Business Administration with a Concentration in Hospitality & Management Systems

• Enrollment in the BS/Business Administration degree
• Declaration of the concentration in Hospitality & Management Systems once admitted to B-CU, or during the first or second semester of the freshman year. (Concentration begins in the first semester of the sophomore year)

• One degree with two focusses (business and hospitality), no additional cost, same completion time!
• Access to hundreds of hospitality education scholarships and internships
• Experiential learning courses
• Corporate Management Training (CMT) opportunities upon graduation
• Free conferences, food shows, hospitality events, and access to industry experts and many career options.

The vertical curriculum consists of 124 credit hours and includes six HMS core courses (twenty-one credit hours) and one HMS elective (three credit hours).

Hospitality & Management Systems Electives (3 credits each)

• HMS 461 Hospitality & Tourism Innovative Technologies
• HMS 462 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in the Hospitality Industry
• HMS 463 Contemporary Global Issues and Trends in Hospitality and Tourism
• HMS 464 Hospitality Real Estate Development
• HMS 465 Resort & Theme Park Systems

All students MUST see a Student Success Coach to review the details of the vertical curriculum and prerequisites requirements.

General Education Courses are in the YELLOW shaded areas. Concentration courses are in the GREEN shaded areas.

*Based on your placement testing scores, General Education courses may require prerequisites which may extend the number of semesters needed to complete degree requirements. These prerequisites do not count towards the degree for graduation.

**Marching Band Members ONLY MUST substitute PE Activity with MUB 110 Marching Band.

**ROTC Members ONLY, substitute PE Activity with MY 104 Basic Military Science and MYL 104 MY 104 Basic Military Science Lab. (ROTC)

Scholarships and other funding opportunities are available for hospitality and systems management concentration students. Please click on the links below to apply. You may also contact Dr. Ruth Smith, smithr@cookman.edu for information on additional scholarship funding opportunities.

• AHLA Foundation Scholarships 
• Annual Golf Tournament Scholarship
• US Foods Scholarships
• Hospitality Business Scholarships & Internships
• Hospitality Scholarships
• Tampa Bay Alliance Scholarship
• 25 Great Scholarships for Hospitality Management Majors
• IFSEA Scholarship
• NSMH Scholarship
• National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation Scholarships
• Hospitality Management Scholarships
• Scholarships for Hospitality Majors
• NEWH, Inc. Scholarships
• NCBMP Scholarship

1. Identify and apply the knowledge and skills necessary for hospitality and tourism operations
   • Overview of the hospitality industry, guest experience, and the profession
   • Operations relative to lodging management
   • Operations relative to food service management
   • Relationship of tourism to hospitality management
   • Field experience
   • Operations relative to facility maintenance and management
   • Allow students to develop a depth of knowledge or a broad exposure to the diverse segments of the industry
   • An evaluative culminating/capstone experience
2. Develop and integrate a core set of business skills necessary to successfully operate a hospitality and tourism organization.
   • Human resource management relative to business operations 
   • Marketing of goods and services relative to business operations 
   • Accounting procedures/practices relative to business operations 
   • Legal environment relative to business operations 
   • Economic environment relative to business operations 
   • Technology relative to business operations 
   • Financial management relative to business operations
   • Ethical considerations and socio-political influences affecting organizations
   • Strategic management relative to business operations
   • Leadership theory relative to business operations
3. Demonstrate competence in the communication skills necessary for hospitality and tourism management
   • Written communication skills required for hospitality and tourism management
   • Oral communication skills required for hospitality and tourism management
   • Interpersonal communication skills required for hospitality and tourism management
   • Digital communication skills required for hospitality and tourism management
4. Formulate business decisions in hospitality and tourism management
   • Analytical skills required for hospitality and tourism management
   • Critical thinking skills required for hospitality and tourism management
   • Problem solving skills required for hospitality and tourism management
5. Evaluate leadership principles necessary in the diverse and global hospitality and tourism industry
   • Leadership skills necessary to effectively manage in the hospitality industry.
   • Relationship between ethical leadership, culture, and performance
   • Exposure to internal and external stakeholders from diverse backgrounds and cultures

PSLO 1 - Critical Thinking - Critically analyze, apply, examine and integrate a variety of business concepts, models and principles in order to address broad-based business issues through case studies, projects and other experiential learning assignments.

PSLO2 - Technology - Utilize computer hardware, software and other technological tools to enhance quantitative and qualitative decision-making and analysis as it pertains to business decisions.

PSLO 3 - Ethics - Demonstrate knowledge and application of professional and reasonable conduct with the ability to apply ethical principles and theory to make and justify comprehensive business decisions.

PSLO4 - Communication - Accurately and effectively apply written and oral communication to express in-depth ideas and thoughts pertaining to broad business principles.

PSLO5 - Applied General Knowledge - Integrate and apply general business principles to hypothetical and real-world business issues.

PSLO6 - Globalization - Accurately apply knowledge of global and international business.

PSLO7 - Social Responsibility and Civic Engagement - Consider the business professional's influence and responsibility and provide continuous support to the community while balancing obligations to stakeholders.

The College of Business and Entrepreneurship seeks to impart excellence in education that comprises experiential learning with practical skills that embrace entrepreneurial thinking, innovation, and creativity, leading to organizational success in a dynamic global environment.