Your hospitality and tourism career awaits
Get the skills and credentials you need for an exciting career in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Students in this program are highly recruited for employment at local, national and international companies in a growing and dynamic industry.
Our Hospitality and Tourism Management A.S. Degree can help boost your strengths and career options as a manager in the hospitality industry. Courses cover supervision, cost control, sanitation, laws governing the food and beverage and hospitality industries, customer service, front office procedures and food service operations.
This academic program prepares you for the following careers. All job data is provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Lodging Managers
Salary Data
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area Average
Florida Average
Projected employment for Florida
2019 Employment
4,380
2029
5,020
Percent Change
15
Projected Job Openings
530
SKILLS YOU WILL LEARN IN THE Hospitality and Tourism Management A.S. Degree
- Management theory and supervisory development
- Guest experiences and marketing
- Decision making and leadership
- Organizational, communications and human relations skills
- Legal and ethical requirements of the profession
Hospitality and Tourism Management Associate in Science
HMGT-AS
Effective Beginning Catalog Term: Fall 2019 (565)
The requirements shown below are valid beginning Fall 2019 (565), and may not reflect degree requirements for current students. Current students should visit My SPC and view My Learning Plan to see specific degree requirements for their effective term.
Program Leadership Information
Marta Przyborowski
Dean, College of Business
przyborowski.marta@spcollege.edu
Alanna Olah
Academic Chair
(727) 341-7144
Olah.Alanna@SPCollege.edu
Program Summary
Students are exposed to a variety of courses in business administration in addition to hotel management courses, which enables them to make appropriate business decisions. The goal of this program is to prepare successful students for careers in hotels, cruise ships, resorts and restaurants or transferring to a state university in the same discipline. The general college admissions policy applies to all students entering the Hospitality and Tourism Management program.
Fully transferable to a Bachelor's Degree at University of South Florida - Sarasota/Manatee.
The Academic Pathway is a tool for students that lists the following items:
o the recommended order in which to take the program courses
o suggested course when more than one option exists
o which semester each course is typically offered
o if the course has a prerequisite
o courses that may lead to a certificate (if offered in the program)
If you are starting the program this term, click here to access the recommended Academic Pathway.
If you have already started the program, click here for the archived Academic Pathways.
Please verify the Academic Pathway lists your correct starting semester.
Florida CIP Code
1252090101: Hospitality and Tourism Management
Federal CIP Code
52.0901: Hospitality Administration/Management, General.
Graduation Rules
Complete the support and professional core courses listed in the program with a "C" or higher and a 2.0 overall average.
AS GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Communications - Composition I
AS GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Communications - Speech
AS GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Social and Behavioral Sciences
AS GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Humanities and Fine Arts
AS GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Mathematics
AS GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Ethics
AS GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Enhanced World View
SUPPORT COURSES
Computer/Information Literacy Competency (Complete 1 course)
MAJOR CORE COURSES
Complete 42 credits
* Previously HFT XXXX. Updated 11.1.2017
CONTINUING YOUR EDUCATION at SPC
Each of SPC's hospitality and tourism certificates transfer to our Hospitality and Tourism Management Associate of Science Degree. The A.S. degree transfers to SPC's Sustainability Management B.A.S. Degree.
SHORT-TERM TRAINING
SPC also offers short-term business training and professional development courses through our Workforce Institute.