Hospitality Administration (BA)

Degree Requirements

• Successful completion of a minimum of 128 semester credit hours.
• Completion of the final 32 semester graded credit hours at Lewis University including four upper division foundation courses and/or major courses (12 semester credit hours.)
• Achievement of an overall grade point average of at least 2.00 (“C”) for all courses taken at Lewis University and a 2.20 average for the foundation and major area courses.
  

General Education

(45 Credit Hours)
College Writing I (3)
College Writing II (3)
Intro. to Human Communication (3)
Mathematics (satisfied by Finite Math or other course equivalents) (3)
Social Science (satisfied by Macroeconomics) (3)
Social Science (3)
Social Science (3)
Natural Science (3)
Natural Science (3)

Three of the following five courses
Fine Arts Requirement (3)
Culture and Civilization I (3)
Culture and Civilization II (3)
Literature Requirement (3)
Introduction to Philosophy (3)

Two of the following Mission-based courses must be taken at Lewis
Christian Action and Values (3) OR Ethics (3)
Cultural Diversity and Intergroup Relations (3)
Theology (3)

FOUNDATION COURSES

30 Credit Hours
Finance for Managers (3)
Principles of Management and Leadership (3)
Business Communication in the Digital Age (3)
Principles of Marketing (3)
Service Management (3)
International Business (3)
Principles of Project Management (3)
Statistics for the Decision Maker (3)
Foreign Language Requirement (satisfied by Beginning Spanish or equivalent) (3)
Computer Systems Requirement (satisfied by Intro to Information Systems or equivalent) (3)

Major Courses

24 Credit Hours
Hospitality Marketing (3)
Web Design Applications (3)
Industrial and Organizational Psychology (3)
Hotel Management (satisfied by transfer equivalent) (3)
Managing Quality Service (3)
Trends in Financial Management for
the Hospitality Industry (3)
Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship (3)

Capstone

Strategic Planning for the Hospitality Industry (3)

Electives

(29 Credit hours)
* Elective credit hours will be satisfied through freshman and sophomore level hospitality courses transferred to Lewis from a regionally accredited community college, technical college, or four-year college/university. Examples of elective courses acceptable for transfer may include meeting and convention planning, culinary arts management, hospitality law, hospitality management, banquet and special services, and hospitality operations. The program advisor will work with students to determine the appropriate courses for meeting the elective credit hours required.

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