Program Overview

Texas Tech University-Costa Rica Program Information

The Texas Tech University-Costa Rica offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to prepare future hospitality and service industry leaders with essential skills and knowledge for managing restaurants, hotels, and institutional food service operations.

Program Overview

The program is tailored to provide students with a thorough understanding of the hospitality and retail management industry, including financial accounting, consumer behavior, and services marketing.

Curriculum

The curriculum consists of 15 courses in general education, 12 courses in hospitality and retail management core, 8 courses in restaurant, hotel, and institutional management, and 6 guided electives.

General Education

• ART 1309 Global Art and Visual Culture
• COMS 2358 Speaking for Business
• ENGL 1301 Essentials of College Rhetoric
• ENGL 1302 Advanced College Rhetoric
• HIST 2300 History of the United States to 1877
• HIST 2301 History of the United States from 1877
• POLS 1301 American Government
• POLS 2306 Texas Politics and Topics
• ECO 2301 Principles of Economics
• MATH 1320 College Algebra or MATH 1330 Math Analysis I
• MATH 2300 Statistical Methods
• NS1410 Science Of Nutrition
• CHEM 1106 Chemistry Experiments that Matter
• CHEM 1306 Chemistry that Matters
• ENGL 2307 Introduction to Fiction or ENGL 2388 Introduction to Film Studies

Hospitality and Retail Management Core

• HRM 2310 Introduction to Hospitality & Retail Management
• HRM 3321 Financial Accounting
• HRM 3322 Managerial Accounting
• HRM 3335 Consumer Behavior
• HRM 3385 Intro to Sales for Services Industry
• HRM 3389 Professional Practices
• HRM 4313 Legal Aspects
• HRM 4316 Services Marketing
• HRM 4322 Hospitality Financial Analysis
• HRM 4332 Leadership
• PFI 3301/2301 Personal Financial Planning
• RRP 1100 Raider Ready

Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management

• FDSC 3303 Food Sanitation
• RHIM 2308 Hotel Operations
• RHIM 3350 Geotourism
• RHIM 3360 Sustainable Food Production
• RHIM 3370 Restaurant Operations and Management
• RHIM 3395 Internship in Hospitality
• RHIM 4312 Food & Beverage Operations
• RHIM 4315 Dinner Series

Guided Electives

• HRM 3315 Social Media
• RETL 4350 Retail Global Sourcing
• RETL 3350 Visual Merchandising
• RETL 4330 Retail Management Research
• RETL 3310 Fashion Styling
• RETL 1320 Fashion & Modern Culture
• RETL 4320 Category Management
• RETL 4335 E- and Mobile Commerce
• RHIM 2312 Learning Through Tasting: Spirit, Beer, and Wine
• RHIM 4308 Lodging Operations Management

Program Location

The program is offered at the Texas Tech University-Costa Rica campus, located in San José, San Rafael de Escazú, Escazú 10201, Costa Rica.