Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management
Experience, explore and learn about the global hospitality industry, which encompasses 23+ subsectors (e.g., events, hotels, gaming, food service and more) and key disciplines within each segment (e.g., human resources, operations, leadership, sales, marketing, finance). Opportunities are truly limitless and students in our program will have opportunities to pursue experiences locally, nationally and internationally. The Hospitality Management Program at The Ohio State University provides real-world experiences, valuable skills and networking opportunities that will position you for success. You’ll learn through a comprehensive curriculum balanced in business, management, people, service and operations. And with opportunities for multiple internships and substantial support from the Hospitality Management Industry Advisory Board and other key partners of the program, your education will transform you from student to hospitality management leader.
The hospitality industry is a global and diverse industry. Similarly, our program is committed towards Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by offering a variety of opportunities and accessibility to students in our program.
I like how supportive all of the professors are, and it kind of feels just small enough that you get that one-on-one attention that I liked having in high school. They’re very caring and want to see you succeed in the future.
My professors in the hospitality management program truly went above and beyond to educate and mentor me.
Student Opportunities
Columbus is one of the most innovative hospitality capitals in the United States, and our Hospitality Management Program at The Ohio State University serves as a bridge to connect students with opportunities locally, nationally and internationally. The hospitality industry is growing tremendously and we have a number of diverse partners that can provide boundless opportunities to explore your interests and gain the skills you’ll need to start your career and wherever it might take you.
Organized and hosted by hospitality management students, this annual event celebrates student and program accomplishments.
Learn from experienced professionals, many of which are alumni of our program, about their career journeys, how they have navigated their career in the hospitality industry, and about aspects of this vast and multi-faceted industry.
The student organization for hospitality majors. It connects students and industry professionals for unique opportunities not found in the classroom.
Organized and hosted by Hospitality Management Students; this event provides students an opportunity to learn about individuals on the autism spectrum disorder in efforts to plan and execute a hospitable and inclusive event for individuals on the spectrum and their families.
Multiple internships are built into the curriculum, giving you well-rounded experience and exposure in any of the 23 subsectors of hospitality and beyond. Many experiences are also paid experiences and great resume builders.
Students are paired with an industry professional for the academic year to get more insight into the profession and to network.
Transcript for the Hospitality Management video, (on focus pressing Enter will reveal the transcript text).
Speaker 1:
Hospitality management is the people's industry everything between retail, fashion hotels, restaurants, theme parks, country clubs operations, sales is more open lifestyle than as a profession.
I know there you know there's so many things within hospitality management.
I don't think people realize that we can do management program aims to our students into Future Leaders.
I think that there are many benefits for students in this program especially first year students because you get a wide range of knowledge.
Right off the bat, he program itself is very experiential with experienced professionals who are our professors with the diversity of the students that come from all over the country and all over the world.
It is really a complete very impactful learning environment so our professors promote success in the classroom by giving us opportunities outside the classroom for extra volunteer work as well as letting us take on independent studies.
So these independent studies can range from maybe social media practice to our two big events and people being on the planning committees.
For those one in the fall is hospitality listens it's an event that's student-led student planned as well as students volunteer to cook the food, serve the food to families who are children on the autism spectrum.
Our other event is both of the dishes in the spring semester and so the big dish is one of the top three from state.
We have over 600 industry professionals attend and it's an opportunity to showcase our students and give out scholarships.
In other words to those who apply for and deserve them we've had various guest lecturers come in and speak to us so it's nice to hear different perspectives from people who are actually in the workforce we've also had opportunities to go visit and toured places in the back of the house such as the Ojai stadium or the Hilton downtown.
For the Greater Columbus Convention Center we visited three different industry partners that represent a different segments and students had an opportunity to network with general management at each location as well as experience their product and their services.
Each one of our professors come from a different background and a different country and each one of us would have a different teaching style that I can take from and I can learn from.
This house McAlary program is so well connected to the Columbus hospitality community so there are so many board members on the devisor board that are willing to share the experience and opportunities that's very unique about this program when we leave this university we're still able to maintain connection with our lectures and professors.
Columbus is one of the best hospitality capitals we have hotels that are work when we have restaurants that are worth winning and it's more than that there's so many different manufacturers here and supply chains in Columbus that I could pursue as well we have many different corporations and corporate partners within a ten-mile radius.
We have well over 50 industry partners from well-known companies and brands not only locally but within the United States and even internationally in a lot of different segments my favorite part of the Ohio State program is the amount of internships.
They get to choose and work with employers who care about them and they get to apply what they've learned in the classroom out in the real world because we take on required internships.
I've worked for Cameron Mitchell I've worked for an area and I've also worked for the Ohio Restaurant Association and Experience Columbus so I've gotten my feet wet in a lot of different directions and I don't think if those internships were required and there wasn't so many industry professionals willing to give those opportunities.
I would have never decided what I want to do after graduating a high percentage of our students graduate with jobs they're going to be able to get into the industry use the skills use the experience and have a career opportunity.
That is very unique and very special that we provide in the hospitality industry great people operate great restaurants great hotels and it's a people business and I tell my students.
If you love people this is the place to be and that's why I enjoy this so much.
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Career Paths
Our graduates seek hospitality management careers in hotels, restaurants, event planning agencies, travel, recreation and other people- and service-oriented organizations.
Degree Requirements
Curriculum
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