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The Hospitality Studies Program is accredited by the American Culinary Federation and offers a number of certified courses endorsed by the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation.
Career Opportunities
The Hospitality Studies program prepares you for a variety of careers relating to culinary arts, food service management, travel, tourism, convention centers, and event planning. The two Culinary Arts tracks prepare you for skilled or supervisory jobs in cooking, baking, dining room management, bar and lounge management, restaurant management, and institutional food service supervision. The Tourism, Conventions, and Events track prepares you for employment in tour management and event planning, as well as supervisory positions in the lodging and resort business.
Program Description
The Hospitality Studies program teaches you to perform many skills relating to the specific track you choose. Skills covered in the Culinary Arts tracks include sanitation and safety, hot and cold food production, baking, dining room management, bartending (including responsible alcohol service), garde manger, nutrition, supervision, and basic cost controls. The Culinary Arts tracks are accredited by the American Culinary Federation and include a number of courses endorsed by the National Restaurant Association. Skills taught in the Tourism, Conventions, and Events track include event planning, tour management, convention planning, business planning and development, basic cost controls, marketing, and travel planning. To complete a degree, you must finish an on-the-job internship experience. Often this leads directly to employment in the field.
Program Requirements
Entrance requirements: There are no entrance requirements for this program. However, by the time you have completed 30 credits, you must meet all college requirements for basic skill proficiency in Reading, Math, and English.
Graduation requirements: In addition to program requirements, you must complete English 121, a college math course, 3 credits of humanities, 3 credits of social science, 3 credits of speeck and 3 credits of computer instruction. |
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