Hospitality Management Major

The B.S. in Hospitality Management major teaches students about the inner workings of the hospitality industry including lodging, food and beverage, service quality, and facility operations.

Gain a comprehensive background in business fundamentals including accounting, human resources, organizational behavior, technology, and marketing.

Focus on event management and resort and casino management as well as broader hospitality management.

Internships and courses allow students to choose to learn more about hotel operations, private club management, restaurant management, global tourism, entrepreneurship, sport facility management and sustainability.

Students learn about service quality and the operations of hotel companies, private clubs, spas, stadiums, arenas, airlines, performing arts centers, concert halls, convention centers, cruise lines, and resorts.

Program Features

• Gain valuable connected learning experience both on campus and at site visits throughout New England like MGM Grand, Boston Harbor Hotel, Ritz-Carlton, TD Garden, Woodland Country Club, Fenway Park, Hynes Convention Center, Foxwoods , Mohegan Sun, and the Taj Hotel.

• Student trips have included Las Vegas

• Complete two Field Experiences and one full internship

• Complete globally recognized prestigious professional hospitality and event industry certifications and designations (see Certificates & Memberships below)

What You'll Learn

From your first day, you’ll take courses in your major and advance towards graduation with a yearly plan. Not sure what classes to take? We’ll help you create the perfect plan. 

Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge in the area of service quality and event operations strategies within the greater hospitality industry.

• Demonstrate a comprehensive level of knowledge in all sectors of the events industry including management & leadership.

• Learn skills such as leadership and team building, and they acquire understanding of individual and group behavior in organizations to enhance their effectiveness as business leaders.

• Gain strong competence in critical thinking and hands on business experience.

Career Success in the Hospitality Management Industry

Students pursue careers in fields such as hotel operations, food and beverage operations, resort management, franchise and brand management, and more.

Our students have interned with:

• Franklin Park Zoo

• Greater Boston Convention and Visitors' Bureau

• Homewood Suites Hilton

• Hyatt Boston Harbor

• Loews Boston Hotel

• Marina del Mar - San Diego

• Marriott Boston

• Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino

• Mystic Aquarium

Our alumni work for:

• Hotel/Resort General Manager

• Convention and Visitor's Bureau Director

• Hotel Director of Sales

• Restaurant Manager

• Private Club Manager

• Director of Food and Beverage

• Tourism Board Marketing Director

• Service Quality Auditor

• Cruise Ship Director