MBA - Hospitality Concentration
Grad Campus
(Graduate School)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Hospitality Concentration
Johnson & Wales University is the largest educator of hospitality professionals in North America. Economists recognize the global hospitality industry as the largest industry in the world and one of the fastest growing fields for future employment. Through the MBA with a concentration in Hospitality, students acquire the skills and experiences needed to provide exemplary leadership for hospitality-related organizations throughout the world, including Marriott and Compass Group.
Upon completion of the program, graduates are expected to demonstrate the ability to
- Adapt and innovate to solve management issues in unpredictable environments.
- Critically analyze and question knowledge claims.
- Solve business challenges using strategic theories, models and/or tools.
- Analyze ethical issues and socially responsible business practices in complex organizational situations.
- Analyze management issues with a global perspective.
Graduates will learn executive business competencies, professional leadership, and strategic and creative thinking skills that will help them ethically solve problems that occur in the global business environment in culturally sensitive ways.
Graduates in the MBA with a concentration in Hospitality may seek higher-level positions within global organizations that require MBA core curricular skills, as well as strategic planning and management expertise. In the highly competitive hospitality and tourism industry, professionals within the industry are needed to conduct high-level research, develop effective strategies, enhance revenues from strategic channels, and evaluate marketing outcomes. The MBA with a concentration in Hospitality provides the advanced training and knowledge needed to secure employment positions in these growing areas.
Prerequisite and foundation courses should be completed prior to registering for core and concentration courses.
MBA - Hospitality Concentration
Credits Prerequisite Course * | ||
| MATH1002 | A Survey of College Mathematics | 4.5 |
| Foundation Courses | ||
| COMM5075 | Strategic Communication | 4.5 |
| ECON5000 | Economics in the Global Economy | 4.5 |
| FISV5000 | Corporate Financial Accounting | 4.5 |
| MATH5000 | Quantitative Business Methods | 4.5 |
| MGMT5000 | Foundations of Business Administration | 4.5 |
| Core Courses | ||
| FISV5526 | Financial Reporting and Control | 4.5 |
| FISV5600 | Financial Management | 4.5 |
| MGMT5575 | Operations Management | 4.5 |
| MGMT5800 | Effective Leadership | 4.5 |
| MGMT5900 | Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Law | 4.5 |
| MRKT5500 | Strategic Marketing | 4.5 |
| RSCH5500 | Business Information and Decision Making | 4.5 |
| Hospitality Courses | ||
| HOSP6509 | Hospitality and Tourism Global Issues | 4.5 |
| Choose three of the following: | 13.5 | |
| Event Leadership and Planning | ||
| Event Operations and Risk Management | ||
| Franchising and Licensing | ||
| Information Technology in Hospitality and Tourism | ||
| Career Capstone Course | ||
| MGMT6800 | Business Policy and Strategy | 4.5 |
| Total Credits | 54.0-81.0 | |
| * | Course offered through the undergraduate School of Arts & Sciences |
