• Provide a common body of knowledge in hospitality administration coupled with a broad education and awareness of values, skills, and attitudes which will prepare students for imaginative and responsible citizenship roles in the hospitality industry and society.
• Enable students to understand and apply the concepts of problem-solving in general and in organizational and industry-related issues.
• Provide fundamental knowledge to meet academic requirements for certification by the American Hotel and Lodging Association, the National Restaurant Association, and the Professional Convention Management Association.
• Provide relevant operational experience in some facet of the hospitality industry.
• Expose students to a variety of hospitality leaders and their perspectives of the hospitality industry.
• Develop the interpersonal skills necessary to function as a member of a professional management team.