BS in Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Management Curriculum

DEGREE/CURRICULUM STRUCTURE

LIBERAL ARTS CORE: Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality undergraduate students have the benefit of taking NYU liberal arts core courses—the hallmark of an NYU education. These courses sharpen reading comprehension and writing skills, elevate creative and critical thinking capacities, and enhance social and cultural understanding.

PROFESSIONAL CORE: The BS in Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Management has a professional core that consists of 29 credits and a capstone of 3 credits, which offer a comprehensive business curriculum that connects what students learn in the classroom to the hospitality, travel, and tourism industries.

CONCENTRATIONS: The BS in Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Management offers concentrations in Event Management, Hotel Real Estate Finance and Development, Marketing and Analytics, Leadership and Management, Travel and Tourism Development, and Entrepreneurship.

INTERNSHIPS: Tisch Center of Hospitality internships are an integral component of the BS in Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Management and provide students with the opportunity to build professional portfolios, to network, and to gain hands-on experience within a professional environment. Students who register for the internship course receive credit for the hours worked during that semester.

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CORE REQUIREMENTS

The core requirements include courses in the professional and liberal arts core. Students will decide the course sequence with their academic adviser, and are required to take two professional courses each semester.

Writing

8 Units Required (AP Units Will Not Substitute)

Math

Students choose one of the following courses:

Social Sciences

Students are required to take TCHT1-UC1000 Tourism Impacts and Issues and TCHT1-UC3470 Tourism Planning and Policy. They choose 4 of the remaining course options.

Natural Sciences

Students must select one of the following courses:

Humanities

CORE-UA 000s Foreign Language I or American Sign Language

CORE-UA 000s Foreign Language II, American Sign Language or CORE-UA 700s Expressive Cultures

Humanities Electives I (4 credits)

Humanities Electives II (4 credits)

CORE-UA 500s Cultures and Contexts (select one) (4 credits)

CORE-UA 400s Texts and Ideas (select one) (4 credits)

Professional Studies Requirement: Major Core

Students are required to take all courses below.

Electives

Students are not required to select electives from the following list, but can use them towards their General Electives or as substitutions in their concentration.

Capstone

Students are required to complete the capstone course listed below. (1 course, 3 credits)

TCHT1-UC4000 Consulting Practicum 3

Concentrations

The BS in Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Management prepares students for a wide range of careers in hotels, restaurants, catering companies, real estate and management services companies, online travel agencies, marketing and PR firms, destination marketing organizations, event companies and consulting firms. The degree has six concentrations:

Event Management >

This concentration explores career opportunities in festivals, weddings and social events, trade shows, and experiential marketing.

Hotel Real Estate Finance and Development >

This concentration provides students with in-depth knowledge of financial management and the hotel development process.

Marketing and Analytics >

In this concentration, students study hospitality and travel sales and marketing, as well as strategies and processes that optimize a business’s revenues.

Leadership and Management >

This concentration focuses on the operational aspects of hospitality businesses – a great concentration for budding general managers!

Travel and Tourism Development >

This concentration prepares students for careers in destination marketing organizations, (online) travel agents, tour operators, airlines, cruise lines, PR firms, and visitor attractions.

Entrepreneurship >

In this concentration, students will learn the different aspects of the typical entrepreneurship journey: from ideation, to prototyping, to business launch, and management as applied to hospitality.

Admission Criteria

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