The Hospitality and Tourism Management program provides you with knowledge necessary for success in enterprises related to the meetings, travel, tourism, gaming ,and hospitality industries. The program in HTM at Northeastern State University was one of the first to be approved by the Professional Convention Management Association. The program consists of three distinct but interrelated components: Meeting and convention management, tourist destination development, and gaming operations and procedures. The meeting and convention management program emphasizes managing and serving meetings, conventions, trade shows, and special events. If you specialize in tourist destination development, you study the development, management and marketing of tourist attractions and destination. If you specialize in gaming, you learn about gaming operations and procedures. All HTM classes are offered online on a two-year cycle.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationship among different segments of the hospitality industry.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of gaming as it relates to the hospitality field.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of event planning.
4. Demonstrate readiness to enter the hospitality industry.
5. Demonstrate competence in the area of marketing management.

2+2 plans of study for transfer students

• Transfer from TCC (pdf)
• Transfer from CASC (pdf)
• Transfer from CSC (pdf)
• Transfer from EOSC (pdf)
• Transfer from NEO (pdf)

General Education - 46 hours

Students seeking Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degrees are encouraged to select these courses while completing General Education requirements.

• ENGL 1113 - English Composition I
• ENGL 1213 - English Composition II
• ECON 2213 - Principles of Microeconomics
• or  ECON 2313 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• MATH 1523 - Functions and Change
• Meet computer proficiency

HTM Business Core - 42 hours

At least 21 of the 42 credits in the HTM Business core must be earned at NSU.

• ACCT 2103 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
• ACCT 2203 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting
• BADM 3933 - Business Statistics
• BADM 3963 - Quantitative Methods for Business Decision Making
• ECON 2213 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 2313 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• FIN 3213 - Principles of Finance
• HTM 4213 - Laws and Regulations for Meetings & Destinations
• IS 3063 - Principles of Information Systems
• IS 3113 - Business Communications
• MGMT 3183 - Principles of Management
• MGMT 3213 - Principles of Operations Management
• MGMT 4213 - Business Strategy/Policy
• MKT 3213 - Principles of Marketing

Required Courses - 27 hours

• HTM 1233 - Introduction to Tourism
• HTM 3113 - Principles of Gaming Management
• HTM 3233 - Hotel Operations and Catering
• HTM 3423 - Principles of Meeting Management
• HTM 3523 - Service Industry Management
• HTM 3623 - Principles of Destination Development
• HTM 4113 - Hospitality Planning & Administration
• HTM 4430 - HTM Internship ( 3 hrs )
• HTM 4453 - Tourism Marketing

Electives - 3 hours

Select 3 hours from the following courses:

• HTM 3323 - Convention, Trade Show & Event Management
• MKT 3253 - Integrated Marketing Communications
• MKT 3413 - Professional Sales
• MKT 4343 - International Marketing

Minors

• Business Minor (Non-Business Majors)
• Entrepreneurship Minor
• Health Organizations Administration Minor
• Hospitality and Tourism Management Minor
• Information Systems Minor
• International Business Management Minor
• Management Minor
• Marketing Minor
• Technology Minor

Certificates

• Business Analytics Certificate
• Business Basics Certificate
• Digital Marketing Certificate
• Event Management Certificate
• Healthcare Administration Certificate
• Healthcare Information Analytics Certificate
• Human Resources Management Certificate
• International Business Certificate
• Long Term Care Administration Certificate
• Operations and Supply Chain Management Certificate
• Project Management Certificate
• Quality Management Certificate
• Small Business Certificate
• Soft Skills Certificate