Hospitality Management (B.S.) (Fall 2009)

Program: B.S.
Department of Consumer and Family Sciences
College of Health and Human Services

Neff Hall 330 ~ 260-481-6562 ~ www.ipfw.edu/cfs

The student learning outcomes for the degree are as follows:

 Graduates will demonstrate:

• Mastery of core skills and competencies that underpin Hospitality Management.
• Ability to use a broad knowledge base that informs judgment and choices in business and personal situations.
• Integration and application of hospitality management knowledge to professional situations. 
• The ability to make informed choices within dynamic professional situations that respect ethical principals.
• Application of their role as a leader in promoting ethical behavior in a business environment.
• Application of the value, role, and responsibility of the hospitality industry in a community.
• The ablility to evaluate complex issues and problems in the hospitality industry using critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Effective and professional communication in a business environment with staff, superiors, customers, and members of the community using written, oral, and multimedia technology.

Effective Spring 2010 the requirements for this degree will change, see B.S. 2010.

Men and women with leadership ability are in great demand for managerial and administrative positions in the rapidly expanding hospitality industry. The number of available management positions in the industry continues to exceed the number of hospitality graduates each year. Students from this program assume responsibilities for managerial proficiency at various levels and for providing services in the multitude of situations where people eat, travel, or live away from home.

To earn the B.S., you must satisfy the requirements of IPFW (see Part 8 ), earn a grade of C or better in each required ENG, HTM, and FNN course, and complete the following requirements: