Program: Hospitality and Tourism Management, BSBA - Appalachian State University

General Education Requirements (44 Hours)

General Education Requirements

The following 16 hours of major requirements can also count in the General Education Program:

R_C 1000 and R_C 2001 (6 hours) count towards the General Education Writing Across the Curriculum requirement
MAT 1035 (3 hours) and 1 hour of ECO 2100 fulfill the General Education Quantitative Literacy requirement
ECO 2030 and ECO 2040 (6 hours) count towards the General Education Liberal Studies Experience requirement

WCOB Core Requirements

WCOB Admission Requirements (16 Hours)

2.6 cumulative GPA (based on 12+ graded hours at ASU), 45 earned hours and completion of the following:

R_C 1000 - Expository Writing (3) minimum grade of “C” (2.0) required
MAT 1035 - Business Mathematics With Calculus (3) minimum grade of “C-” (1.7) required
ACC 2100 - Principles of Accounting I (3) minimum grade of “C-” (1.7) required
BUS 2001 - Business Career Development (1) minimum grade of “C” (2.0) required
CIS 1060 - Business Analytics using Spreadsheet Technology (3) minimum grade of “C-” (1.7) required
ECO 2030 - Principles of Microeconomics (3) [GenEd: SS] minimum grade of “C-” (1.7) required

WCOB Lower Level Core (18 hours)

2.0 average required

Business majors are encouraged to complete all WCOB Lower Level Core courses before taking 4000 level business courses.

ACC 2110 - Principles of Accounting II (3) minimum grade of “C-” (1.7) required
ECO 2040 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3) [GenEd: SS] * minimum grade of “C-” (1.7) required
ECO 2100 - Business and Economic Statistics I (3) * minimum grade of “C-” (1.7) required (can sub. STT 2810 or STT 2820 )
ECO 2200 - Business and Economic Statistics II (3) (can sub. STT 3820)
LAW 2150 - Legal Environment of Business (3) minimum grade of “C-” (1.7) required
R_C 2001 - Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum (3) minimum grade of “C” (2.0) required (hours already counted in Gen Ed)

Note

Students cannot be admitted to the COB with any outstanding grades of “I”.

*MAT 1035 , ECO 2030 , ECO 2040 , and one hour of ECO 2100 already count in Gen Ed.

WCOB Upper Level Core (19 hours)

2.0 average required

*A senior check and, for students graduating in the term in which these are taken, a graduation application, must be completed prior to registering for courses indicated with an asterisk.

CTE 3340 - Business Communications (3) [WID]
or
ENG 3100 - Business Writing (3) [WID]
(min. grade of “C” in CTE 3340 /ENG 3100 required to take 4000 level business courses)
FIN 3680 - Introduction to Finance (3)
MGT 3630 - Introduction to Organizational Behavior (3)
MKT 3050 - Principles of Marketing (3)
SCM 3650 - Production and Operations Management (3)
MGT 4750 - Strategic Management (3) * (prereq: CTE 3340 or ENG 3100 with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0), FIN 3680 , MKT 3050 , SCM 3650 and final semester of coursework)
BUS 4000 - Business Capstone Experience (1) [CAP] * (Capstone Requirement) (prereq: CTE 3340 or ENG 3100 with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0), FIN 3680 , MKT 3050 , SCM 3650 and final semester of coursework)

Global Issues Requirement

Met within the other degree requirements - does not require additional course work

The Global Issues requirement can be met by satisfying one of the following:

International business course (See list below)
Business faculty led study abroad (minimum 3 hours)
Semester long study abroad for credit
Full-time 400-hour minimum international internship for credit
Foreign language courses at or above the 3000 level

International Business Course

Other Prerequisite Information

No more than five business courses at the 3000 level or above, including graduate-level courses, can be taken by students not admitted to the COB.

Please see course descriptions for important prerequisite information for 3000 level and 4000 level business courses.

Note

***IN ORDER TO GRADUATE, HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT MAJORS MUST ACHIEVE A MINIMUM AVERAGE GPA OF 2.0 IN ALL HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT REQUIRED COURSES AND MAJOR ELECTIVES***

Required - Hospitality & Tourism Management (21 Hours)

Electives - Hospitality and Tourism Management (12 Hours)

Focus Area Within Hospitality and Tourism Management (12 Hours)

The focus area is made up of major and COB elective courses drawn from one or more disciplines, departments or programs, with a single coherent emphasis in area studies such as: Destination Management; Sustainable & International Tourism; HTM Entrepreneurship & Experience Design; Hospitality Services & Event Management. For more on Focus Areas please the Department website.

A minimum of 6 hrs must be HOS.

College of Business Electives (3000/4000 Level) (3 Hours)

Cannot use MGT 3010 or FIN 3010

***College of Business Electives that align with the student’s focus area are encouraged.

Free Electives (3 Hours)

Taken to total 120 hours for the degree

3 hours any level inside or outside of the COB (cannot use ACC 1050 , FIN 3010 or MGT 3010 )

While the student may select any three hours, we acknowledge that many students may find the following disciplines to complement their HTN courses as electives, or as a double major or minor.

Accounting
Animal Studies
Anthropology
Arts (e.g. Theater Arts, Music, Film Studies, Dance, Photography, etc.)
Communication/ Public Relations
Community Planning & Development
Design
Entrepreneurial Studies
Fermentation Sciences
Geography or GIS
Global Studies
Human Resource Management
International Business/Management
Languages
Marketing
Media Studies
Nutrition & Foods
Political Science
Public Health
Recreation Management
Regional Studies (e.g. Appalachian, Africana, Classical and Mediterranean Civilizations, etc.)
Risk Management & Insurance
Societal Studies (e.g. Judaic, Holocaust, & Peace Studies Minor, LGBT Studies Minor, Gender, Women’s and Sexuality, etc.)
Sustainable Business/ Development

Total Required (120 Hours)

92 hours major requirements/electives PLUS 44 hours Gen Ed requirements MINUS 16 hours of major requirements already counted in Gen Ed