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Hospitality Business Management (120 Credits)
Graduation Requirements
A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in all Carson College of Business (CCB) courses required for the major is required for graduation. The calculation will only count WSU business courses that are taught by the CCB including HBM courses. Economic Sciences courses or any other courses outside the college are not included.
All students majoring in hospitality business management must complete at least 60 credit hours of their course work outside of the College of Business. MGTOP 215 may be counted as four credits towards this requirement. 1,000 hours of work experience is also required by the School of Hospitality Business Management.
In order for hours to count for the requirement, they must meet the following criteria:
1) Hours must be worked after high-school graduation
2) All hours must be documented as paid
3) Hours must be worked at a company whose primary source of revenue is derived from hospitality services
4) The employer evaluation for the hours must reflect an average of 80% across the ratings criteria on the form
Residence Requirements: 1) At least 50% of business core and major specialization course requirements must be taken at WSU; 2) At least nine 300-400-level business, economics, or hospitality courses must be taken in residence at WSU; and 3) The last 30 hours of course work must be taken at WSU.
Transfer, correspondence, and independent study credit (within university limits on these credits) may count toward the 120 hours required for the degree and/or satisfy requirements other than major courses.
Only general elective courses that are not UCOREs, not core/major requirements, and not a course offered by the CBE may be taken pass, fail.
An honors senior project is required for Honors students.
First Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Biological Sciences [BSCI] or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]1 | 3 or 4 |
ECONS 101 [SSCI] or 102 [SSCI] | 3 |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
Humanities [HUM] | 3 |
MATH 2012 | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
ECONS 101 or 102 | 3 |
HBM 101 | 1 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
MATH 202 [QUAN]3 | 3 |
Physical Sciences [PSCI] or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]1 | 4 or 3 |
Non-Business Electives4 | 3 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ACCTG 230 | 3 |
COM 102 [COMM] or H D 205 [COMM] | 3 or 4 |
Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
HBM 280 | 3 |
Non-Business Electives4 | 2 or 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
ACCTG 231 | 3 |
B LAW 210 | 3 |
MGTOP 2155 | 4 |
MIS 250 | 3 |
POL S Elective | 3 |
Complete Writing Portfolio | |
Consider studying abroad this summer6 | |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
FIN 325 | 3 |
HBM 358 | 3 |
MGMT 301 | 3 |
MKTG 360 | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
HBM 381 [M] | 3 |
HBM 491 | 3 |
I BUS 380 | 3 |
SOC or PSYCH [SSCI] (SOC 101 or 102 preferred)7 | 3 |
300-400-level Business Elective 8 | 3 |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ECONS 305 or 323 | 3 |
HBM 401 | 1 |
HBM 494 [M] | 3 |
MGMT 450 | 3 |
300-400-level Business Elective 8 | 3 |
Non-Business Electives4 | 2 |
Second Term | Credits |
ENGLISH 402 or 403 | 3 |
HBM 495 [CAPS] | 3 |
Non-Business Electives4 | 7 |
Complete 1000-hour work experience |
Footnotes
1 | For a total of 7 credits—one Biological Science [BSCI] and one Physical Science [PSCI] course, including one lab course, or 8 credits of [SCI] designated courses. (SCIENCE 101 [SCI] is offered Fall semester and is a prerequisite for SCIENCE 102 [SCI], which is offered Spring semester.) |
2 | MATH 201 will be waived with the completion of MATH 202 or equivalent. |
3 | Alternative to MATH 202 is MATH 171, 140 or 206. |
4 | Non-Business courses to equal 60 credit hours. |
5 | STAT 212 will be accepted as alternative to MGTOP 215 for transfer students. |
6 | All students must complete the International Experience Requirement. Options for completing the requirement can be found in the Carson College of Business Academic Unit section of the catalog under Business (Pullman, Tri-Cities) or Business Administration (Vancouver). Students should consult with their advisor to determine the best option. |
7 | Required for the major. |
8 | May not include courses from the business administration core, the set of required HBM courses, or any 498 or 499 courses |
- Hospitality Business Management
Courses
- Hospitality Business Management
Schedules of Studies
- Hospitality Business Management
- Senior Living Management
- Wine and Beverage Business Management
Minors
- Event Management
- Hospitality Business Management
- Senior Living Management
- Wine and Beverage Business Management
Certificates
- Culinary Business Certificate