Restaurant & Hotel Management, AAS (NY only)

B&SC Code: REST
CIP Code: 52.0901
New York Hegis Code: 5010
Available online in NY

Program: REST

Hospitality (Restaurant and Hotel) Management is a diverse, exciting and evolving global industry. Whether your current or future responsibilities involve assuming leadership roles in settings such as hotels, the food and beverage industry, travel and tourism, entertainment and sports venues, resorts and spa services, travel services, gaming and entertainment or special events planning, our Hospitality (Restaurant and Hotel) Management degree offers foundational knowledge and relevant skills to help students meet their professional development goals.

Hospitality management includes responsibility for strategic decision making across several areas of the business including human resources, marketing, sales, and finance. Students are prepared to be leaders in a service industry with a program emphasis on leading teams in providing guests' value, service, comfort, and effective communication. The Hospitality Management degree program will provide the foundational skills and experiences necessary for students to enter the workforce or pursue further educational opportunities in the hospitality and management fields.

Graduates of this degree plan will achieve the following program and institutional outcomes:

• Define the foundational leadership, service and business principles that comprise hospitality-related planning, sales, service, human resources marketing and operations management.
• Classify the entities, facets and professions that comprise the hospitality industry.
• Employ foundational management principles and skills to define and manage career-related decisions.
• Analyze and apply leadership and service principles and skills to hospitality management strategic decision-making scenarios.
• Utilize technology tools and resources to support industry standards for compliance and service level expectations.
• Analyze and apply leadership and service principles to social, interpersonal, legal and ethical issues in the hospitality industry.
• Utilize current technology and resources to identify a research need, locate and evaluate necessary  and available information, and then use it appropriately to communicate findings in visual, written, or oral formats.
• Integrate new and prior knowledge, skills, and behaviors acquired through learning to engage in career, life, and academic pursuits.
• Examine individual thinking strategies through reflection, analysis, and evaluation to adjust learning processes focused on continual improvement.
• Follow established methods of scientific inquiry and quantitative reasoning to form conclusions and make decisions.
• Assess academic, life, and career situations that promote cultural sensitivity, global and economic awareness, and a sense of belonging.