The Sustainable Hospitality Management major provides students with a broad foundation in hospitality, sustainablity, leadership and management, operations, marketing, and information technology. The major provides students with local, regional, and global perspectives on current and pressing sustainability issues and problems within the hospitality industry.

The central core of the program focuses on the concept of "sustainability plus," going beyond sustainability to address issues in terms of the five-dimensioned lens of People, Ethics, Equity, Planet, and Profit. Students can focus in sustainable hotel, resort, and event management or sustainable ecotourism management. Students gain hands-on knowledge and skills needed to pursue careers in hospitality, including hotels, restaurants, resorts, festivals and events, ecotourism, attractions, and eco-recreation with a focus on "green" jobs in business and industry.

To learn more about the major, visit the College of Business website.

required courses

Complete ALL of the following courses:

  • BUS 201S: Macro Economics & Community
  • BUS 203: Financial Accounting
  • BUS 205: Managerial Accounting
  • BUS 299: Business Analytics Fundamentals
  • BUS 304: Business Communication, Ethics, and Critical Thinking
  • BUS 305: Principles of Management
  • BUS 306: Fundamentals of Marketing
  • BUS 307: Finance
  • BUS 308: Computer Information Systems
  • BUS 312: Principles of Sustainable Hospitality Management
  • BUS 323: Service Marketing
  • BUS 358: Principles of Microeconomics
  • HOSP 300: Issues & Ethics in Sustainable Hospitality Mgmt
  • HOSP 498: Hospitality Internship
  • HOSP 499: Strategic Management for Sustainable Hospitality (Sr Capstone)
  • MATH 115: Finite Mathematics
  • ENVS 201: Intro to Environmental Science
  • STAT 100: Introduction to Statistics
  • ENSTU 384: Social & Ecological Justice
  • ENSTU 384S: Social and Ecol Justice

Complete ONE of the following courses:

  • ENSTU 349S: Environmental Interpretation and Outreach
  • ENSTU 375: Sustainability Systems
  • ENSTU 376: Infrastructure Systems: Past, Present and Future
  • BUS 421: Marketing Research
  • BUS 425: Global Marketing
  • BUS 433: Management of Nonprofit Organization
  • other upper-division, advisor- approved course

To complete the requirements of the Sustainable Hospitality Management Degree, select a concentration from the list below:

sustainable ecotourism management concentration

Complete ALL of the following courses:

SUSTAINABLE HOTEL, RESORT, AND EVENT MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION

Complete ALL of the following courses:

  • HOSP 481: Sustainable Event Management
  • HOSP 482: Sustainable Hotel Economics & Resort Operations
  • HOSP 483: Introduction to Sanitation, Safety & Nutrition
  • HOSP 484: Strategic Hospitality Cost Management

LEARNING OUTCOMES

MAJOR LEARNING OUTCOME 1

Students will understand and apply the terminology, concepts, theories, and tools of sustainable hospitality management.

major learning outcome 2

Students will produce business writing that meets professional standards.

major learning outcome 3

Students will prepare and deliver professional presentations.

major learning outcome 4

Students will produce a critical analysis of a business scenario including the development of alternatives and recommendations to solve the problem.

major learning outcome 5

Students will analyze data using quantitative tools to support business analysis.

course pathways

This pathway is one example of how you might complete all the requirements for your degree in an order that makes sense given prerequisites. It is meant to give you a general sense of what your education will look like.

Your own unique situation, and a number of other factors, may mean your actual pathway is different. Perhaps you'll need an extra math or language class, or one of the courses we've listed isn't offered in a particular semester. Don't worry, there is flexibility built into the curriculum. You'll want to work closely with an advisor and use the academic advisement report to take all that into account and develop a pathway that's customized for you.

In the meantime, use this example as a starting point for choosing classes or discussing your plans with an advisor. Your advisor is your best resource when it comes to figuring out how to fit all the courses you need, in the right sequence, into your personal academic plan.

