Online Hospitality Degree Completion

Coastal Carolina University is offering an online degree completion program in Hospitality, Resort, and Tourism Management.

Students who have earned one or more of the degrees below, or who meet the below criteria, will be exempt from the University core curriculum:

• Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree
• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree from a regionally accredited college or university within the United States
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited international institution of higher education
• Master’s degree from an accredited international institution of higher education
• Transfer students with an earned A.A., A.S., B.A., or B.S. degree
• International students with an earned B.A. or B.S. degree
• International students with an earned master’s degree with 150 credit hours

Those who have not earned an A.A. or A.S. degree may be subject to taking core curriculum classes to qualify.

Please note: If you have an Associate in Applied Sciences (AAS) degree, you do NOT qualify for the core curriculum waiver.

An outline of the courses is below:

Business Core Requirements (39-45 Credits)*

A minimum grade of ‘C’ is required in all business core courses.

Lower-Level Business Core

Complete the following courses:

• CBAD 120 Q - Introduction to the Global Culture of Business (3 credits)
• CBAD 201 - Financial Accounting (3 credits)
• CBAD 202 - Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
• CBAD 291 - Business Statistics (3 credits)
• CBAD 292 - Decision Analysis (3 credits)
• ECON 201 Q* - Macroeconomics (3 credits)
• ECON 202 - Microeconomics (3 credits)

Upper-Level Business Core

Complete the following courses:

• CBAD 301 Q* - Management and Organizations (3 credits)
• CBAD 344 - Legal Environment of Business (3 credits)
• CBAD 350 Q* - Marketing (3 credits)
• CBAD 363 - Business Finance (3 credits)
• CBAD 373 Q* - Business Integration and Application (3 credits)
• CBAD 478 Q - Strategic Management (3 credits)
• HRTM 364 - Resort Operations Management (3 credits)
• HRTM 393 - Management Information Systems (3 credits)

Note:

* Course credit hours only count once toward the University's total graduation credit-hour requirements. Click on Credit Sharing for more information.

Major Requirements (21 Credits)

A minimum grade of ‘C’ is required in major requirements. 

Complete the following courses:

• HRTM 101 Q* - Introduction to Resort Tourism Management (3 credits)
• HRTM 280 Q - Guest Services (1 to 3 credits)
• HRTM 282 - Survey of Food & Beverage Management (3 credits)
• HRTM 490 Q* - Seminar in Resort Tourism Planning (3 credits)

Hospitalilty Concentration (9 credits)

Complete nine credit hours from the following courses:

• HRTM 150 Q - Tourism and Society (3 credits)
• HRTM 349 - Revenue Management (3 credits)
• HRTM 385 - Current Issues in Resort Tourism (3 credits)
• HRTM 386 - Applied Tourism Research (3 credits)
• HRTM 387 - Conventions and Event Management (3 credits)
• HRTM 388 - The Service Experience (3 credits)
• HRTM 467 - Real Estate Finance and Investments (3 credits) OR
• FIN 462 - Real Estate Finance and Investment (3 credits)
• HRTM 480 Q - Resort Management Training (1 to 6 credits)
• CBAD 411 Q* - Law and Resort Tourism Management (3 credits)

Note: Preapproved HRTM, CBAD, or MKTG credit offered through a study abroad program can be applied toward the major. 

For more information, contact Jerome Christia, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Marketing and Hospitality, Resort, and Tourism Management, at 843-349-2653 or christia@coastal.edu.