Roosevelt University - Hospitality Management Course Information

Course Information
Hospitality and Tourism Management | College of Professional Studies

Manfred Steinfeld is the generous benefactor of Roosevelt University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. The program benefits in many ways from Mr. Steinfeld’s knowledge, experience, and generosity. The School prepares students for management and leadership careers in the hospitality-tourism industry. With campuses on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue and in suburban Schaumburg, ours is the only undergraduate and graduate program in Illinois. The hospitality-tourism industry is Chicagoland’s second largest employer, and increased growth in the industry is projected. Employees with academic degrees, work experience, and technology and research skills will have the advantage over unskilled employees. A Roosevelt degree in hospitality and tourism management can provide students with this employment advantage.

The program prepares students in four areas of emphasis: lodging management; food and beverage management; culinary management; and meeting, convention, and exhibition management. Faculty members are committed to students and their professional growth as they integrate classroom study with the lively metropolitan workplace. Program participants may gain experience through one or more of the professional partnerships with leading hotels, restaurants, meeting and convention facilities, associations, tourism offices, airline carriers, and others. No better place exists to learn this industry than Chicago with its rich blend of ethnic cultures, cuisine, languages, art, music, sports, and architecture. This environment will deepen the educational experience in a dynamic living-learning environment.

Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management (BSHTM)

Designed for students of any age who want to pursue a career in hospitality, the Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management (BSHTM) is a 120-semester-hour degree program. The program requires successful completion of 54 semester hours of study in hospitality management courses; the University’s general education course requirements in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences; and 30 semester hours of elective courses.

Except for Hosm 290, which must be completed at Roosevelt University, 200-level courses may be completed either at Roosevelt or through acceptable transfer work from an approved community college.

At least 60 semester hours must be completed in courses at the 200 level or above, and a minimum of 15 semester hours of 300-level hospitality management course work must be completed at Roosevelt University. The core courses, Hosm 300, 311, 350, and 399, must be passed with grades of C or higher.

Hosm 200	Financial Accounting for the Hospitality Industry	3
Hosm 201	Introduction to the Hospitality and Tourism Industry	3
Hosm 210	Front Office Management
or Hosm 231	Introduction to Meeting, Convention, and Exhibition Management	3
Hosm 230	Food and Beverage Management	3
Hosm 275	Hospitality Law	3
Hosm 290	Hospitality Methods and Research	3
Hosm 300	Managerial Accounting for the Hospitality Industry	3
Hosm 311	Organizational Development for Hospitality	3
Hosm 350	Advanced Marketing for the Hospitality Industry	3
Hosm 399	Hospitality Senior Project	3
Four courses chosen from a select list of upper-division Hosm electives		12
Four courses in one of the four areas of emphasis		12
Lodging Management Food and Beverage Management Culinary Management Meeting, Convention, and Exposition Management

University Writing Requirement
Mathematics proficiency, by course completion or RUA, at the level of Math 100
Three courses in each of the three areas of social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities		27
CST 100	PC Software Packages or proficiency credit	3
Free electives		30

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