Hospitality Management
SUNY Adirondack's Hospitality Management degree program studies hospitality and tourism. This program combines coursework with internships to provide students with practical experience. Students learn about the diverse hospitality industry through program-specific courses.
- Degree
- Associate in Applied Science
- Program Type
-
Career-oriented degrees
- Pathway
- Business
- Credits
- 61
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate an ability to describe the work in a variety of hospitality careers.
- Demonstrate how to plan, organize, develop and market a special event.
- Demonstrate ability to research a region of the world and reflect upon its current and future tourism attractions and improvements, and reflect upon how this will have an economic impact on the region for jobs, capital and ecotourism.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of management such as planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling, delegating, decision-making and communicating, and how to apply them as a hotel or resort manager.
- Show an understanding of how to analyze financial statements for a hotel, restaurant or resort operation and make strategic decisions.
- Demonstrate an understanding of facility management and implementation of a SWOT analysis.
- Demonstrate how to use the internet for research in the hospitality industry.
Curriculum and requirements
SUNY Adirondack sits at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains. Unique hospitality and tourism opportunities surround SUNY ADK's campus. Lake George, Saratoga and the great Southern Adirondack Regions are all close by. A regional-based 120-hour internship in the hospitality, tourism or service industry is a key component of this degree.
SUNY ADK advantage
average salary
of a lodging manager in New York state
Internships
are part of the Hospitality Management degree program, ensuring students have hands-on experience and networking opportunities
average salary
of a food service manager in New York state
Diverse industry
Our graduates go on to careers as: Entrepreneurs | Front desk agents; supervisors and managers; accounting; marketing and sales; concierge; food and beverage; and guest services at hotels and resorts | Managers; bartenders; food and beverage managers; banquet service captains; caterers; and cooks in bars and restaurants | Tourism management | Casinos
Careers in Hospitality Management
Big opportunities
I thought I was a little fish in a big pond because every other Voyager went to LSU or University of Alabama. You can get a full college experience and save a lot of money, and still go to conferences and talk to students at big schools about what we were doing and they were shocked because they weren’t doing as much [as Adirondack].”
