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Curriculum
Enrolling in one of the 11- to 13-credit hotel, restaurant, and institutional management professional development programs gives you control of your learning experience. The steps and choices outlined here will assist you in choosing a path specifically tailored to your present job duties and, depending on your initiative, can help you work toward future professional goals and an associate degree in hotel, restaurant, and institutional management.
STEP ONE (3 credits)Start with a single course. HRIM 201 Introduction to Management in the Hospitality Industry
STEP TWO (10 more credits)Complete the course work to earn a Hospitality Professional Development Certificate. HRIM 250 Quantity Food Production Analysis* HRIM 260W Hospitality Supervision Seminar
Then choose your emphasis for your remaining course: Restaurant/Food Service Emphasis or HRIM 305 Restaurant Management*
Institutional Emphasis or HRIM 319 Hospitality Facilities Management*
Lodging/Hotel Emphasis HRIM 380 Hotel Management
STEP THREE (9 more credits)Build on one of the professional development certificates to earn a Hospitality Management Certificate. HRIM 204 Hotel and Restaurant Marketing and Merchandising HRIM 335 Hospitality Financial Accounting HRIM elective course
STEP FOUR (38 more credits)Earn an associate degree in hotel, restaurant, and institutional management. General Education Courses (15 credits) HRIM 295W Analysis of Field Experience I ENGL 015 Rhetoric and Composition ENGL 202D Effective Writing: Business Writing NUTR 151 Nutrition Component of Food Service System or NUTR 251 Introductory Principles of Nutrition HRIM required courses not completed in an earlier step
Select your remaining electives with an adviser to meet the 60-credit graduation requirement.
View the course list.
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