The bachelor of science in business administration is a broad-based degree that provides breadth across the full range of business topics. All students in the business administration program take the same core set of business courses in accounting, business law, finance, management, MIS, marketing, operations management, and quantitative analysis. The hospitality management concentration is designed to provide students with specific knowledge and skills required to succeed at the management level in the hospitality industry. The business core curriculum is the foundation of this concentration with industry specific courses to prepare the student for a career in the field. Included in the concentration is instruction specific to the various segments of the industry including hotels, restaurants, casinos and conferences among others. There is also advanced study in accounting, finance and marketing for the hospitality industry. An internship is required in this concentration and other industry experience in encouraged. With this experience and the student's coursework, the student will enter the industry with competence in a variety of different operational settings and be qualified to manage at an entry level position.