Program Overview

Bachelor's in Hospitality and Tourism Management, BSHTM

Launch your career in hospitality and tourism management

With its wealth of world-class hotels, its rich blend of ethnic cultures and cuisines, arts and entertainment, sports and recreation, Chicago is one of the best places in the world to study hospitality and tourism.

This four-year undergraduate degree program will prepare you to lead and innovate in hospitality, event and meeting planning and tourism.

This program is available to all students on our Chicago campus, and will be offered at our Schaumburg campus for new incoming Transfer students beginning in Fall 2025.

Hands-on Learning

Our partnerships with industry leaders like Four Seasons provide students the chance to work directly with partner staff as a part of their regular coursework, through class visits to partner properties, guest speakers, internship opportunities, and real-world projects. Our faculty even collaborate with our partners to shape our class materials, assignments, and student objectives.

Through intensive study, you’ll engage in creative problem solving and apply research methods to real issues and trends in the industry. You’ll study specialties such as hotel management, restaurant management and meetings and tourism.

Choose Your Concentration

As a hospitality student, you can choose from four concentrations:

• Lodging management
• Food and beverage management
• Meeting, events and exhibition management
• Tourism administration

You can also pair minor in hospitality and tourism management with a business major in another field.

Career Opportunities

The hospitality industry is a major employer in the Chicago area and throughout the world. Our graduates go on to careers at leading hotels, restaurants, meeting facilities, associations, tourism offices and more.

Admission Info

Location:

• Chicago
• Schaumburg (transfer only)

Start Term:

• Fall
• Spring

Admission Requirements:

• Online application
• SAT/ACT scores optional
• Self-reported academic information from high school
• Official transcripts from all previously attended colleges and universities in the United States
• Foreign Credential Evaluation for course work completed outside the U.S.
• English Language Proficiency requirement for all students who completed a degree program outside the United States

Sample Hospitality and Tourism Courses

• Operations Analysis for the Hospitality Industry
• Sounds of Summer: Chicago Festivals
• Food and Beverage Management
• Introduction for Meeting and Event Management

Hospitality and Tourism Careers

Roosevelt graduates work for major hospitality and tourism organizations, including:

• Marriott International
• Hilton
• Lettuce Entertain You
• Chicago Cubs

When you graduate, you’ll be prepared to work in:

• Hotel operations management
• Hotel front desk management
• Tourism management
• Association management
• Sports hospitality

You’ll also be prepared to go on to graduate programs. Alumni have attended:

• Roosevelt University
• Cornell University
• Purdue University
• Virginia Tech

Meet Your Faculty

• Brian Margulis, Assistant Clinical Professor of Hospitality Management, Director, RISE
• Steve Migacz, Associate Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Stephanie Emrich, Assistant Teaching Professor of Hospitality and Tourism

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