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Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management Department

The Bachelor of Science in Hospitality & Tourism Management (HTM) prepares students in the management of businesses that are an integral part of a dynamic and rapidly growing hospitality & tourism industries such as restaurant and food service management, hotel management, conventions and meeting management, tourism management and other areas.

The Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management (HTEM) department provides students with excellent theoretical knowledge, skills, and techniques necessary to successfully attain outstanding management positions in many areas, such as:

• Hotel Operation Management
• Restaurant and Catering Management
• Conventions, Meetings and Event Management
• International Tourism Management

Degrees, Minors and Certificates

Taste of the bay.

Annual Fundraising Event

Taste of the Bay is a fundraiser planned and implemented by the Hospitality and Tourism Management Department and students at San Francisco State University. The event features exquisite culinary creations prepared by renowned Bay Area chefs and tastings by select California wineries and other beverage companies.

The Vista Room

Managed by the Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management in the Lam Family College of Business, The Vista Room is open to the public for lunch and as a special-occasion venue during the academic year. We serve contemporary California cuisine with a focus on responsibly-sourced ingredients and a sustainability ethos.

Recognition

Best College for a Bachelor's in Hospitality Management

Our Hospitality and Tourism Management program was named one of the 25 Best Colleges for a Bachelor's in Hospitality Management by GradReports.

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In lieu of the questions below, please refer to the "Major Curriculum/Roadmaps & GE/University Requirements" tab for course recommendations in your first year.

Access the list of the major requirements to better understand the structure of the major.

The roadmap puts all of your graduation requirements into an easy-to-follow semester-by-semester plan so you know what to take to stay on track.  Whether you are a freshman or a transfer student, you'll be able to find a roadmap that best fits you. 

Besides your major requirements, students must complete their GE and University requirements.  Be sure to make sure you've completed all of these requirements for graduation. 

To learn more about this major, check out the major department’s website below.  You can also find out how you can access their faculty advisors who can assist you not just with course choices, but also answer questions about the field and discuss your career plans.     

Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Business (BUS) Building, Room 336 Phone: (415) 338-6087 Email: -- Website:  https://cob.sfsu.edu/hospitality Chair: Colin Johnson, Ph.D.

Freshmen Student Advising Information

After choosing “Basic Subjects” GE courses in  Steps 1-3  of your  Orientation process (if you haven’t done so, log onto your Orientation Profile page to follow the “Pre-Orientation Advising Module”), STEP 4   Choosing Major Classes will show you if there are any classes you can take to satisfy  major requirements  for your first and/or second semester.

Once you have determined your Roadmap above, review the first section below and write down any course recommendations based on your corresponding major roadmap on your  Freshmen Class Planner worksheet.

What major course(s) should I prioritize and successfully complete in my first semester?

First Semester Course Recommendations 

Advisor Footnotes: 

ECON 101 and ECON 102 must be completed before enrollment in certain core courses 

Transfer Student Advising Information

Please see the box above labeled “Major Curriculum/Roadmaps & GE/University Requirements” for information on what courses to take in your first semester at SF State. View our  Frequently Asked Questions for Transfers  for helpful tips and additional information.

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San Francisco’s Tourism Boss Resigns After 7 Months

Dawit Habtemariam , Skift

May 15th, 2024 at 8:27 PM EDT

San Francisco Travel is going to need a new champion if it's going to get out of its 'doom loop' narrative.

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Scott Beck has resigned as San Francisco Travel CEO and president. San Francisco Travel board chair Anna Marie Presutti will serve as interim CEO and president effective immediately, the tourism board announced on Wednesday .

Beck resigned for “personal reasons,” according to San Fransisco Travel. Beck was appointed in October 2023 to replace Joe D’Alessandro, who was in the role for 18 years.

Before coming to San Francisco Travel, Beck was CEO and president of Destination Toronto. Prior to that, he was CEO and president of Visit Salt Lake.

