Hospitality Industry Studies

 

General University Requirements (4 – 25 22 credits)

 

First Year Experience (FYE), minimum 1 credit completed with a D- or better, or a grade of P for courses graded only Pass/Fail.  The number of credits will depend upon the designated FYE (see FYE website: www.ugs.udel.edu/FYE).

 

ENGL 110, Critical Reading and Writing, 3 credits (minimum grade C-)

 

Discovery Learning Experience (DLE), minimum 3 credits; DLE includes experiences such as internship, service learning, independent study, undergraduate research, and study abroad, which are designated as DLE courses.  Must be completed with a D- minimum grade or a grade of P for courses graded only Pass/Fail.


Multicultural course, 3 credits in an approved course or courses stressing multi-cultural, ethnic, and/or gender-related course content.   This requirement may be fulfilled through a course or courses taken to complete other course requirements but cannot be fulfilled with any course taken on a Pass/Fail basis.

 

University Breadth Requirements (Minimum 12 credits)

All students will be required to take a minimum of one course of at least 3 credits from each of the following categories (minimum grade C- required in these courses) in order to meet the University Breadth requirement. Courses must be selected from four different departments:

 

Creative Arts and Humanities (minimum grade C-)                                                        3

History and Cultural Change (minimum grade C-)                                                          3                     

Social and Behavioral Sciences (minimum grade C-)                                          3                     

Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology           (minimum grade C-)                  3

(This category will be fulfilled by MATH courses required below)                     

 

Beginning with the academic year 2010-2011, a list of courses submitted by the Colleges will be designated as meeting University breadth requirements. The courses selected must be taken from four different departments.

 

Department Major Requirements

 

Breadth Requirements – Courses taken to fulfill the University breadth requirements above may also satisfy department group requirements and/or core requirements; however, credits may be counted only once toward the degree.

 

Foreign Language Instruction (minimum 3 credits) from:

Arabic, Chinese, French, Greek, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.

 

Creative Arts and Humanities (3 credits)

 

History and Cultural Change (3 credits)

 

 

Social and Behavioral Science (6 credits)

PSYC 100

SOCI XXX

 

Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Technology – 6 credits (excluding MATH 201, 202, 221 and STAT 200)

 

Core Courses (42 credits)

ACCT 207 Accounting I                                                                                              3

ACCT 208 Accounting II                                                                                             3

BUAD 306 Operations Management                                                                            3

BUAD 309 Management and Organizational Behavior                                                  3

BUAD 424 Ethics in the Workplace                                                                             3

COMM 212 Oral Communication in Business                                                               3

ECON 151 Introduction to Microeconomics                                                                 3

ECON 152 Introduction to Macroeconomics                                                                3

ENGL 312 Written Communications in Business                                                           3

FINC 311 Principles of Finance                                                                                    3

MATH 201 Introduction to Statistical Methods I                                                           3

MATH 202 Introduction to Statistical Methods II                                                         3

MATH 221 Calculus                                                                                                    3

MISY 160 Business Computing: Tools and Concepts                                                    3

 

Major Requirements (39 credits) (minimum grade C- required in these courses)

HRIM 180 Introduction to Hospitality                                                                           3

HRIM 187 Introduction to Hospitality Information Management                                    3

HRIM 214 Issues in Tourism Management                                                                    3

HRIM 215 Meeting and Conference Management                                                        3

HRIM 314 Hospitality Entrepreneurship & Venture Creation                                         3

HRIM 346 Travel Internet Marketing                                                                            3

HRIM 380 Management of Lodging Operations                                                            3

HRIM 381 Management of Food & Beverage Operations                                            3

HRIM 382 Managerial Accounting and Finance in the Hospitality Industry                     3

HRIM 480 Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry                           3

HRIM 481 Marketing in the Hospitality Industry                                                           3

HRIM 482 Law of Innkeeping                                                                                      3

HRIM 495 Hospitality Feasibility Studies                                                                      3

 

The HRIM program requires a minimum of 700 hours of approved industry work experience and an additional 100 hours of approved community services activities prior to graduation.

 

Free Electives (Sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum 120 credits required for the degree)

 

Students are encouraged to take courses that provide a specialization.  Students must obtain a minimum grade C- in these courses.  Potential specializations and suggested courses include:

 

Transaction Advisory Services

FINC 314 Investments

FINC 417 Real Estate Finance

FINC 467-052 Real Estate Development & Investment

FINC 312 Intermediate Financial Management

 

Hospitality Sales & Marketing

BUAD 473 Buyer Behavior

BUAD 470 Sales Management and Selling

BUAD 471 Advertising Management

COMM 313 Communication Principles in Advertising

 

 

Hospitality Information Management

HRIM 140 Information Technology in Services Management

MISY 261 Business Information Systems

HRIM 450 Managing Hospitality Information Systems

HRIM 144 Hospitality Information Management, Networks and Systems

HRIM 448 Data Mining Applications in Hospitality

 

 

Restaurant Management

Follow guidelines as illustrated in Restaurant Management Minor

 

Free electives may also include Military Science, Music or Physical Education.  (Only two credits of activity-type Physical Education and four credits of Music ensemble and four credits of 100- and 200-level courses in Military Science/Air Force Science may be counted toward the degree).  Students are encouraged to develop fluency in a second language.

 

Total Credits:  Minimum 120 credits