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Wine Business Management (120 Credits)
To be eligible for certification as a major in wine business management, students must have earned at least 60 semester hour of credit and completed the following certification courses with a gpa of 2.50 or higher: ACCTG 230, 231; B LAW 210; MGTOP 215; ECONS 101, 102; ENGLISH 101; MATH 201, MATH 202; MIS 250, and have a WSU cumulative gpa of 2.5. All students must apply for certification on-line. Students will also be ranked based on space availability and academic performance. Students are eligible to petition for consideration of alternative criteria.
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 70% 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.
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 70% 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 |
BIOLOGY 120 [BSCI] | 4 |
CHEM 101 [PSCI] | 4 |
ECONS 101 [SSCI] or 102 [SSCI] | 3 |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
HBM 182 | 1 |
Second Term | Credits |
CHEM 102 | 4 |
COM 102 [COMM], COMSOC 235 [COMM], or H D 205 [COMM] | 3 or 4 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
MATH 201 | 3 |
SOC 101 [SSCI] or 102 [SSCI] | 3 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ACCTG 230 | 3 |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
MATH 202 [QUAN] | 3 |
MIS 250 | 3 |
VIT ENOL 113 | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
ACCTG 231 | 3 |
B LAW 210 | 3 |
ECONS 101 or 102 | 3 |
HORT 202 | 4 |
MGTOP 215 | 4 |
Complete Writing Portfolio | |
Domestic/International Hospitality & Wine Internship1 | |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
FIN 325 | 3 |
FRENCH 120 [HUM] | 3 |
HBM 358 | 3 |
MGMT 301 | 3 |
MKTG 360 | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
HBM 381 [M] | 3 |
MGTOP 340 or MGMT 450 | 3 |
MKTG 477, COMSTRAT 312, or COMSTRAT 380 | 3 |
POL S Elective | 3 |
Domestic/International Hospitality & Wine Internship1 | |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ECONS 305, 323, or 423 | 3 |
HBM 494 [M] | 3 |
I BUS 453 or I BUS 482 | 3 |
MKTG 490 [M] | 3 |
Electives | 2 |
Second Term | Credits |
ENGLISH 402 [M] or 403 [M] | 3 |
FS 422 | 3 |
HBM 320 | 1 |
HBM 350 | 3 |
MGMT 491 [CAPS] or ENTRP 492 | 3 |
Domestic/International Hospitality & Wine Internship1 |
Footnotes
1 | The non-credit internships correspond to the 1,000 hours of work experience required by the School of Hospitality Business Management. |
- 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