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Hotel Management Concentration

HOTEL Management concentration prepares students for operations and management positions in various segments of the hotel, motel, lodging and resort industries.

To be awarded a degree, students must complete the departmental requirements, 34 hours of General Studies Course Requirements, 3 hours of Multicultural Graduation Requirement, 3 hours of Senior Experience Graduation Requirement, 39 hours of Major Core Requirements, 21 hours of Concentration Requirements, and 20 hours of electives or a minor plus electives.

Departmental Requirements

  • Maintain a grade point average of 2.5
  • Present CPR and first-aid certification
  • Present verification of 1,200 clock hours of on-the-job experience in the HTE major. These may be secured through paid job experience, cooperative education, internships or a combination of the three. These hours must contain specific descriptions of the job duties performed.
  • Review a CAPP compliance result with an advisor no later than the third semester of enrollment (second semester for transfer students) in the Hospitality, Tourism, and Events program.

General Studies Course Requirements

Level I - Skills

Freshman Composition (minimum 6 semester hours)

  • ENG 1010 - Freshman Composition: The Essay
  • ENG 1020 - Freshman Composition: Analysis, Research and Documentation

Mathematics (minimum 3 semester hours)

  • MTH XXXX - Select any course from Level I Mathematics approved list

Communications (minimum 3 semester hours)

  • SPE 1010 - Public Speaking

Level II - Content Areas

Historical (minimum 3 semester hours)

  • XXXX - Select any course from Level II History approved list

Arts and Letters (minimum 6 semester hours)

  • XXXX - Select any courses from Level II Arts and Letters approved list

Social Sciences (minimum 6 semester hours)

  • XXXX - Select any courses from Level II Social Sciences approved list

Natural Sciences (minimum 6 semester hours)

  • NUT 2040 - Introduction to Nutrition*
  • XXXX - Select any course from Level II Natural Science approved list

*Course has prerequisites; check current MSU Denver Catalog for requirements.

Multicultural Graduation Requirement

  • XXXX - Select any course from Multicultural approved list

Senior Experience Graduation Requirement

  • HTE 4000 - Hospitality Field Experience I*

OR

  • HTE 4040 - Hospitality Senior Research*

OR

  • HTE 4811 - Managing a Destination*

*Course has prerequisites; check current MSU Denver Catalog for requirements.

Major Core Requirements

  • ACC 2010 - Principles of Accounting*
  • HTE 1030 - Introduction to Hospitality, Tourism and Events
  • HTE 2860 - Sustainable Tourism
  • HTE 3570 - Hospitality and Tourism Marketing*
  • HTE 3580 - Hospitality and Tourism Law*
  • HTE 3750 - Hospitality Promotions*
  • HTE 4250 - Hospitality for Profit*
  • HTE 4650 - Hospitality Human Resources*
  • HTE 4730 - Hospitality Negotiations and Sales*
  • HTE 4860 - Hospitality Security and Safety*
  • MGT 3000 - Organizational Management*
  • MGT 4020 - Replace with HTE 479B - Hospitality Entrepreneurship*
  • XXX XXXX - Foreign Language - Select and Level I course

*Course has prerequisites; check current MSU Denver Catalog for requirements.

Hotel Management Concentration

  • HTE 2502 - Applied Hotel / Restaurant Operations*
  • HTE 2512 - Hotel Front Office*
  • HTE 2761 - Convention Managment
  • HTE 3522 - Hotel Housekeeping*
  • HTE 3603 - Labor and Product Control*
  • HTE 3652 - Hospitality Property Management*
  • HTE 4201 - Adventure Travel and Ecotourism*

*Course has prerequisites; check current MSU Denver Catalog for requirements.

Recommended Electives

(20 total hours available)

  • ANT 2330 - Cross-Cultural Communication*
  • ECO 2010 - Principles of Economics - Macro
  • HTE 1041 - Hospitality Service Systems
  • HTE 1052 - Gaming Management
  • HTE 1603 - Food Preparation and Sanitation*
  • HTE 2613 - Food Production and Service I*
  • HTE 3201 - Niche Tourism Markets*
  • HTE 3613 - Wine Fundamentals*
  • HTE 3623 - Food Production and Service II*
  • HTE 3683 - Beer and Spirits*
  • HTE 3761 - Trade Shows and Expositions*
  • HTE 4010 - Hospitality Special Project (1 credit class)
  • HTE 4592 - Current Topics: Lodging*
  • MGT 3820 - International Business*
  • MTH 1210 - Introduction to Statistics*
  • PHI 3360 - Business Ethics*
  • RDG 3060 - Critical Reading / Thinking*
  • SPE 3740 - Psychology of Communications*

*Course has prerequisites; check current MSU Denver Catalog for requirements.