Hospitality Administration Bachelor of Arts
Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours : 57
Program Entrance Requirements
To be admitted students should be at least 24 years of age; have earned a minimum of 12 semester (18 quarter) hours of transferable credit at a regionally accredited post-secondary institution; have earned a minimum of a 2.0 (4.0 scale) cumulative transfer grade point average based upon all transferable courses to be considered for admissions; and have at least three years of full-time work experience. Credits earned through Prior Learning Assessment cannot be used to satisfy the transfer credit hour requirement for admission into an accelerated degree program. Course grades of “C” or higher are required for business courses transferred into the major.
Degree Requirements
- Successful completion of a minimum of 128 semester credit hours.
- Completion of the final 32 semester graded credit hours at Lewis University including four upper division foundation courses and/or major courses (12 semester credit hours).
- Achievement of an overall grad point average of at least 2.00 (“C”) for all courses taken at Lewis University and a 2.20 average for the foundation and major area courses.
Degree Requirements
I. General Education (45)
| 06-111 | College Writing 1 | 3 |
| 06-112 | College Writing 2 | 3 |
| 10-112 | Introduction to Human Communication | 3 |
| - | Mathematics (satisfied by Finite Math or other course equivalent) | 3 |
| - | Social Science (satisfied by Macroeconomics) | 3 |
| - | Social Science | 3 |
| - | Social Science | 3 |
| - | Natural Science | 3 |
| - | Natural Science | 3 |
Three of the following five courses
| - | Fine Arts Requirement | 3 |
| 09-101 | Culture and Civilization I | 3 |
| 09-102 | Culture and Civilization II | 3 |
| - | Literature Requirement | 3 |
| 15-110 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
Two of the following Mission-based courses must be taken at Lewis
| 09-101 | Culture and Civilization I | 3 |
| - | OR | |
| 15-330 | Ethics (Action and Values) | 3 |
| 20-290 | Cultural Diversity and Intergroup Relations | 3 |
| - | Theology | 3 |
II. Foundation Courses (30)
| LF-200 | Finance for Managers | 3 |
| LB-200 | Principles of Management and Leadership | 3 |
| LB-300 | Business Communication in the Digital Age | 3 |
| LM-200 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| LB-355 | Service Management | 3 |
| LB-420 | International Business | 3 |
| LW-310 | Principles of Project Management | 3 |
| LG-349 | Statistics for the Decision Maker | 3 |
| - | Foreign Language Requirement (satisfied by Beginning Spanish or equivalent) | 3 |
| - | Computer Systems Requirement (satisfied by Intro to Information Systems or equivalent) | 3 |
III. Major Courses (24)
| LW-415 | Web Design Applications | 3 |
| L6-365 | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| - | Hotel Management (satisfied by transfer equivalent) | 3 |
| LP-410 | Managing Quality Service | 3 |
| LP-310 | Trends in Financial Management for the Hospitality Industry | 3 |
| LB-368 | Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
IV. Capstone (3)
| LP-415 | Strategic Planning for the Hospitality Industry | 3 |
V. Electives
Elective credit hours will be satisfied through freshman and sophomore level hospitality courses transferred to Lewis from a regionally accredited community college, technical college, or four-year college/university. Examples of elective courses acceptable for transfer may include meeting and convention planning, culinary arts management, hospitality law, hospitality management, banquet and special services, and hospitality operations. The program advisor will work with students to determine the appropriate courses for meeting the elective credit hours required.