2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management
Requirements
Business Cognates
- ACC 201 - Accounting for Non-Business Majors 1 (1.5 credits)
- ACC 202 - Accounting for Non-Business Majors 2 (1.5 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- MKT 300 - Fundamentals of Marketing for Nonbusiness Majors (3 credits) OR MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
The hospitality and tourism program offers a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree. The program combines a directed sequence of field experiences with a comprehensive interdisciplinary curriculum consisting of courses in the arts and sciences, business, and hospitality and tourism.
Degree Requirements
Students must complete the general university degree requirements as identified in the General Academic Regulations section of the Grand Valley State University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog.
Core Management Courses
There are 38 core credits required.
- CIS 150 - Introduction to Computing (3 credits)
- HTM 101 - Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism (3 credits)
- HTM 213 - Introduction to Food and Beverage Management (3 credits)
- HTM 222 - Introduction to Lodging Management (3 credits)
- HTM 273 - Hospitality and Tourism Financial Decision-making (3 credits)
- HTM 343 - Human Resource Management (4 credits)
- HTM 361 - Hospitality Law and Legislation (3 credits)
- HTM 373 - Hospitality Information Analysis (4 credits)
- HTM 375 - Hospitality and Tourism Research (3 credits)
- HTM 452 - Hospitality and Tourism Marketing (3 credits)
- HTM 495 - Hospitality Management (Capstone) (3 credits)
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
Field Courses
There are seven credits required.
- HTM 190 - Field Preparation (1 credit)
- HTM 290 - HTM Field Experience I (2 credits)
- HTM 390 - HTM Field Experience II (2 credits)
- HTM 490 - HTM Senior Internship (2 credits)
Business Cognates
- ACC 201 - Accounting for Non-Business Majors 1 (1.5 credits)
- ACC 202 - Accounting for Non-Business Majors 2 (1.5 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- MKT 300 - Fundamentals of Marketing for Nonbusiness Majors (3 credits) OR MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
Emphases
Career Emphasis Requirements (18 credits)
Choose one emphasis from the following four. Please see the HTM Badge/Certificate/Minor options for additional courses and credentials that can be added to a HTM major.
1. Meeting and Event Management
- HTM 240 - Introduction to Meeting and Event Management (3 credits)
- HTM 253 - Convention Sales and Service (3 credits)
- HTM 440 - Advanced Meeting and Event Management (3 credits)
Complete 9 credits of electives from the following:
- HTM 201 - Good Food Gone Bad: Food Safety for Everyone (3 credits)
- HTM 281 - Disney College Program I (2 credits)
- HTM 282 - Disney College Program II (2 credits)
- HTM 318 - Responsible Beverage Management (3 credits)
- HTM 323 - Festival and Special Event Management (3 credits) (spring class only)
- HTM 350 - Banquet and Catering Management (3 credits)
- HTM 340 - Event Sustainability (3 credits)
- HTM 360 - Corporate Social Responsibility in the Tourism Industry (3 credits)
2. Lodging Management
- HTM 253 - Convention Sales and Service (3 credits)
- HTM 333 - Hospitality Facilities Management (3 credits)
- HTM 422 - Advanced Lodging Management (3 credits)
Complete 9 credits of electives from the following:
- HTM 201 - Good Food Gone Bad: Food Safety for Everyone (3 credits)
- HTM 318 - Responsible Beverage Management (3 credits)
- HTM 281 - Disney College Program I (2 credits)
- HTM 282 - Disney College Program II (2 credits)
- HTM 340 - Event Sustainability (3 credits)
- HTM 350 - Banquet and Catering Management (3 credits)
- HTM 360 - Corporate Social Responsibility in the Tourism Industry (3 credits)
3. Food and Beverage Management
- HTM 250 - Food Production and Kitchen Management (4 credits) OR HTM 350 - Banquet and Catering Management (3 credits)
- HTM 318 - Responsible Beverage Management (3 credits)
- HTM 413 - Advanced Food and Beverage Management (3 credits)
Complete 9 credits of electives from the following:
- HTM 201 - Good Food Gone Bad: Food Safety for Everyone (3 credits)
- HTM 250 - Food Production and Kitchen Management (4 credits) (if not taken previously)
- HTM 281 - Disney College Program I (2 credits)
- HTM 282 - Disney College Program II (2 credits)
- HTM 313 - Farm to Fork - Sustainability in Food Service Cuisine (3 credits)
- HTM 333 - Hospitality Facilities Management (3 credits) (fall only)
- HTM 350 - Banquet and Catering Management (3 credits) (if not taken previously)
- HTM 360 - Corporate Social Responsibility in the Tourism Industry (3 credits)
4. Tourism Management
- HTM 202 - International Tourism (3 credits)
- HTM 235 - Tourism and Recreation Management (3 credits) OR HTM 268 - Adventure Tourism (3 credits)
- HTM 402 - Tourism Policy Issues (3 credits)
Complete 9 credits of electives from the following options:
- HTM 235 - Tourism and Recreation Management (3 credits) (If not taken previously)
- HTM 242 - Cannabis Regulations and Tourism (3 credits)
- HTM 268 - Adventure Tourism (3 credits) (If not taken previously)
- HTM 281 - Disney College Program I (2 credits)
- HTM 282 - Disney College Program II (2 credits)
- HTM 360 - Corporate Social Responsibility in the Tourism Industry (3 credits)
- HTM 368 - Geotourism (3 credits)
Suggested Order of Coursework
Year One
- CIS 150 - Introduction to Computing (3 credits)
- HTM 101 - Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism (3 credits)
- HTM 190 - Field Preparation (1 credit)
- HTM 290 - HTM Field Experience I (2 credits)
- MTH 110 - Algebra (4 credits)
- WRT 150 - Strategies in Writing (4 credits)
- Five general education courses
Year Two
- ACC 201 - Accounting for Non-Business Majors 1 (1.5 credits)
- ACC 202 - Accounting for Non-Business Majors 2 (1.5 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- HTM 213 - Introduction to Food and Beverage Management (3 credits)
- HTM 222 - Introduction to Lodging Management (3 credits)
- HTM 273 - Hospitality and Tourism Financial Decision-making (3 credits)
- HTM 390 - HTM Field Experience II (2 credits)
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
- Two HTM emphasis courses
- Two general education courses
Year Three
- HTM 343 - Human Resource Management (4 credits)
- HTM 373 - Hospitality Information Analysis (4 credits)
- HTM 375 - Hospitality and Tourism Research (3 credits)
- HTM 490 - HTM Senior Internship (2 credits)
- MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
- Two HTM emphasis courses
- Two general education courses
Year Four
- HTM 361 - Hospitality Law and Legislation (3 credits)
- HTM 452 - Hospitality and Tourism Marketing (3 credits)
- HTM 495 - Hospitality Management (Capstone) (3 credits)
- Two HTM emphasis courses
- Two general education courses
- Three open electives