Since the pandemic, San Francisco has struggled to recover its tourism and meeting sectors. Public drug abuse, homelessness, crime and high office vacancy rates in its downtown have deterred visitors . In addition, China—San Francisco’s top tourism source market —has been slow to bounce back. The city isn’t expected to rebound to its pre-pandemic visitor volume until 2026 .

“It was sort of this unfortunate cycle. People didn’t return to offices downtown and that made homeless population that was always there just a lot more visible, and that made people less comfortable coming downtown,” said Jan D. Freitag, national director of Hospitality Analytics for CoStar Group.

Fighting the public image of a city in decay was a key focus of Beck. “The first and foremost strategy to over-index right now is rebuilding our reputation [and] position as a destination for the meetings and events industry,” Scott Beck told Skift in an interview in February.

San Francisco Travel is searching for a replacement CEO. “Our board will conduct a search for a new CEO who embodies the spirit of San Francisco, is a skillful manager of a great team, and is experienced in attracting conventions, business travelers and tourists to great cities,” Presutti said.

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Chen joins Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism

Fulbright scholar brings academic depth, teaching innovation and industry engagement.

September 6, 2023 - by Paul Schattenberg

Po-Ju Chen, Ph.D., a Fulbright Scholar, recently joined the Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as a professor.

“We are fortunate to have Dr. Chen’s expertise and academic accomplishment in hospitality and tourism added to our newly re-formed department ,” said Brian King, Ph.D., department head. “Our students will benefit enormously from her breadth of knowledge and experience as well as her creative approach to teaching. She brings impressive thought leadership and academic understanding to the hospitality and tourism field.” 

Prior to joining Texas A&M University , she served as associate executive director of the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the W. A. Franke College of Business at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. Before that, she was chair of the Hospitality and Tourism Administration Department in the School of Business at North Carolina Central University in Durham.

Chen earned her doctoral and master’s degrees from Pennsylvania State University. After 16 years of tenure, Chen was made a professor at Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

She held the position of professor at Northern Arizona University and endowed professor at North Carolina Central University.

Chen’s research, publications, teaching

Chen’s primary research focuses on consumer behaviors in hospitality, tourism and services management. She also focuses on entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability and cross-cultural research.

“I became interested in these areas stemming from my early career in the airline industry in the customer services department,” Chen said. “In academia, I had the privilege of working with prestigious researchers and young scholars furthering these lines of research.”

For applied research, she said she had the privilege to partner with various hospitality and tourism leaders and organizations, including destination management organizations, parks, restaurants, hotel companies and attractions/theme parks.

Chen is the co-executive editor of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education and has served as co-executive editor of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Cases — both journals affiliated with the International Council of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education. She is also a board director at large for of the International Society of Travel and Tourism Association .

She has published articles in leading business and hospitality/tourism research journals and has received several research awards and other types of recognition for her academic contributions. These include Fulbright Research in Social Entrepreneurship, Austria; Innovation and Creativity Fulbright Lecture Award, Denmark; Jewish National Fund Fellow, U.S. and Israel, and Shanghai Overseas Scholar, China. Her teaching excellence earned her the John Wiley and Sons Award for Innovation in Teaching, Teaching/Research Award in 2012 and 2015. She was also the University of Central Florida Walt Disney World continuing education instructor in Guest Services Management and Leadership and Strategic Management.

Industry, community connections

In addition to her academic accomplishments, Chen has also been active in developing industry partnerships and expanding community outreach on a national and international scale.

Some of these efforts include serving as the Florida Green Lodging Education liaison, president of the Professional Businesswomen Association and president of the Florida/Caribbean Chapter of Council of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Educators.

From 2014-2016, Chen served as the primary data analyst for the Institute of Internal Auditors Body of Knowledge. And since 2021, she has collaborated with the American Hotels and Lodging Association’s Castell College program that helps hospitality students learn about future career opportunities.

