Academic Catalog 2025-2026

Academic Catalog 2025 - 2026

hotel industry. Topics include management and leadership, communications, working with management companies, and ethics within the industry. HMT 3300 Hospitality Information Systems 3 credits An introduction to the use and application of information systems in the hospitality field. Students will run reports related to the industry and make decisions from the reports. Students will examine reports in areas such as forecasting, inventory, reservations, personnel, and scheduling. (Prerequisite: HMT 3100 & HMT 3200) HMT 4100 Hospitality Law 3 credits A review of the laws and regulations that govern the hospitality field are presented. Students are exposed to laws that relate to employment and civil rights. Other laws include liabilities in lodging and food industries. Contracts and various legal forms will also be presented. (Prerequisite: HMT 2100, HMT 3100, & HMT 3200) HMT 4500 Hospitality Management Practicum 3 credits An opportunity for the student to apply concepts learned to work experience at an area hospitality business. Student will be supervised by the College and feedback will be given by the instructor and the business. (Prerequisite: Senior Status, HMT 3100, & HMT 3200) HMT 4600 Seminar in Hospitality Management 3 credits This course serves as the capstone for the Hospitality Management Track. Students demonstrate concepts learned in previous courses and demonstrate how classroom learning is applied in the hospitality world and through their field HMS 1501 Introduction to Human Services 3 credits An overview of the human services field from historical, cultural, and political perspectives. Explores the philosophical and theoretical foundations underlying the necessity for human services in contemporary societies. HMS 1701 Social Policy 3 credits This course explores the operational factors involved in the organization of human service agencies, including both intra-agency and inter-agency communication networks involving fiscal management. In addition, this course attends to the major aspects of social welfare in the United States. The course will focus on the policy-making process, the government and social welfare, and understanding and preventing poverty. Students will be taught the role of social policy in American society and implications for the human services professional. HMS/PSY 1801 The Family 3 credits A cross-cultural approach to analyzing and understanding the individual, marriage, family, and society. Explores conflict and resolution of family issues and the changing family systems in society. HMS/PSY 2852 Child and Early Adult Development 3 credits This course is a survey of the basis of human growth and development. Emotional, mental, physical, and social needs of children, adolescents, and early adults are reviewed. Analysis of the multiple factors which influence and shape behavior and personality is made. HMS 3112 Methods of Social Research 3 credits This course covers basic elements of the use of scientific methods in social science research. Topics covered include techniques and methods of quantitative and qualitative social research as they relate to hypothesis testing, research design, measurement, quantitative data collection methods (surveys, experiments, and single subject design), and statistical data analysis. The ethics, politics, and uses of social research in the Human Services, including how to develop and submit a research proposal to an agency review board, are included. placement through a capstone course. (Prerequisite: Senior Status) HMT 1211/ 2211/3211/4211 Topics in Hospitality Management An advanced examination of selected topics in specific areas of study in history. 3 credits HUMAN SERVICES

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