Nov 21, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Tourism and Hospitality Management, 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 specializations: 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, 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.

Major Requirements (52 hours)

THM 3100 - Introduction to the Tourism and Hospitality Industry 3 credit hours
THM 3110 - Tourism Planning and Development 3 credit hours
THM 3210 - Service Design and Delivery in Tourism and Hospitality Management 3 credit hours
THM 3350 - Event Planning 3 credit hours
THM 3600 - Professional Development 3 credit hours
THM 4300 - Issues and Trends in Tourism and Hospitality Management 3 credit hours
THM 4400 - Capstone in Tourism and Hospitality Management 3 credit hours
THM 4500 - Hospitality and Tourism Finance 3 credit hours
THM 4600 - Leadership and Professionalism Seminar in Tourism and Hospitality Management 1 credit hour

THM Specializations (12 hours)

No Specialization

Approved electives chosen only in consultation with advisor 12 credit hours

Approved Major Electives (9 hours)

ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
AGBS 4115 - Agritourism 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
COMM 3500 - Communication for Organizational Effectiveness 3 credit hours
COMM 3650 - Conflict in Communication 3 credit hours
ENTR 2900 - Entrepreneurship 3 credit hours
FERM 2500 - Wine Appreciation 3 credit hours
FIN 3000 - Survey of Finance 3 credit hours
FIN 3040 - Entrepreneurial Financial Management 3 credit hours
GS 4150 - Ecotourism, Geotourism, and Sustainable Development 3 credit hours
LSTS 3530 - Program and Facility Planning in Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Studies 3 credit hours
LSTS 4120 - Community Development through Leisure, Sport, and Tourism 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 3730 - Management of Innovation 3 credit hours
MGMT 3810 - Human Resource Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 3940 - Ethical Leadership in Business 3 credit hours
MGMT 4000 - Not-for-Profit Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 4200 - Leadership in Organizations 3 credit hours
MKT 3900 - Social Media Marketing 3 credit hours
MKT 3910 - Consumer Behavior 3 credit hours
MKT 3200 - Marketing for Entrepreneurs 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
NFS 4260 - Food Safety Issues from Production to Consumption 3 credit hours
NFS 4570 - Fundamentals of Culinary Arts 3 credit hours
THM 3200 - Principles of Lodging 3 credit hours
THM 3250 - Destination Management 3 credit hours
THM 4130 - Sport Tourism 3 credit hours
THM 4140 - Food and Beverage Tourism 3 credit hours
THM 4167 - Hospitality Revenue Management 3 credit hours
THM 4220 - International Tourism 3 credit hours
THM 4267 - Hospitality Technology 3 credit hours
THM 4909 - Internship in Tourism and Hospitality Management 3 credit hours
ENTR 4920 - Small Business Management 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 4920 - Small Business Management 3 credit hours

Work Experience (6 hours)

Choose two from the following:

THM 4907 - Work Experience I 3 credit hours
THM 4908 - Work Experience II 3 credit hours
THM 4909 - Internship in Tourism and Hospitality Management 3 credit hours

Minor (15-18 hours)

Choose a minor in Business Administration Minor or Entrepreneurship Minor .

Electives (9-12 hours)

Curriculum: Tourism and Hospitality Management

Curricular listings include True Blue Core requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

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

Creativity and Cultural Expression (Literature) 3 credit hours
Minor 3 credit hours

THM 3100 - Introduction to the Tourism and Hospitality Industry 3 credit hours
THM 3210 - Service Design and Delivery in Tourism and Hospitality Management 3 credit hours
THM 3250 - Destination Management 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 hours

Sophomore Spring

Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Minor 3 credit hours

THM 3110 - Tourism Planning and Development 3 credit hours
THM 3600 - Professional Development 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 hours

Junior Fall

THM UD course one 3 credit hours
THM open-advised elective 3 credit hours
Minor 6 credit hours

THM 4907 - Work Experience I 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 hours

Junior Spring

THM UD course two 3 credit hours
THM UD course three 3 credit hours
THM open-advised elective 3 credit hours
Minor/elective 3 credit hours

THM 4908 - Work Experience II 3 credit hours OR
THM 4909 - Internship in Tourism and Hospitality Management 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 hours

Senior Fall

THM open-advised elective 3 credit hours
Minor 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

THM 4400 - Capstone in Tourism and Hospitality Management 3 credit hours
THM 4600 - Leadership and Professionalism Seminar in Tourism and Hospitality Management 1 credit hour

Subtotal: 13 hours

Senior Spring

THM UD course four 3 credit hours
Electives 6 credit hours

THM 4300 - Issues and Trends in Tourism and Hospitality Management 3 credit hours
THM 4500 - Hospitality and Tourism Finance 3 credit hours

Tourism and Hospitality Management, B.S.

Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program

Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (41 hours)

Major Requirements (52 hours)

THM Specializations (12 hours)

Tourism Management

Hospitality Management

Event Planning

No Specialization

Approved Major Electives (9 hours)

Work Experience (6 hours)

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (9-12 hours)

Curriculum: Tourism and Hospitality Management

Freshman Fall

Subtotal: 15 hours

Freshman Spring

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

Senior Spring

Subtotal: 15 hours