WHAT IS Hospitality Management?
Hotel and hospitality management is focused on managing areas of business that provide accommodation, dining, events, and leisure activities. This includes everything from the largest hotel or casino to the smallest cafe. Hospitality managers oversee various aspects including staff coordination, food and beverage service management, event planning and design, and real estate development. Across all these professions the primary goal of hospitality management remains the same: to ensure every guest has a flawless and memorable experience. Some of the academic majors students pair with a hospitality management minor include business administration, sustainability, ecogastronomy, and agricultural sciences.
WHY STUDY HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT AT UNH?
The Hospitality Management Minor offers an entree to the world's largest industry, hospitality and tourism. You will have opportunities to interview with major hospitality companies for staff and management training positions and secure meaningful working experiences in the industry as you progress towards the minor. The program includes three required courses that introduce you to the hospitality industry, food and service management, and lodging operations management. Then choose two electives from courses including but not limited to international wine and beverage, casino management, marketing, international food and culture, and ecogastronomy.
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Hospitality, for me, means communicating. It highlights the relationships that you share with people. I love that you can apply it to any industry.Learn More -
During the academic year, Advanced Food and Beverage students majoring in Hospitality Management delight the community with their "Dinner and Brunch series". It's an opportunity for students to apply fundamentals learned through classes in the Hospitality Management Program.Learn More -
A panel discussion that included Peter Paul, proprietor of Peter Paul Wines, and benefactor of the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, Jeff Morgan and Daniel Moore, co-winemakers for Peter Paul Wines, Nelson Barber, associate professor, department of hospitality management, and David Duhamel '88, chief operating officer of Perfecta Wine Company.Learn More
Curriculum & Requirements
Hospitality Management Minor is offered as a professional educational opportunity for students as an entree to the world's largest industry, hospitality and tourism. Students pursuing the minor will have opportunities to interview with major hospitality companies for staff and management training positions. In addition, students will be better able to secure meaningful working experiences in the industry during their college career as they progress towards the minor.
The required courses have been selected to ensure all students have a well-rounded learning experience that will strengthen their ability to succeed.
Minor Requirements
- Following University policy, you must complete 20 semester hours with a grade of C- or better and a 2.0 grade point average.
- Courses taken on a Pass/Fail basis may not be used for the minor.
- No more than 8 credits used by the student to satisfy major requirements may be used for the minor.
- All transfer courses must be evaluated for equivalency. No more than 2 transfer courses may be applied to the minor.
- MKTG 530 Survey of Marketing and ACC 501 Survey of Accounting1 are for the minor only; they do not carry credit toward Paul College majors.
A minor in hospitality management is comprised of three required and two elective courses.
| Code | Title | Credits |
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| Required Courses | ||
| HMGT 401 | Introduction to the Hospitality and Tourism Industry | 4 |
| HMGT 405 | Introduction to Food and Service Management 1 | 4 |
| HMGT 554 | Lodging Operations Management | 4 |
| Electives | ||
| Select two courses from the following: | 8 | |
HMGT 520 | Happy and Healthy at Work: Promoting Wellness, Diversity and Inclusion | |
HMGT 570 | International Food and Culture | |
HMGT 635 | Leadership and HR Management in Hospitality and Tourism | |
HMGT 667 | Advanced Food & Beverage Operations & Event Management (by permission only) | |
HMGT 771 | International Wine and Beverage | |
HMGT 777 | Casino Management | |
HMGT 798 | Topics | |
ECOG 401 | Introduction to Ecogastronomy | |
ACC 501 | Survey of Accounting | |
or ADMN 502 | Financial Accounting | |
MKTG 530 | Survey of Marketing | |
or ADMN 585 | Marketing | |
| Total Credits | 20 | |
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Practicum Requirement: Students completing the minor will work at one of the Gourmet Dinner weekends. This will typically be completed during the semester HMGT 405 is taken.
