酒店管理专业将餐饮，住宿，活动策划，营养和商务等课程组合在一起，为学生提供进入酒店管理专业的强大技能。选修学分允许学生选修感兴趣领域的课程，以提高他们的教育水平。该课程特别强调了酒店业成功所需的管理技能。酒店管理计划与当地，全州和全国的餐饮服务，住宿和活动策划行业保持紧密联系，以将毕业生与酒店管理不断扩展的商业和非商业领域的广泛就业机会联系起来。酒店业是科罗拉多州和美国的第二大雇主。该部门负责监督行业实习，并在毕业后协助安排工作。
The Hospitality Management major combines courses in foodservice, lodging, event planning, nutrition, and business to provide students with a strong skill set for entry into hospitality management professions. Elective credits allow students to take courses in areas of interest to enhance their education. The curriculum has a strong emphasis on management skills required for success in the hospitality industry.<br><br>The Hospitality Management program maintains strong ties with the foodservice, lodging, and event planning industries locally, state-wide, and nationally to connect graduates with a wide variety of employment opportunities in the expanding commercial and non-commercial segments of hospitality management. The hospitality industry is the second largest employer in Colorado and the United States. The department oversees internships in the industry and aids in job placement upon graduation.<br><br>Learning Outcomes<br>Students will demonstrate:<br><br>A conceptual understanding and systems approach to the business of hospitality management.<br>The ability to make logical decisions by organizing, analyzing, and interpreting information and formulating rational solutions in a hospitality business environment.<br>The knowledge and skills to successfully manage a hospitality operation, including allocating resources such as time, labor, and material inputs to achieve customer satisfaction.<br>An understanding of the managerial functions of planning, organizing, directing, staffing, controlling, and budgeting in various hospitality environments.