit Hours

The Hospitality and Tourism Management degree program prepares students for supervisory positions in hotels, motels, resorts, restaurants, attractions or a variety of other job opportunities within the travel industry.   All hospitality courses are presented at the Palmer Campus in downtown Charleston. The new hospitality training facility in North Charleston will open in 2005.

The Hospitality and Tourism Management degree is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Hospitality Management Programs.

Recommended Sequence of Courses


First Semester - Fall

 

CPT 101

Introduction to Computers

3

 

HOS 103

Nutrition

3

 

HOS 140

The Hospitality Industry

3

 

HOS 160

Purchasing for Hospitality

3

 

HOS 163

International Etiquette and Protocol

3

 OR

HOS 164

Travel and Tourism

3

Total 15


Second Semester - Spring

 

ENG 101

English Composition I

3

 

HOS 101

Principles of Food Production I

3

 

HOS 155

Hospitality Sanitation

3

 

HOS 163

International Etiquette and Protocol

3

 OR

HOS 266

Destination Tour Management

3

 

HOS 169

Club Management

3

 

HOS 262

Hospitality Software Applications

3

Total 18


Third Semester - Summer

 

CWE

Cooperative Work Experience

3


Fourth Semester - Fall

 

HOS 145

Dining Room Operations

3

 

HOS 159

Hospitality Accounting Applications

3

 

HOS 245

Hospitality Marketing

3

 

MAT 120

Probability and Statistics

3

 OR

MAT 155

Contemporary Mathematics

3

 

SPC 205

Public Speaking

3

 OR

SPC 209

Interpersonal Communication

3

HOS 150

Hotel Management

3

HOS 169

Club Management

3

*

 

HOS 258

Convention Management

3

Total 18


Fifth Semester - Spring

 

HOS 254

Catering Management

3

 OR

HOS 255

Food Service Management

3

 

HOS 256

Hospitality Management Concepts

3

 

HOS 265

Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Law

3

 

PSY 201

General Psychology

3

 

ELE HUM

Select one course from the Humanities Electives

3

Total 15

For Humanities Electives, see page B-3.
*Choose one of these three courses.