Hospitality Management (HOSP)
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HOSP 301. Introduction to Hospitality Management3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Fee: An additional $30.00 is charged for this course.
Description: This course provides an overview of hospitality management, including industry sectors (such as lodging, food and beverage, travel and tourism, and event management), concepts, practices, professional opportunities, and trends. Students will learn the critical skills and knowledge required for success in this dynamic field. We will focus on interrelationships between sectors, service excellence, technology, globalization, and hospitality operations.
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HOSP 305. Event Management3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Spring Only
Prerequisite(s): None Prerequisites or corequisites: None Corequisite: None The purpose of this course is to give you an overview of the events industry, and then to help you begin developing the project management skills necessary to plan and execute events in hospitality settings.
Fee: An additional $30.00 is charged for this course.
Description: Note: None
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HOSP 350. Hotel Operations3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall Only
Fee: An additional $30.00 is charged for this course.
Description: The Lodging Operations course is a 3-credit offering that is designed to present the hospitality student with an introduction to the various parts of the lodging operation. Students enrolled in this course will interface with an array of industry experts throughout the period of this course. The net result is that the student will be exposed to the components that make a lodging operation function. At the conclusion of the course, the student will have a comprehensive knowledge of the basic functions of the front desk/guest services, reservations/revenue management, housekeeping, sales and marketing, human resources, accounting/controls, food and beverage, general administrative owners' and General Managers' business perspectives.
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HOSP 360. Tourism Management3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Spring Only
Fee: An additional $30.00 is charged for this course.
Description: Students will discover the nature, benefits, and potential problems of tourism development and management. Students study the organizations and techniques involved in developing and promoting a destination. The course highlights the importance of teamwork between public and private organizations in tourism activities.
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HOSP 397. Hospitality Management Internship3 Units
Grading Basis: Pass/Fail
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Prerequisite(s): None Students are selected through a competitive process for assignments to work for a semester in approved business or public sector organizations.
Description: Students can apply a maximum of 3 credits.
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HOSP 399. Hospitality Management Internship III3 Units
Grading Basis: Pass/Fail
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Prerequisite(s): HOSP 301 - Introduction to Hospitality Management This is the course to take if you are doing a full time internship in hospitality management.
Description:
Note: Must be a declared Hospitality Management minor and have permission from the Ulmer Career Center.
Course Attribute(s): CBL - This course includes Community-Based Learning (CBL). Students will engage in a community experience or project with an external partner in order to enhance understanding and application of academic content.
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HOSP 405. Revenue Management3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall Only
Prerequisite(s): MATH 111 (College Algebra) or an equivalent course.
Fee: An additional $30.00 is charged for this course.
Description: This course is designed to provide the advanced student with first-hand knowledge of the strategies and tactics employed in hospitality revenue management. The fundamental principles and concepts of revenue management, which include capacity management, duration control, demand and revenue forecasting, discounting, overbooking practices, displacement analysis, rate management and sales mix analysis will be explained. Hospitality and tourism managers are responsible for making strategic and proactive decisions regarding how to maximize firm revenues in a cost efficient way that are dependent upon the sale of a relatively fixed product supply and varying consumer demand. Managers must dedicate critical attention to core product revenue maximization in the hospitality industry due to the time-sensitive or perishable nature of a service based product. Such financial assessment is captured within the firm's revenue management system, where the goal is to generate maximum revenue.
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