Feb 17, 2026

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Hospitality Management and Tourism 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management and Tourism requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
AFE 100 - Issues in Agriculture, Food and Environment 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA)
ANT 160 - Global Cultural Diversity 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Global Dynamics)
HMT 120 - Introduction to Hospitality Management and Tourism 3 Credit Hours
RTM 101 - Introduction to Retailing and Tourism Management 1 Credit Hours

Second Semester

CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
AN 105 - Business Applications of Spreadsheets 1 Credit Hours
OR
CS 101 - Introduction to Computing I 3 Credit Hours
HMT 210 - Hotel Rooms Division Management 3 Credit Hours
MA 123 - Elementary Calculus and its Applications 4 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Quantitative Foundations)
Diversity Requirement Credit(s): 3

Year 2

First Semester

DHN 241 - Food Service Sanitation 1 Credit Hours
ECO 201 - Principles of Economics I 3 Credit Hours
HMT 270 - Principles of Travel and Tourism 3 Credit Hours
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - First Semester Credit(s): 4

Second Semester

ACC 200 - Introduction to Accounting for Decision Makers 3 Credit Hours
ECO 202 - Principles of Economics II 3 Credit Hours
HMT 308 - Introduction to Food and Beverage 3 Credit Hours
STA 296 - Statistical Methods and Motivations 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning)
Foreign Language - Second Semester Credit(s): 4

Year 3

First Semester

ACC 201 - Financial Accounting 3 Credit Hours
HMT 350 - Revenue Management 3 Credit Hours
MKT 300 - Marketing Management 3 Credit Hours
RTM 340 - Professional Practice/Pre-Internship 1 Credit Hours
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

DHN 342 - Quantity Food Production 4 Credit Hours
MGT 301 - Introduction to Managing Organizations 3 Credit Hours
RTM 345 - Service Management 3 Credit Hours
HMT - - - Major Selection Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3

Summer Session

RTM 499 - Retailing and Tourism Management Internship 6 Credit Hours

Year 4

First Semester

FIN 300 - Corporation Finance 3 Credit Hours
HMT - - - Major Selection Credit(s): 3
HMT - - - Major Selection Credit(s): 3
Free Electives Credit(s): 6

Second Semester

RTM 425 - Human Resource Management 3 Credit Hours (fulfills the GCCR)
UK Core - Social Sciences Credit(s): 3
HMT - - - Major Selection Credit(s): 3
HMT - - - Major Selection Credit(s): 3
Free Electives Credit(s): 2-4