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What you’ll study over the four years of your Bachelor of Tourism & Hospitality Management Degree

When you graduate with your bachelor’s degree, you will have a thorough understanding of how the tourism and hospitality sectors work, and you will have the background and the skills to build your career in this booming and exciting industry.

Here are the required courses you can expect to study in each year of your degree program. You can choose a concentration in either stream, or take a double concentration. You can choose to declare a minor in a related discipline or in a non-tourism field such as psychology or French.

Admission Requirements for Tourism and Hospitality Management
Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management program requirements

Get academic adviceYou should talk to our department faculty and get advice to plan your four-year program. The following is
 meant as a handy guide for students, but you should refer to the Academic Calendar for program rules
 and complete course prerequisites and descriptions.

Year 1

Fall Term (all 1/2 units)Winter Term (all 1/2 units)Summer Term

Thmt 1101
Intro to Tourism and Hosp.

Busi 1112,
Intro to Business Admin.

Thmt 1188,
Co-op Term I

Thmt 1116,
Introduction to Food Service Management

Thmt 2216,
Planning and Management of Food Service Operations

 

Busi 2221,
Intro to Accounting I

Busi 2222,
Intro to Accounting II

Thmt 2299
Practicum I

Math 2208
Intro to Stats I

Math 2209,
Intro to Stats II

 

Modern Language

Modern Language

 

You must complete a professional development session before you go out on your first co-op term.

You also must register with the Co-op Office to begin the professional development session in September.

Co-op Opportunities

At the Mount, you will take part of your studies as a co-op. The co-op program alternates terms in the classroom with hands-on, paid work opportunities in your field of study. So you can see first hand which path you want to take, and you graduate with one full year of relevant work experience. That alone will make it easier for you to find the starting position you want. Click the link for complete information on the Mount’s Co-op Program

Year 2
Fall Term (all 1/2 units)Winter Term (all 1/2 units)Summer Term

Thmt 2202,
Communications Mgmt.

Econ 1101,
Intro to Microeconomics

Thmt 2288,
Co-op Term II

Busi 2214,
Organizational Behaviour I

Busi 2215,
Organizational Behaviour II

 

Thmt 2257,
Legal Aspects of Tourism Services

Arts & Science Elective

Thmt 3399
Practicum II

Thmt 3221,
Hospitality Mgmt. Accounting

Humanities Elective

 

Tourism Elective

Tourism Elective

Humanities electives include courses in Cultural Studies, English, French, History, Library, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Spanish and Writing (WRIT)

Year 3
Fall Term (all 1/2 units)Winter Term (all 1/2 units)Summer Term

Thmt 3312,
Research Methods Seminar for Tourism & Hospitality 

Thmt/Fsgn 3321,
Facility Management

Thmt 3388
Co-op Term III

Busi 2255,
Intro to Info Systems OR
Inte 2245,
Spreadsheet Applications

Econ 1102,
Intro to Microeconomics

 

Busi 2230,
Principles of Marketing

Busi 2231,
Applied Marketing

 

Tourism Elective

 Free Elective

 

Tourism Elective

 Arts & Science @ 2000+lvl

 

At this time, you should determine which concentration you want to take:  Tourism Development or Hospitality Management.  You may choose to complete a general degree without a concentration. 

Year 4

Fall Term (all 1/2 units)Winter Term (all 1/2 units)Summer Term

Busi 4400,
Business Policy

Free Elective

 

Tourism Elective

Thmt 3362,
Finance for Tourism Services

 

Tourism Elective @ 4000 lvl

Arts & Science @ 2000 + lvl

 

Tourism Elective @ 4000 lvl

Arts & Science @ 2000 + lvl

 

Tourism Elective @ 4000 lvl

Arts & Science @ 2000 + lvl

 

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