Students earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality Management are ready for more than a job; they're ready for success! Our graduates gain the prestige and advantages of a university education: modern technology, solid academic background, learning laboratories, and extensive education in all hospitality business skills. The Hospitality and Tourism Management program represents high growth global industries with expanding demands for highly skilled, technologically-oriented professionals.

What we offer

We provide you high quality academic preparation combined with extensive hands-on experiences that provide practical and marketable industry techniques. Our curriculum provides:

• A strong emphasis on managing the everyday functions of a hospitality business
• Unique, hands-on hospitality management learning laboratories
• Practice in learning how to run a profitable hospitality business that provides the best customer experiences
• Excellent internship and job placement opportunities in the Dallas-Fort Worth region and beyond

You will have an opportunity to “learn by doing” by working at The Club at Gateway Center, our state-of-the-art, public student-operated restaurant. You will also gain insight into the industry through field trips, attending special industry guest lectures, and meeting high-level executives at our Executive-in-Residence Lecture Series.

In addition, we host an annual Career Expo specifically for Hospitality and Tourism Management students that will help you meet hiring representatives from well-known hospitality companies. We regularly have over 50 companies who attend our Career Expo, with a majority coming from corporate hospitality headquarters.

Our faculty members are highly-qualified professionals who have both academic and industry experience. In addition, they are recognized experts, conducting research on issues ranging from sustainable tourism to hotel and restaurant management to technology in the hospitality industry.

Program Learning Objectives

Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate basic knowledge of theoretical constructs pertaining to the hospitality industry.
• Apply the basic principles of critical thinking and problem solving when examining hospitality management issues.
• Apply technical aspects of the hospitality industry.
• Demonstrate professional demeanor, attitude, and leadership needed for managerial positions in the hospitality industry.