Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management
Miami, USA
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
16 Oct 2024
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 205 / per credit *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning, On-Campus
* $205.57 per credit for domestic students, $618.86 per credit for international students
Introduction
Think from a global perspective and learn how to apply strategic knowledge to the many areas within hospitality management.
Hospitality Management students learn from a comprehensive set of core requirements and practical experiences in the undergraduate curriculum. Students may choose from six majors to obtain a solid foundation in leadership, business, management, finance, marketing, logistics, accounting, operations, and more.
Schedule a meeting directly with our admission counselor here: https://calendly.com/fiudanett/keystone
Majors within the Hospitality Management degree:
- Hospitality Management
- Beverage Management
- Restaurant & Culinary Management
- Event Management
- Hotel/Lodging Management
- Spirits Management
- Entertainment Management
- Travel & Tourism Management
Why choose hospitality?
Hospitality is the world's largest industry and getting a degree in hospitality and tourism management offers many opportunities in exciting and high-paying careers in all sectors of society, including: careers in hotel management, restaurant operations, beverage management, real estate management, event and entertainment management and tourism.
Students can work and run cruise lines, airlines, resorts, hotels, restaurants, entertainment and sports venues, night clubs and all kinds of businesses with a hospitality bachelor's or master's degree.
While studying at FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, students can get a head start on their careers through a number of one-of-a-kind opportunities, such as helping to run the largest gourmet gathering in the world, the South Beach Wine & Food Festival®.
Why choose The Chaplin School?
The Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University (FIU) is ranked a Top 10 program among U.S. public universities and 35th in the world best school for tourism and hospitality.
Our students are the only ones in the country to help run the world’s premier wine and food festival, The Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One (SOBEWFF®) and have access to major global corporations, such as:
- Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
- Bacardi USA
- Carnival Cruise Lines
- Marriott International
- Burger King
Our beautiful Biscayne Bay campus is located right on the water. Students who choose FIU hospitality have access to expert faculty, a rich curriculum, and fast-track career opportunities - resulting in more than 90% of our students employed upon graduation.
The Marriott Tianjin China Program is FIU’s largest international program.
Admissions
Curriculum
Required Courses
Lower Division Preparation – 60 Credits
To qualify for admission to the hospitality program, FIU transfer students with 60 credits must have a minimum 2.25 GPA and must be otherwise acceptable into the program. Students with less than 60 transfer credits need to meet the freshman criteria established by the university.
All University Core Curriculum requirements must be completed prior to graduation from the university.
| Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
| HFT 1000 | Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Management* | 3 |
| HFT 2220 | Human Resource Management for the Hospitality Industry* | 3 |
| HFT 2401 | Accounting for the Hospitality Industry* | 3 |
| HFT 2441 | Hospitality Information Technology* | 3 |
| ECO 2013 | Macroeconomics* or ECO 2023 Microeconomics Also meets the UCC Social Inquiry Requirement | 3 |
| SPC 2608 | Public Speaking* Also meets the UCC Arts Requirement | 3 |
Courses listed with an * indicate courses that can be met by approved courses taken from a transfer institution. If these courses are not taken prior to transferring into program, they may be completed as elective credits as part of the degree program.
Core courses
| Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
| HFT 1070 | Hospitality Pathway to Success I (Must enroll during your first semester as a Hospitality Student) | 1 |
| HFT 3072 | Hospitality Pathway to Success II (Prereq: HFT 1070 and minimum 60 credits earned) | 1 |
| FSS 3230C | Introductory Commercial Food Production | 3 |
| FSS 4234C | Advanced Food Production Management (Prereq: FSS3230C) | 3 |
| HFT 3263 | Restaurant Management | 3 |
| HFT 3453 | Lodging Operations Control | 3 |
| HFT 3503 | Hospitality Marketing Strategies- GL | 3 |
| HFT 3603 | Law for the Hospitality Industry – GL | 3 |
| HFT 4323 | Hospitality Facilities Management – GL | 3 |
| HFT 4413 | Hospitality Analytics and Revenue Management | 3 |
| HFT 4464 | Financial Analysis in the Hospitality Industry (Prereq: HFT 2401) | 3 |
| HFT 4474 | Management Accounting For the Hospitality Industry (Prereq: HFT 2401) | 3 |
| HFT 4294 | Senior Seminar in the Hospitality Industry (Must be taken last semester) | 3 |
Choose one of the following with advisor approval:
- HFT 4945 - ADVANCED INTERNSHIP – 300 HOURS TO BE COMPLETED WHILE ENROLLED (Prereq: HFT 3072 + completion of 500 hours + offer letter to enroll)
- or HFT 3941 - HOSPITALITY INTERNSHIP – 500 HOURS TO BE COMPLETED WHILE ENROLLED (Prereq: HFT 3072 + completion of 500 hours + approval from Career Development
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Scholarships and Funding
FIU students have options when it comes to funding their education. In addition, students admitted into the Chaplin School can apply to be considered for internal and external Hospitality Management scholarships. You may find our scholarship database here: https://fiu.academicworks.com/
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Hot Careers in Hospitality & Tourism Management
Make the connection between academic experience and the desired career path with guidance from the Chaplin School’s dedicated career advisors. The career development program offers dedicated appointments with an advisor, access to industry partners and career opportunities, as well as networking opportunities and resume & interview workshops. Roughly 90% of our students are employed upon graduation!
Hiring partners
Hiring partners have made an annual commitment to hiring students as interns or as full-time employees.
- Bacardi
- Carnival
- Royal Caribbean International
- Marriott
- Marriott Vacations Worldwide
- Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
- Groot Hospitality
- The Walt Disney Company
- Hilton
- SOBEWFF®
- Loews Hotel
- Hyatt
- Compass Group
- Walmart
- Mandarin Oriental (The Hotel Group)
- Baptist Health South Florida
- Accor Hotels
- Four Seasons
- FontaineBleau Miami Beach
- Enterprise Holdings
- InterContinental Hotels Group
- Pristine events
- Levy
- Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants
- SBE
Off Campus Work Experience
- International students can take advantage of off-campus employment at the start of their Master's program under Curricular Practical Training.
- Additional 1-year of OPT upon graduation
Program Outcome
Employment by industry sectors
| 18% | Hotel/resort |
| 16% | Restaurant management and operations |
| 13% | Food and beverage |
| 11% | Event planning & management |
| 14% | Non-hospitality company |
|
28% | Other hospitality areas such as cruise operations, travel and tourism, hotel resort, casinos, and theme parks |
Facilities
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Program Admission Requirements
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