International Hospitality and Tourism Management (AS)

Postgraduate

In Largo (USA)

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Largo (USA)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

  • Credits

    60

The Associate of Science in International Hospitality and Tourism Management is a degree program for those with a passion for crossing continents and cultures. Seekers of this degree are adventurous individuals with a strong desire to interact with people from around the world. They want to understand the cultural and personal needs of travelers so that they can provide them with the most fulfilling experience. Talented professionals in international hospitality and tourism management are responsible for creating the positive memories tourists remember for a lifetime.

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Location

Start date

Largo (USA)
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8560 Ulmerton Road, 33771
Timetable: Starting every month

Start date

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About this course

- Understand and describe the geographic, economic, and cultural factors of tourism and how they influence hospitality, leisure, travel, and recreational activities.
- Develop an understanding and appreciation of sustainability in tourism.
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills pertaining to customer and guest services.
- Display visual literacy and proficiency with computer skills, including the use of application software such as word processing, reservation systems, spreadsheets, web page design, and internet research.

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Subjects

  • Management
  • Hospitality
  • International
  • Tourism
  • European History
  • Applied mathematics
  • Research
  • Accounting
  • Food and Beverage Management
  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics

Course programme

Required General Education Courses Credits: 18

  • European History: Napoleonic Period to the Present
  • Applied Mathematics
  • College Mathematics
  • English Composition: Expository Writing
  • European History to 1815
  • English: Research and Writing


Required Core Courses Credits: 30

  • Applications of Computers
  • Accounting I
  • Accounting II
  • Introduction to International Business
  • Introduction to Tourism & Hospitality
  • Front Office Management
  • Food and Beverage Management
  • Internship (by Provost approval only)
  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • Principles of Macroeconomics


Required Foreign Language Courses Credits: 12

  • Beginning Foreign Language 1
  • Beginning Foreign Language 2
  • Intermediate Foreign Language 1
  • Intermediate Foreign Language 2



Internship Opportunities

Industry-based internships are currently available only to students in the undergraduate program in International Hospitality and Tourism Management. These internships provide opportunities to students to learn processes and practices in the real world. Students observe, learn and practice hospitality services in an American setting in:

  • Hotels, Resorts & Motels
  • Restaurants
  • Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs)
  • Chambers of Commerce
  • Local and Regional Tourism Promotion Agencies
Students who have been enrolled in the undergraduate program in International Hospitality and Tourism Management for at least two full semesters (Fall and Spring) and are registered for full time study, i.e. 12 credits during the semester of internship, are eligible to participate.

International Hospitality and Tourism Management (AS)

Price on request