Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Hospitality Business Management] From Washington State University

The program is offered by . Students in this business option are taught theoretical and applied methods, interpersonal skills, leadership aptitude, and teamwork strategies.

Before they graduate, HBM students must work 1,000 hours in the hospitality industry, earning employer evaluation scores of 80% or higher.

Strengths of the program

• Summer and semester programs in Switzerland, Italy, and France. 
• All of the program's courses are taught in a state-of-the-art building with classrooms featuring Internet connections and the latest audiovisual technology.
• Learn cuisine creation in a fully equipped commercial kitchen.
• Gain front- and back-of-the-house management skills.
• Taco Bell and the late Ivar B. Haglund (of Ivar's restaurants) have created two distinguished professorships to attract and retain top faculty.
• More than 85 percent of degree holders accept career offers before graduating.
• WSU's School of Hospitality Business Management is No. 1 in the nation for providing career services assistance to its students as they seek internships and jobs.
• Attend the only four-year hospitality baccalaureate program in the United States that offers a degree program in Europe (in Brig, Switzerland).
• WSU's hospitality school is consistently ranked among the top 10 in the U.S.

Career

A degree in hospitality business management can lead to roles in managing top restaurants, hotel departments, convention centers, sports facilities, entertainment services, and vacation centers.

Other potential hospitality careers for graduates include purchasing, publicity, hiring and training employees, organizing catering, and forecasting facility profits. Students could also become entrepreneurs and operate their own franchise eatery or hotel.