Oct 08, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Tourism and Hospitality Management, Tourism Management Concentration, B.S.


Health and Human Performance  
615-904-8296
Elizabeth Whalen, program coordinator
Elizabeth.Whalen@mtsu.edu

The Tourism and Hospitality Management (THM) degree offers preparation for a wide variety of careers such as travel and tourism services, food and beverage services, entertainment, concerts and festivals, travel transportation, hotel and resort industries, cruise industry, events and attractions, corporate travel, and event planning. THM students can choose from three concentrations: Tourism Management, Hospitality Management, and Event Planning.

Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program

High achieving students majoring in Tourism and Hospitality Management who intend to pursue a master’s degree in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Management may apply to participate in the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) pathway. The pathway allows undergraduate students an opportunity to complete select requirements for both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees simultaneously. Upon successful completion of the ABM pathway, students must submit an application (including application fee) to the graduate program. Additional application requirements will be waived, and the student will be admitted to the program automatically. For more information about the ABM pathway, see the Graduate Catalog.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Tourism and Hospitality Management, Tourism Management, B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 52 hours
     Major Courses    25 hours
     Tourism Management Concentration    12 hours
     Major Electives    9 hours
     Work Experience    6 hours
Minor - Business Administration or Entrepreneurship 15-18 hours
Electives 9-12 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

Tourism Management Concentration (12 hours)


Approved Major Electives (9 hours)


Work Experience (6 hours)


Choose two from the following:

Minor (15-18 hours)


Choose a minor in Business Administration Minor  or Entrepreneurship Minor .

Electives (9-12 hours)


Curriculum: Tourism and Hospitality Management, Tourism Management Concentration


Freshman Fall


  • Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 6 credit hours
  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Freshman Spring


  • Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Information Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Sophomore Spring


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Junior Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Spring


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Fall


Subtotal: 13 Hours


Subtotal: 15 Hours