Hospitality Management - BTECH

Baccalaureate-level coursework builds on the AAS foundation and offers the integration of skills, knowledge and values for professional advancement. Electives allow students to choose an area of focus and deepen their understanding of hospitality management.

The BTech degree in Hospitality Management is an internationally accredited program of the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA).

Program Learning Outcomes

To graduate students who:

• identify and demonstrate skills relevant to the operational areas of hospitality management.

• utilize the dynamics of collaboration in diverse settings.

• demonstrate effective communication skills.

• exhibit the analytical and social skills essential for success in the global workplace.

• value and integrate lifelong learning, civic engagement, ethical reasoning, and social responsibility.

Alumni have become accomplished as executive chefs, directors of housekeeping, human resources directors, food and beverage directors, restaurant owners, district food service managers, directors of marketing, sales managers, general managers, customer service representatives and travel planners.

Students interested in a teaching career may take education courses in career and technical teacher education to become licensed to teach in New York State high school culinary arts programs such as Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP).

Admission to the Bachelor of Technology Program

There are many ways a student can enter the bachelor of technology program in Hospitality Management. Students may transfer from the City Tech AAS program in Hospitality Management before or after completing the AAS degree.

Students may enter from other City Tech programs or from other colleges if they meet the College criteria for transfer admission. Transcripts of entering transfer students will be evaluated by the Registrar prior to registration.

All students admitted to programs of upper-level study in The City University of New York are first required to meet standards of proficiency in reading, writing and mathematics, demonstrated by passing CUNY skills assessment tests, and/or other prescribed CUNY requirements as may be applicable.

Students who do not demonstrate the necessary proficiency upon entry must complete developmental courses. Students who have not achieved proficiency in all three areas will be denied access to hospitality management courses.

Requirements

The College will grant a Bachelor of Technology (BTECH) degree with a major in Hospitality Management upon satisfactory completion of the required 120 to 125 credits.