Hospitality Management & Dietetics, B.S.
Hotel, Restaurant, & Tourism Management Concentration (CFHR)
WKU's Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management (HRTM) Program offers a broad array of progressive courses positioning students to meet the challenges of the hospitality industry into the 21st century. Our program is designed to prepare students for leadership positions in hotels, resorts, clubs, restaurants, airline food service, hospitals, business and industry food service, convention centers, sports facilities, retirement facilities, arenas, vacation ownership, cruise lines, themes parks as well as meeting, convention, exposition, event, and wedding planning. In addition to both management and industry-specific courses, our program also stresses core concepts such as leadership, ethics, diversity and communication. Graduates are prepared to design and lead customer-driven service systems that address the needs of consumers throughout the hospitality industry.
To be admitted, a student must:
- Have at least a 2.00 unweighted high school GPA.
- Students with a 2.50 unweighted high school GPA or greater are not required to submit ACT or SAT scores for admission purposes but are highly encouraged to do so for academic placement.
- Students with a 2.00 - 2.49 unweighted high school GPA must submit ACT or SAT scores for admission purposes as well as achieve a Composite Admission Index (CAI) scoreof at least 60.
- WKU Admissions
For the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree, students must complete a minimum of 120 semester hours which includes 68 hours in the HRTM major, 45 hours of general education (liberal arts) courses, and the balance in unrestricted electives. The 68 hours in the major includes 6 semester hours of structured work experience in the form of practicums and internships. The university also requires that all students attain a minimum of a 2.0 GPA, both in the major and overall and a grade of "C" or better in all courses in the major, in order to graduate.
The hospitality and tourism industry is the number one employer worldwide and number two in the United States. Examples of careers for the graduate of this program are:
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- Hotel Manager
- Restaurant Manager
- Food & Beverage Director
- Them Park Manager
- Casino Operations Director
- Director of Catering
- Convention & Meeting Planner
- Wedding/Event Director
- Director of Hotel Operations
- Tourism Director
- Many More!
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1906 College Heights Blvd. #11037
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Accreditations achieved within the Applied Human Sciences Department
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) - Nutrition & Dietetic Undergraduate and Graduate programs
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) - Early Childhood Education Associate Degree
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) - Interior Design program
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