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Hospitality Industry Management
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Evaluate, analyze and strategize for success in hospitality
As a hospitality industry management (HSIM) student, you will develop the analytical skills to prepare you for careers in hospitality consulting and in the corporate office.
The HSIM program is a business degree with a hospitality emphasis. You can customize this major to fit your interests. Along with your advisor, you’ll choose a focus area such as revenue management, resort real estate development, hospitality e-commerce or tourism sustainability, so that you can specialize in a particular area of hospitality, one of the world’s largest industries.
AREAS OF STUDY
- Hospitality
- Business
- Food & beverage
- Math
- Finance
- Accounting
CAREER OPTIONS
- E-commerce
- Restaurant franchising
- Corporate branding management
- Revenue management
- Real estate management
- Sustainability
- Finance
What’s special about this program?
Consistently recognized as one of the nation’s top hospitality programs, the Lerner College’s HSIM major emphasizes the development of strong analytical skills while also focusing on your personal areas of interest.
In active consultation with your faculty advisors, you will choose a personalized combination of courses that build your knowledge base towards a key area of focus. Examples of focus areas include:
Hotel real estate development
Hospitality information technology
Service marketing
Sustainability
Hospitality finance
Revenue Management
Throughout these learning experiences, Lerner College HSIM faculty will offer support, guidance and the expertise gained through industry management experience and academic credentials. In fact, four of our faculty members are ranked in the top 20 hospitality faculty in the world.
Get involved
All you Knead is Love
Alpha Kappa Psi
American Hotel and Lodging Association
Blue Hen Investment Club
Club Management Association of America (CMAA)
Delta Sigma Pi
Eta Sigma Delta
Hospitality Club
Lerner College Trading Center
Lerner Student Advisory Board
Marriott Courtyard at UD
Vita Nova
Women in Business
Sample curriculum
BUAD110
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Basics of Business |
| ECON101 |
Introduction to Microeconomics
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| ECON103 | Introduction to Macroeconomics
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| ENGL110 | First-Year Writing
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HOSP180
|
Introduction to Hospitality Business Management |
MATH221/241
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Calculus I or Analytic Geometry & Calculus A |
MISY160/HOSP 187
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Business Computing or
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Foreign Language
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University Breadth Course
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| Elective Course |
| ACCT207 | Accounting I
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| ACCT208 | Accounting II
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| BUAD309 |
Organizational Behavior
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| HOSP230 | Executive Presentations & Professional Development |
| FINC311 | Principles of Finance
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| HOSP314 |
Hospitality Entrepreneurship
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| STAT200 | Basic Statistical Practice
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| MISY262 | Fundamentals of Business Analytics
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University Breadth Course
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| Elective Course |
| ACCT352/HOSP482 | Law & Social Issues in Business or
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| BUAD306 |
Service & Operations Management
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| HOSP380 | Management of Lodging Operations
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| HOSP381 | Management of Food & Beverage Operations
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| HOSP382 | Managerial Accounting & Finance
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| HOSP481 | Marketing Hospitality Experiences
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| HOSP 448 |
Data Analytics in the Hospitality Industry |
| Focus Area Courses |
| ENGL312 | Written Communications in Business
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HOSP450
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Strategic Hospitality Management |
HOSP487
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Revenue Management |
| HOSP495 | Hospitality Feasibility Studies
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Focus Area Course
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| Elective Courses |
