
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 (51 credits)
- HRTM1100 Professional Development Sequence (PDS) Work Exper. I
- HRTM1101 Career Orientation and Professional Development in the Hospitality Business
- HRTM1102 Professional Skill Development
- HRTM 2100 Professional Development Sequence (PDS) Work Experience 2
- HRTM2103 Management Values and Professional Standards
- HRTM2104 The Hospitality Manager and Law
- HRTM2210 Sales and Marketing for Hospitality Managers
- HRTM2211 Accounting for Hospitality Managers
- HRTM2233 Quantity Food Production
- HRTM2500 Professional Development Sequence (PDS) Lab
- HRTM3100 Professional Development Sequence (PDS) Work Experience 3
- HRTM3105 Managerial Challenges in the New Workplace
- HRTM3106 The Manager in the Group
- HRTM 3108 Nutrition, Sanitation and Food Safety
- 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
- HRTM4109 HOTS- Hospitality Operations and Tactics
- HRTM4204 Property Management
- HRTM 4280 Domestic and International Tourism
- 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 $3,000.00, 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
2nd Semester
3rd Semester
4th Semester
- Environmental Biology Requirement (See Advisor for Approved Classes)
- CORE2008 Cross-Cultural Perspectives
- HRTM 2100 Professional Development Sequence (PDS) Work Experience 2
- HRTM2104 The Hospitality Manager and Law
- HRTM2211 Accounting for Hospitality Managers
- HRTM2500 Professional Development Sequence (PDS) Lab
- HRTM 3108 Nutrition, Sanitation and Food Safety
- SPCH1155 Public Speaking or
- SPCH1107 Fundamentals of Speech
5th Semester
- CORE3009 The American Experience: The Quest of Freedom
- HRTM2210 Sales and Marketing for Hospitality Managers
- HRTM2500 Professional Development Sequence (PDS) Lab
- HRTM3105 Managerial Challenges in the New Workplace
- HRTM3201 Supervision and Labor Management
- HRTM3205 Quantitative Applications in Hospitality Management
- General Elective
6th Semester
- HRTM2500 Professional Development Sequence (PDS) Lab
- HRTM3100 Professional Development Sequence (PDS) Work Experience 3
- HRTM3106 The Manager and the Group
- HRTM3202 Hospitality Operations Management
- HRTM3203 Food and Beverage Management
- MIS2001 Management Information Systems
- HRTM4280 Domestic and International Tourism
- General Elective
7th Semester
- HRTM2500 Professional Development Sequence (PDS) Lab
- HRTM4204 Property Management
- HRTM4107 Concepts in Transportation and Travel
- HRTM Elective
- Free Elective
- Foreign Language (Must be a 6-credit sequence.)
8th Semester
- HRTM2500 Professional Development Sequence (PDS) Lab
- HRTM4108 Global Issues in Hospitality Management: Seminar Abroad
- HRTM4109 HOTS- Hospitality Operations and Tactics
- General Elective
- Foreign Language (Must be a 6-credit sequence.)
- Lab Science Elective