Chen said she has developed these partnerships as a means of furthering outreach and bridging academia and industry for hospitality and tourism education and research to benefit scholars and students. She said engaging industry practitioners in the classroom enhances learning by gaining firsthand knowledge, seeing how theories learned in the classroom can be applied, and understanding current issues related to hospitality and tourism management. 

“I’m looking forward to working with industry leaders and department colleagues to cultivate future leaders of hospitality, hotel and tourism industries,” she said.

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Dean: Linda Oubre

Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management

BUS 306 415-338-6087 E-mail: [email protected] Chair: Janet Sim Undergraduate Advisors: Ergul, Ferns, Johnson, Roe, Sim, Walls, Yang

B.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Management

Minor in Hospitality and Tourism Management

Certificate in hospitality and tourism management, program scope.

The mission of the Bachelor of Science Degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management program is to provide excellence in instruction and an academic environment to develop professional managers and leaders in the rapidly growing diversified hospitality/tourism industry. The program was developed to provide students with a core of business foundation and professional hospitality management courses, as well as a choice of interdisciplinary elective emphases: hotel operation management; restaurant and catering management; conventions, meetings and event management; international tourism management; hospitality entrepreneurship management; hospitality labor relations management or a specialized hospitality management area. The department is committed to maximize student exposure to hospitality industry leaders, career opportunities and student events involving reputable industry companies. The on campus Vista Room which is managed and operated by students is acclaimed for its exquisite cuisine and service.

Career Outlook

The curriculum combines strengths in management with hands-on hospitality experience and internship opportunities in the hospitality industry. Completion of the core and elective courses provides students with theoretical business background and professional knowledge for attainment of top-level management positions in the hospitality/tourism industry.

Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management

• In addition to the core course program required of all hospitality and tourism management majors, DS 110 (or MATH 110 or equivalent), ECON 101, ECON 102, ISYS 263, and ENG 214 must be completed before enrollment in certain core courses. Students who wish to enroll in DS 110 must pass the ELM examination, or other approved examinations, or take an appropriate course such as MATH 70. Students not attaining a satisfactory score will be directed to take an appropriate preparatory course. ( Note: DS 110 or MATH 110, ECON 101, and ECON 102 are currently acceptable for General Education.)
• Except in cases of credit by examination, no more than 6 units of the core requirements may be taken on a CR/NC basis.
• Students must take an information systems proficiency exam. Those who do not pass the exam will be required to take ISYS 263.

On-line course descriptions are available.

Core Courses

Total for core: 54

Choose three courses from one emphasis area, or choose two courses from one emphasis and one course from a different emphasis. An elective HTM professional course may be used with the approval of an advisor. (9 units)

Hotel Operation Management

Restaurant and Catering Management

Conventions, Meetings and Event Management

International Tourism Management

Hospitality Entrepreneurship Management

Hospitality Labor Relation Management

Special Hospitality Management Emphasis – must be pre-determined and approved by an advisor

* GE Segment III courses

Notes: To maximize double counting, choose “Food, Cuisine, and Culture” or “Business, Tourism and Technology in a Global Society” as your Segment III Cluster. To earn a Minor in Business Administration, take IBUS 330.

The hospitality and tourism management minor is designed to provide undergraduates with a focused exposure to hospitality management. The program can provide non-hospitality management majors with the professional and technical skills in hospitality management needed for entry into employment or serve as an alternative to a double major for business majors wishing expertise in a second field.

Elective Courses : 6 Two HTM courses from the core or emphasis areas, with the approval of a hospitality and tourism management advisor.

Total for minor: 24

For more information, visit www.cel.sfsu.edu/hospitality or contact the program director in the College of Extended Learning.

Award of the Certificate

Upon completion of the program, the College of Extended Learning is responsible for authorizing the issuance of the certificate on behalf of the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management and in the name of San Francisco State University.

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