International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

This major, offered on the Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, New Jersey; and College at Florham, Madison, New Jersey, is designed to prepare students to assume managerial functions in service industries including organizations such as hotels, restaurants, resorts, entertainment complexes, casinos and assisted living facilities. In addition, to a broad liberal arts curriculum, business core and extensive course work in hotel and restaurant subjects, students enrolled in this major are expected to accumulate significant knowledge outside of the classroom. The Professional Development Series involves each student in such activities as:  visits to major food markets, tours of ethnic neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, wine seminars, lectures by hospitality industry leaders, visits to diverse hospitality operations, internships and the European Seminar.

Undergraduate students are expected to complete approximately 1,200 hours of diverse work experience. To meet this requirement the student works in a sophisticated laboratory - the New York metropolitan area's hospitality industry.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree

Course Requirements (54 credits)

• HRTM1101   Career Orientation and Professional Development in the Hospitality Business
• HRTM1102   Professional Skill Development: Work Experience
• HRTM2103   Management Values and Professional Standards
• HRTM2104   The Hospitality Manager and Law: Work Experience
• HRTM2210   Sales and Marketing for Hospitality Managers
• HRTM2211   Accounting for Hospitality Managers
• HRTM3105   Managerial Challenges in the New Workplace
• HRTM3106   The Manager in the Group: Work Experience
• HRTM3201   Supervision and Labor Management
• HRTM3202   Hospitality Operations Management
• HRTM3203   Food and Beverage Management
• HRTM3205   Quantitative Applications in Hospitality Management
• HRTM4107   Concepts in Transportation and Travel
• HRTM4108   Global Issues in Hospitality Management: Seminar Abroad
• HRTM4204   Property Management
• Electives

In addition to these courses, a number of specific general education courses have been developed to further prepare the students as hospitality managers.

Fees

The 2009 -2010 fee for HRTM4108 Global Issues in Hospitality Management: Seminar Abroad is $2,800.00, which includes airfare, hotels, some meals, seminars and scheduled visits to hospitality operations.

New tuition and fee charges for 2010 - 2011 will be announced in the spring of 2010. Please check with the Office of Enrollment Services if you have any further questions.

Recommended Course Sequencing

1st Semester

• ENGL1101   English Composition I or
• ENGW1101   Freshmen Writing Workshop
• FRSH1000   Freshmen Seminar
• HRTM1101   Career Orientation and Professional Development (includes lab experience)
• MATH1128   Mathematical Methods or
• QUANT1128   Introduction to Mathematical Methods
• MIS1045   Computer Technology and Business Communications
• POLS1101   Introduction to Political Science I or
• POLS1201   American Government and Politics
• PSYC1201   General Psychology or
• PSYC1101   General Psychology I

2nd Semester

• CORE1006   University Core A - The Global Challenge
• ECON1101   Introduction to Microeconomics
• ECON2001   Introduction to Microeconomics
• ENGL1102   English Composition II or
• ENGW1102   Freshmen Writing Workshop
• HRTM1102   Professional Skill Development: Work Experience (includes lab experience)
• POLS1102   Geography and World Issues or
• POLS1220   Comparative Government
• General Elective (Adviser-approved course offered by University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies.)

3rd Semester

• ACCT2021   Accounting Principles I
• COMM2101   Professional Communication
• CORE2007   University Core B - Perspectives on the Individual
• ECON2102   Introduction to Macroeconomics
• HRTM2103   Management Values and Professional Standards
• QUANT2029   Introduction to Statistics or
• MATH1129   Introduction to Statistics

4th Semester

• BIOL1001    Principles of Modern Biologyor
• BIOL1002    Plants and Society or
• BIOL1031, BIOL1032    Environmental Health or
• BIOL1105, BIOL1115    The Human Environment, with lab or
• CHEM1110    Chemistry and Global Issues or
• ENVR1001, ENVR1002    Environmental Science, with lab or
• ENVR1101, ENVR1102    Physical Geology, with lab or
• ENVR1111, ENVR1112    Oceanography, with lab or
• PHYS1126, PHYS1026    Earth Physics
• CORE2008    Cross-Cultural Perspectives
• HRTM2104    The Hospitality Manager and Law: Work Experience (includes lab experience)
• HRTM2211    Accounting for Hospitality Managers
• HRTM Elective
• General Elective

5th Semester

• CORE3009   University Core D - The American Experience: The Quest of Freedom
• HRTM2210   Sales and Marketing for Hospitality Managers
• HRTM3105   Managerial Challenges in the New Workplace
• HRTM3201   Supervision and Labor Management
• HRTM3205   Quantitative Applications in Hospitality Management
• General Elective

6th Semester

• HRTM3106   The Manager and the Group:
  Work Experience
• HRTM3202   Hospitality Operations Management
• HRTM3203   Food and Beverage Management
• MIS2001   Management Information Systems
• HRTM Electives

7th Semester

• HRTM4107   Concepts in Transportation and Travel
• HRTM4204   Property Management
• HRTM Elective
• Free Elective
• Foreign Language (Must be a 6-credit sequence.)

8th Semester

• HRTM4108   Global Issues in Hospitality Management: Seminar Abroad
• HRTM Electives
• General Elective
• Foreign Language (Must be a 6-credit sequence.)
• Lab Science Elective