Bachelor of Business Administration in Hospitality Management
About This Program
The BBA in Hospitality Management is a specialized degree. Students will gain practical and theoretical knowledge of core business and hospitality competencies in hotel, restaurant, and tourism management. Skills learned will include service leadership, and guest essentials, business operations, communications, sales & marketing, and revenue enhancement. Students will develop knowledge, skills, and abilities to identify hospitality career goals and effective strategies for achieving them.
Competencies
- Students will learn theoretical knowledge in of hospitality management.
- Students will gain practical knowledge in hospitality management.
- Students will develop competencies in service leadership and guest essentials.
- Students will develop competencies in communications, sales and marketing.
- Students will develop competencies in revenue management for hospitality.
Curriculum
| Foundations | ||
| General Core Requirements | 42 | |
| Students must complete specific courses in certain core areas. | ||
| For Mathematics select: | ||
| COLLEGE ALGEBRA FOR ECONOMICS & BUSINESS ANALYSIS | ||
| For Social & Behavioral Sciences select: | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| For Foundational Component Area select: | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ANALYSIS | ||
| Business Core | ||
| UNIV 1131 | STUDENT SUCCESS (freshmen only) | 1 |
| Additional hours required in core. | 2 | |
| MANA 1301 | BUSINESS IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT | 3 |
| ACCT 2301 | PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I | 3 |
| ACCT 2302 | PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II | 3 |
| BSTAT 2305 | INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | 3 |
| INSY 2303 | INTRODUCTION TO M.I.S. AND DATA PROCESSING | 3 |
| BCOM 3360 | EFFECTIVE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| BLAW 3310 | LEGAL AND ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS | 3 |
| BSTAT 3321 | INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | 3 |
| FINA 3313 | BUSINESS FINANCE | 3 |
| MANA 3318 | MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR | 3 |
| MANA 4322 | STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MARK 3321 | PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | 3 |
| OPMA 3306 | SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| Specialization in Hospitality Management | ||
| HOSP 3350 | INTRODUCTION TO TRAVEL AND TOURISM | 3 |
| HOSP 3351 | HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| HOSP 4353 | SERVICE QUALITY & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE | 3 |
| HOSP 4355 | HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY FINANCE & ANALYTICS | 3 |
| HOSP 4359 | HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY | 3 |
| Advanced Electives | ||
| Select two Hospitality or non-Hospitality business courses numbered 3000 or higher. | 6 | |
| Select five non-Hospitality business courses numbered 3000 or higher. | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Double majors
Three double major options for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Hospitality Management are available. Hospitality Management undergraduates who pursue one of the following double major programs will not have the option of participating in the fast track program in Business.
Completion of the double major is attained by including all of the following courses in the BBA Hospitality Management plan and completing with grades of C or better in each of the double major courses listed below:
BBA IN hospitality management AND rEal estate
| Real Estate Specialization | ||
| REAE 3325 | REAL ESTATE FUNDAMENTALS | 3 |
| REAE 4319 | REAL ESTATE FINANCE | 3 |
| REAE 4334 | REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL | 3 |
| Select two Real Estate courses numbered 3000 or higher. | 6 | |
| Advanced Electives | ||
| BLAW 3314 | REAL ESTATE LAW | 3 |
| Select one Accounting course numbered 3000 or higher. | 3 | |
| Select one Economics course numbered 3000 or higher. | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 24 | |
BBA IN hospitality management AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
| Entrepreneurship Specialization | ||
| ENTR 3325 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE NEW VENTURE CREATION PROCESS | 3 |
| ENTR 4333 | CREATIVITY, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION | 3 |
| ENTR 4338 | ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE | 3 |
| Select three Entrepreneurship courses numbered 3000 or higher. | 9 | |
| Advanced Electives | ||
| SALES 3322 | CONSULTATIVE SELLING | 3 |
| Total Hours | 21 | |
BBA IN hospitality management AND marketing
| Marketing Specialization | ||
| MARK 3324 | CONSUMER BEHAVIOR | 3 |
| MARK 4311 | MARKETING RESEARCH | 3 |
| MARK 4322 | ADVANCED MARKETING MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY | 3 |
| Select two Marketing courses numbered 3000 or higher. | 6 | |
| Advanced Electives | ||
| Select one Accounting course numbered 3000 or higher. | 3 | |
| Select one Economics course numbered 3000 or higher. | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 21 | |
Suggested Course Sequence
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Communications | 3 | Communications | 3 |
| MATH 1315 | 3 | MATH 1316 | 3 |
| U.S. History | 3 | U.S. History | 3 |
| ECON 2305 | 3 | ECON 2306 | 3 |
| MANA 1301 | 3 | Creative Arts | 3 |
| UNIV 1131Freshmen Only | 1 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ACCT 2301 | 3 | ACCT 2302 | 3 |
| Life & Physical Science | 3 | Life & Physical Science | 3 |
| INSY 2303 | 3 | BSTAT 2305 | 3 |
| Government/Political Science | 3 | Government/Political Science | 3 |
| Language, Philosophy, & Culture | 3 | Elective2 Hours for Freshmen; 3 Hours for Transfer | 2 |
| 15 | 14 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| BLAW 3310 | 3 | BCOM 3360 | 3 |
| FINA 3313 | 3 | BSTAT 3321 | 3 |
| MANA 3318 | 3 | HOSP 3351 | 3 |
| MARK 3321 | 3 | HOSP 4353 | 3 |
| HOSP 3350 | 3 | Advanced Business Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| HOSP 4355 | 3 | MANA 4322 | 3 |
| OPMA 3306 | 3 | HOSP 4359 | 3 |
| Advanced Hospitality or Business Elective | 3 | Advanced Hospitality or Business Elective | 3 |
| Advanced Business Elective | 3 | Advanced Business Elective | 3 |
| Advanced Business Elective | 3 | Advanced Business Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
Program Completion
All students are required to complete 300 documented hospitality work hours in order to gain practical experience in the field as well as apply theoretical concepts learned in the classroom.
BBA in Hospitality majors must earn a C or better in all required core and prescribed electives courses. In addition to meeting the credit hour and course requirements for a specific College of Business degree program, the student must meet the following requirements:
- Be a declared business major.
- Have a minimum overall grade point average of 2.25.
- Have a minimum grade point average of 2.25 in all course work taken from the College of Business.
- Have a minimum grade point average of 2.25 for courses taken within the major/concentration area for those majors having a concentration.
- Complete at least 50 percent of their business course work with the UT Arlington College of Business.
- Complete at least 24 of the last 30 semester hours of advanced (3000/4000 level) course work with UT Arlington College of Business, to include a minimum of 12 hours of advanced courses in their major/concentration subject area beyond business core requirements.
- Earn a grade of "C" in all major/concentration courses required for the degree.