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Hospitality and Tourism Management Major with Sustainability, Ethics, & Advocacy Option

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg , United States
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Bachelors
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Event Management | Hospitality Management | Tourism Management
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Business and Administration | Services
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English
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Program Overview

Hospitality and Tourism Management Major with Sustainability, Ethics, & Advocacy Option

The Hospitality and Tourism Management Major with Sustainability, Ethics, & Advocacy Option is a Bachelor of Science in Business degree program offered by the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.


Program Curriculum

The program requires a total of 125 credit hours, including:


  • Degree Core Requirements:
    • ACIS 2116: Principles of Accounting 1,2 (3 credits)
    • BIT 3414: Operations and Supply Chain Management 2,# (3 credits)
    • FIN 3054: Legal and Ethical Environment of Business 2,# (3 credits)
    • FIN 3104: Introduction to Finance 2,# (3 credits)
    • HTM 2314: Introduction to International Business 2 (3 credits)
    • MGT 4394: Strategic Management 2,# (3 credits)
    • MKTG 3104: Marketing Management 2,# (3 credits)
  • Major Requirements:
    • ACIS 1504: Introduction to Business Analytics and Business Intelligence 1,2 (3 credits)
    • ACIS 2115: Principles of Accounting 1,2 (3 credits)
    • HTM 1414: Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Management (3 credits)
    • HTM 3414: Chef Lab: Culinary Operations Management # (4 credits)
    • HTM 3444: Hospitality Financial Management # (3 credits)
    • HTM 3524: Lodging Management # (3 credits)
    • HTM 4414: Restaurant Management: Design and Innovation # (3 credits)
    • HTM 4454: Hospitality Revenue Management # (3 credits)
    • HTM 4464: Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry # (3 credits)
    • HTM 4964: Field Study in HTM # (3 credits)
    • MGT 1104: Foundations of Business 2 (3 credits)
    • MGT 3404: Principles of Management 2,# (3 credits)
    • PSYC 1004: Introductory Psychology (3 credits)
    • SOC 1004: Introductory Sociology (3 credits)
  • Option Required Courses:
    • HTM 2454: Global Travel & Tourism Management 3,# (3 credits)
    • HTM 3484: Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism # (3 credits)
    • HTM 4484: International Tourism # (3 credits)
    • ENGL 2844: Introduction to Technical and Professional Communication # (3 credits)
    • FREC 2124: Forests, Society & Climate 4,# (3 credits)
    • FREC/NR/LAR 2554: Leadership for Global Sustainability # (3 credits)
    • BIT 4604: Data Governance, Privacy and Ethics (3 credits)
  • HTM SEA Electives:
    • Choose one of the following:
      • HTM 4334: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Hospitality & Tourism # (3 credits)
      • MGT 4334: Ethical Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility # (3 credits)
      • SOC 2024: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity # (3 credits)
      • SOC 2034: Diversity and Community Engagement # (3 credits)
  • HTM Electives:
    • Choose 6 credit hours from the following:
      • HTM 2104: Careers in Hospitality and Tourism (1 credit hour course) # (1 credit)
      • HTM 2434: Hospitality Sales # (3 credits)
      • HTM 2454: Global Travel & Tourism Management 7,# (3 credits)
      • HTM 2464: Designing the Service Experience # (3 credits)
      • HTM 2474: Introduction to Meetings and Convention Management # (3 credits)
      • HTM 2514: Catering Management # (3 credits)
      • HTM 2954: Hospitality and Tourism Study Abroad # (3 credits)
      • HTM 3044: Private Club Management # (3 credits)
      • HTM 3244: Franchising and Ownership in the Services Industries # (3 credits)
      • HTM 3424: Event Management # (3 credits)
      • HTM 3454: Social and Cultural Event Planning # (3 credits)
      • HTM 3464: Sport and Entertainment Event & Facility Management # (3 credits)
      • HTM 3954: HTM Study Abroad # (3 credits)
      • HTM 4354: Information Technology and Social Media in Hospitality and Tourism # (3 credits)
      • HTM 4434: Event and Experience Management Senior Workshop # (3 credits)
      • HTM 4444: Winery Tourism # (3 credits)
      • HTM 4474: Hospitality & Tourism Law # (3 credits)
      • HTM 4514: Hospitality Market Data Analysis # (3 credits)
  • Free Electives:
    • Choose 3 credit hours
  • Pathways to General Education:
    • Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse:
      • ENGL 1105: First-Year Writing (3 credits)
      • ENGL 1106: First-Year Writing (3 credits)
    • Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities:
      • Three hours in Pathway 2 fulfilled by completing HTM 3484 # (3 credits)
      • Three hours in Pathway 2 fulfilled by completing FREC 2554/NR 2554/LAR 2554 or BIT 4604 # (3 credits)
    • Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences:
      • ECON 2005: Principles of Economics 1,2 (3 credits)
      • ECON 2006: Principles of Economics 1,2 (3 credits)
    • Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences:
      • Select three hours in Pathway 4 (3 credits)
      • Three hours in Pathway 4 fulfilled by completing FREC 2124 or GEOS 1024 4,# (3 credits)
    • Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking:
      • MATH 1524: Business Calculus (5F) 1,2 (4 credits)
      • BIT 2405: Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling (5F) 1,2 (3 credits)
      • BIT 2406: Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling (5A) 1,2 (3 credits)
    • Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts:
      • Select three hours in Pathway 6a (3 credits)
      • Select three hours in Pathway 6d (3 credits)
    • Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States:
      • Select three hours in Pathway 7 or Free Elective 6 (3 credits)

