Hospitality

Career Opportunities

The Hospitality Management program offers a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Mangement with an emphasis in Hotel/Restaurant Management for students interested in management positions in the hospitality industry. The demand for management staff in this industry is tremendous, particularly for those with specialized hospitality management skills.

The Hospitality Management program prepares graduates for employment in one of the fastest growing segments of the nation's economy. The addition of several new convention centers in the state have dramatically increased the need for hotel and restaurant facilities. Students are marketable in a wide range of hospitality and tourism areas such as : hotel, resort, and motel management; restaurant and institutional food service; and a number of other areas such as cruise ship management, amusement park management, convention and visitor facilities, and gaming facilities.

The Hospitality Management program also offers a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management with an emphasis in Food and Beverage Management for students interested in food production management. This track is ideal for those training to be executive chefs, restaurant production managers, institutional food service, or restaurant managers. The demand for management staff in the restaurant industry is tremendous, particularly those with culinary skills. The student will require to have minimum of 14 credit hours in Culinary Arts courses to complete this track.

*See Culinary Arts section of the UVU catalog for program and courses offerings in Culinary Arts.