Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Management, AAS

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Program Description

The Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management degree prepares students to begin successful careers in the hospitality industry. The hospitality industry is the number one industry in the Atlanta metro area and the number two industry in Georgia. Numerous career opportunities are available in food and beverage management, hotel management, or tourism management. The program also helps students with customer service and management skills, key ingredients in obtaining any business related job. The associate degree program includes courses in hotel/restaurant/tourism management and college-level general education courses.

View the Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management AAS Program Fact Sheet for additional information.

Students that choose PSYC 1101 as their Area II elective could also complete the diploma in Hotel, Restaurant, & Tourism.

Employment Opportunities

Business Manager, hotel manager, reservations manager, catering manager, restaurant manager, country club manager, food and beverage manager, convention sales manager, front office manager, sales manager, purchasing director, travel agency manager, and flight attendant

Curriculum

Essential General Education Core Courses (15 Credits)

Area I - Language Arts/Communication

(Successful completion of ENGL 1101 is required)

COMM 1100 - Human Communication Credit hours: 3
ENGL 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric Credit hours: 3
ENGL 1102 - Literature and Composition Credit hours: 3
SPCH 1101 - Public Speaking Credit hours: 3

Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences

(Choose ONE of the following)

ECON 1101 - Principles of Economics Credit hours: 3
ECON 2105 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit hours: 3
ECON 2106 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit hours: 3
HIST 1111 - World History I Credit hours: 3
HIST 1112 - World History II Credit hours: 3
HIST 2111 - U. S. History I Credit hours: 3
HIST 2112 - U. S. History II Credit hours: 3
POLS 1101 - American Government Credit hours: 3
POLS 2401 - Global Issues Credit hours: 3
PSYC 1101 - Introductory Psychology Credit hours: 3
SOCI 1101 - Introduction to Sociology Credit hours: 3

Area III - Natural Sciences/Mathematics

(Successful completion of MATH 1111 or MATH 1103 is required)

MATH 1111 - College Algebra Credit hours: 3
MATH 1103 - Quantitative Skills and Reasoning Credit hours: 3

Area IV - Humanities/Fine Arts

(Choose ONE of the following)

ARTS 1101 - Art Appreciation Credit hours: 3
ENGL 2110 - World Literature Credit hours: 3
ENGL 2130 - American Literature Credit hours: 3
HUMN 1101 - Introduction to Humanities Credit hours: 3
MUSC 1101 - Music Appreciation Credit hours: 3
RELG 1101 - World Religions Credit hours: 3

General Education Elective:

To meet the minimum required 15 semester credit hours in general education courses, an additional 3 semester credit hours must be taken from Area I, Area II, Area III, or Area IV. Students can view the complete list of classes here .

Essential Technical Courses (47 Credits)

FYES 1000 - First Year Experience Credit hours: 2
HRTM 1100 - Introduction to Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1110 - Travel Industry and Travel Geography Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1140 - Hotel Operations Management Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1150 - Event Planning Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1160 - Food and Beverage Management Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1170 - Hospitality, Industry Accounting & Financial Analysis Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1201 - Hospitality Marketing Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1210 - Hospitality Law Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1120 - Tour and Cruise Management Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1220 - Supervision and Leadership in the Hospitality Industry Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1230 - Internship Credit hours: 3
XXXX XXXX - Hotel/Restaurant/Tourism or Related Elective(s) Credit hours: 12

Total Hours: 62

Elective(s):

CUUL 1110 - Culinary Safety and Sanitation Credit hours: 2
EMSP 1010 - Emergency Medical Responder Credit hours: 4
HORT 1720 - Introductory Floral Design Credit hours: 4
HRTM 1105 - Tourism in Georgia Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1130 - Business Etiquette and Communication Credit hours: 3
MGMT 2115 - Human Resource Management Credit hours: 3
MKTG 2500 - Exploring Social Media Credit hours: 3
MKTG 2550 - Analyzing Social Media Credit hours: 3
MKTG 2210 - Entrepreneurship Credit hours: 6

Suggested First Semester classes:

FYES 1000 - First Year Experience Credit hours: 2
HRTM 1100 - Introduction to Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1220 - Supervision and Leadership in the Hospitality Industry Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1140 - Hotel Operations Management Credit hours: 3
HRTM 1160 - Food and Beverage Management Credit hours: 3