General freshman pathway

fall freshman

Course: FYS 181: Multicultural Health
Units: 4
Requirement: E
Course: MATH 115: Finite Mathematics
Units: 4
Requirements:
  • B4
  • Major
Course: BUS 201S: Macro Economics & Community
Units: 6
Requirements:

SPRING FRESHMAN

Course: Any approved course
Units: 4
Requirement: A1
Course: Any approved course
Units: 4
Requirement: B1
Course: BUS 299: Business Analytics Fundamentals
Units: 2
Requirement: Major
Course: Any approved course
Units: 4
Requirement: D2

fall sophomore

Course: Language 102
Units: 4
Requirement: C3
Course: BUS 203: Financial Accounting
Units: 3
Requirement: Major
Course: ENVS 201: Intro to Environmental Science
Units: 4
Requirements:
Course: Any approved course
Units: 4
Requirements:

spring sophomore

Course: Any approved course
Units: 4
Requirement: C1
Course: BUS 205: Managerial Accounting
Units: 3
Requirement: Major
Course: STAT 100: Introduction to Statistics
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: Language 201
Units: 4
Requirement: Language Proficiency

fall junior

Course: HOSP 300: Issues & Ethics in Sustainable Hospitality Mgmt
Units: 2
Requirement: Major
Course: BUS 304: Business Communication, Ethics, and Critical Thinking
Units: 4
Requirements:
  • A4
  • Major
Course: BUS 305: Principles of Management
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: ENSTU 384: Social & Ecological Justice
Units: 3
Requirements:
  • C2
  • Major
Course: ENSTU 384S: Social and Ecol Justice
Units: 2
Requirements:
  • D4
  • Major

spring junior

Course: BUS 306: Fundamentals of Marketing
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: BUS 307: Finance
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: BUS 312: Principles of Sustainable Hospitality Management
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: BUS 358: Principles of Microeconomics
Units: 4
Requirements:
  • D1
  • Major

Fall senior

Course: Concentration Course #1
Units: 4
Requirement: Concentration
Course: Concentration Course #2
Units: 4
Requirement: Concentration
Course: BUS 308: Computer Information Systems
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: HOSP 498: Hospitality Internship
Units: 3
Requirement: Major

Spring senior

Course: Concentration Course #3
Units: 4
Requirement: Concentration
Course: Concentration Course #4
Units: 4
Requirement: Concentration
Course: HOSP 499: Strategic Management for Sustainable Hospitality (Sr Capstone)
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: Major Upper Division Elective
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: BUS 323: Service Marketing
Units: 4
Requirement: Major

Transfer pathway

fall junior

Course: HOSP 300: Issues & Ethics in Sustainable Hospitality Mgmt
Units: 2
Requirement: Major
Course: BUS 304: Business Communication, Ethics, and Critical Thinking
Units: 4
Requirements:
  • A4
  • Major
Course: BUS 305: Principles of Management
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: ENSTU 384: Social & Ecological Justice
Units: 3
Requirements:
  • C2
  • Major
Course: ENSTU 384S: Social and Ecol Justice
Units: 2
Requirements:
  • D4
  • Major

spring junior

Course: BUS 306: Fundamentals of Marketing
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: BUS 307: Finance
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: BUS 312: Principles of Sustainable Hospitality Management
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: BUS 358: Principles of Microeconomics
Units: 4
Requirements:
  • D1
  • Major

fall senior

Course: Concentration Course #1
Units: 4
Requirement: Concentration
Course: Concentration Course #2
Units: 4
Requirement: Concentration
Course: BUS 308: Computer Information Systems
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: HOSP 498: Hospitality Internship
Units: 3
Requirement: Major

Spring Senior

Course: Concentration Course #3
Units: 4
Requirement: Concentration
Course: HOSP 499: Strategic Management for Sustainable Hospitality (Sr Capstone)
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: Any Upper Division SHM Course
Units: 4
Requirement: Major
Course: BUS 323: Service Marketing
Units: 4
Requirement: Major