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Hotel and Hospitality  Management
(To keep up with industry needs and provide appropriate training, program requirements are reviewed every year. The requirements listed below are effective Summer Quarter 2008 through Spring 2009.)

Degree Options: Short Term Certificates (see department Web site)
Certificate of Completion (CC) and Associate of Applied Science (AAS)

Prerequisites

Some or all of the following are required. See your faculty adviser for specific details.

...Minimum COMPASS writing score of 65 or equivalent ASSET

...Some classes have entry requirements not listed here.

Certificate
59-64 credits

Professional-Technical (PT)

HOTEL 100 Intro to Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
5
HOTEL 110 Front Office Operations 
5
HOTEL 130 Food and Beverage Operations
5
HOTEL 139 Pre-Internship Seminar
2
HOTEL 140 Cooperative Education
12
HOTEL 160 Human Resources Management in Hospitality
5
HOTEL 281-285 Hotel/Tourism Management Special Topics
5-10

Related Instruction (RI)

ACCTG 121 Practical Accounting I
5
BUSN 134 Principles of Salesmanship
5
  or
SPCH 100 Basic Oral Communication
BUSN 160 Human and Labor Relations
5
WRIT 101 Principles of Writing
5

Associate of Applied Science
110-115 credits
All courses and requirements listed for certificate 
59-64

Professional-Technical (PT)

HOTEL 170 Legal Issues in Hospitality
5
HOTEL 200 Hotel Management and Operations
5
HOTEL 205 Conference and Banquet Management
4
HOTEL 210 Front Office Management and Operations
5
HOTEL 230 Food/Beverage Management and Operations
5
HOTEL 240 Specialization Internship
10
HOTEL 248 Marketing in Hospitality
5
HOTEL 281-285 Hotel/Tourism Management Special Topics
1-5

Related Instruction (RI)

BUSN 205 International Business
5
BUSN 212 Business Ethics Seminar
3/2
  or
BUSN 207 Cultural Awareness
BUSN 216 Microcomputer/Applications
5
  or
BTECH 211 Advanced Microsoft Office Integration

Important Notes:

...This information does not substitute for meeting with a faculty adviser.

...Students must achieve a minimum grade of 2.0 in each  HOTEL class.

...Not all classes are offered every quarter.

...Coursework is highly interactive and includes field-based internships.

...A list of internship sites is available at the program Web site. Students complete 660 hours of internship in the two-year degree program.


Department Web Site and Contact Information
http://flightline.highline.edu/hotelhospitality