Graduation Requirements

  • A total of 125 credit hours is required for graduation.
  • Students must achieve a grade of C- or higher in select business courses.
  • Overall and In-Major GPA: Students must have an overall GPA of 2.0 and an in-major GPA of 2.0 to graduate.

Foreign Language Requirement

  • Students who did not successfully complete at least two years of a single foreign, classical, or sign language during high school must successfully complete six credit hours of a single foreign, classical, or sign language at the college level.

Roadmap

The program roadmap is as follows:


  • First Year:
    • Fall Semester:
      • ACIS 1504: Introduction to Business Analytics and Business Intelligence 1,2 (3 credits)
      • MATH 1524: Business Calculus 1,2 (4 credits)
      • MGT 1104: Foundations of Business 2 (3 credits)
      • ENGL 1105: First-Year Writing (3 credits)
      • HTM 1414: Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Management (3 credits)
    • Spring Semester:
      • ACIS 2115: Principles of Accounting 1,2 (3 credits)
      • ECON 2005: Principles of Economics 1,2 (3 credits)
      • BIT 2405: Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling 1,2 (3 credits)
      • ENGL 1106: First-Year Writing (3 credits)
      • HTM 2314: Introduction to International Business 2 (3 credits)
  • Second Year:
    • Fall Semester:
      • ACIS 2116: Principles of Accounting 1,2 (3 credits)
      • ECON 2006: Principles of Economics 1,2 (3 credits)
      • BIT 2406: Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling 1,2 (3 credits)
      • HTM 3484: Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism # (3 credits)
      • HTM 2454: Global Travel & Tourism Management 3,# (3 credits)
      • PSYC 1004: Introductory Psychology (3 credits)
    • Spring Semester:
      • HTM 3414: Chef Lab: Culinary Operations Management # (4 credits)
      • HTM 3524: Lodging Management # (3 credits)
      • Select three credit hours in Pathway 6d (3 credits)
      • ENGL 2844: Introduction to Technical and Professional Communication # (3 credits)
      • FREC 2124: Forests, Society & Climate 4,# (3 credits)
  • Third Year:
    • Fall Semester:
      • HTM 3444: Hospitality Financial Management # (3 credits)
      • MKTG 3104: Marketing Management 2,# (3 credits)
      • FREC/NR/LAR 2554: Leadership for Global Sustainability # (3 credits)
      • BIT 3414: Operations and Supply Chain Management 2,# (3 credits)
      • FIN 3104: Introduction to Finance 2,# (3 credits)
    • Spring Semester:
      • HTM 4454: Hospitality Revenue Management # (3 credits)
      • HTM Elective 5,# (3 credits)
      • MGT 3404: Principles of Management 2,# (3 credits)
      • HTM 4414: Restaurant Management: Design and Innovation # (3 credits)
      • Free Elective (3 credits)
  • Fourth Year:
    • Fall Semester:
      • HTM 4964: Field Study in HTM # (3 credits)
      • HTM 4464: Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry # (3 credits)
      • HTM Elective # (3 credits)
      • FIN 3054: Legal and Ethical Environment of Business 2,# (3 credits)
      • Select three credit hours in Pathway 6a (3 credits)
    • Spring Semester:
      • HTM 4484: International Tourism # (3 credits)
      • Select three credit hours in Pathway 4 (3 credits)
      • MGT 4394: Strategic Management 2,# (3 credits)
      • HTM SEA Elective # (3 credits)
      • Select three credit hours in Pathway 7 or Free Elective 6 (3 credits)
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