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. Coursework includes facilities and human resource management, purchasing, planning, and cost control. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment in positions such as restaurant manager or catering manager in hotels, hotel management, golf course management, meeting and event planning, restaurants, cruise ships, and banquet facilities.