Hospitality & Tourism Management, Minor

The Hospitality and Tourism Management minor provides practical and professional experience to prepare future industry leaders

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Business – Minor in Hospitality & Tourism Management

SOU Business Hospitality and Tourism Management Minor Description Section

Hospitality & Tourism Management Minor

Offered as a Secondary Discipline Minor

The Hospitality and Tourism Management minor offers a variety of courses to prepare learners for a successful career in the tourism industry.

Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, and the sector is growing rapidly, with over one billion people traveling around the world each year. With the growing number of people traveling comes the need for a skilled workforce. With a minor in Hospitality and Tourism Management, you can take what you are passionate about and go even further! You will gain an understanding of the tourism industry and its sub-sectors, focusing on lodging and food and beverage operations, sustainable tourism management, and whatever else interests you in the field of travel and business. Special attention is placed on sustainability, including exploring tourism community impacts, sustainable destination planning and management, and managing a sustainable tourism business while addressing global issues such as poverty, climate change, globalization/localization, and environmental degradation. You will also be introduced to basic accounting principles for managing your travel company.

The School of Business offers small classes to ensure a high-level interaction with the experienced faculty. Students obtaining a minor will be involved in team projects, field trips, open-class discussion, critical thinking, and problem-solving to develop skills that are vital in today’s workplace. Match your passion for travel and business with some tourism management courses to stand out above others in your field.

Hospitality and Tourism Management minor goals:

Provide students with an understanding of the scope and impact of the hospitality and tourism industry with focus on management skills.
Develop hospitality business leaders through sound theoretical coursework, applied and innovative learning activities, mentoring opportunities, exposure to local hospitality organizations and interaction with dynamic industry professionals.
Ensure that all HTM students have a meaningful choice of job opportunities upon graduation.

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Degree Fit

Program Preparation

The perfect candidates are students with drive and desire to develop business skills and knowledge of hospitality and tourism. Students prepared to develop critical thinking and analytical skills, mindful innovative thought and sustainability awareness are perfect candidates for the Hospitality and Tourism Management minor.

Degree Roadmap

The minor provides students with basic knowledge on each of the subsectors in the tourism industry, and an understanding of the positive or negative impact a tourism business can have on communities, the environment, and global sustainability. Students are required to complete courses in accounting, lodging operations, food and beverage management, and sustainable tourism. With the additional elective course, students can explore another area of tourism and hospitality that fits with their career goal.

Capstone

The minor in Hospitality and Tourism Management is an excellent complement to many majors. Students will learn management skills, and how to better understand the relationship between travel and sustainability, both critical competitive skills in today’s job market.