Tourism & Hospitality - Associate's Degree: 2-YEAR PLAN
The Required Core is highly recommended to be taken as listed. This will allow you to fulfill your General Education Requirements for the University and progress through the Associate Program efficiently.
Required Core - 33 hours
- 3 ACCT 210 - Principles of Accounting I
- 3 ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics *Gen Ed Requirement
- 3 THM 100 - Introduction to Tourism & Hospitality Management
- 3 THM 200 - Convention, Meetings, & Event Planning
- 9 THM 296 - Internship (Take 3 credits, each semester for 3 semesters)
- 3 THM 310 - Restaurant Management
- 3 THM 320 - Lodging Management
- 3 THM 494 - Final Internship (Final 3 credits in the 4th semester)
Required Core Electives – 6 credits
- 3 THM 450 – Casino Management
- 3 THM 480 - Tourism Planning and Development
Required Electives - Take two of the following:
- 3 ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting II
- 3 MIS 205 - Advanced Computer Applications
- 3 BADM 334 - Small Business Management
- 3 BADM 360 - Organization and Management
- 3 BADM 369 - Organizational Behavior & Theory
- 3 BADM 370 - Marketing
- 3 BADM 372 – Advertising
- 3 HRM 460 – Human Resource Management
- 3 BADM 494 - Personal Selling
- 3 THM 492 – Special Topics
Associates Degree General Education Requirements - 18 semester hours
- 3 ENGL 101 Composition I
- 3 SPCM 101 Fundamentals of Speech
- 3 MATH 114 College Algebra
- Gen Ed - Natural Science - 3 semester hours + 1 Lab
- Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities - 3 semester hours
- Gen Ed Elective - Take one additional General Education course from Natural Science/Lab, Social Science, or Arts/Humanities. Must be from a different disciplinary prefix.
Credits are required to total 60 credits