Hospitality Management
Be a leader in the guest services industry by earning a degree in hospitality management offered both as a major or as an option to our business administration degree.
Overview
Hospitality is one of the largest industries in business and an important industry sector in . You can position yourself to be a leader in the guest services industry by earning a degree in hospitality management.
The hospitality management degree is designed to equip you with skills in service, operations management, hospitality technology, food and beverage operations as well as solid business fundamentals in marketing and accounting.
With a focus on career pathways, this degree positions you to go directly into management and be on the fast track to executive leadership or ownership positions in this dynamic field.
Once you’ve earned your State business degree, you’ll find that many lucrative opportunities exist for professionals who have the knowledge to lead in developing technological innovations to deliver guest services.
Hospitality management is a major program of study offered fully online via Ecampus and in Bend, . Hospitality management also is an option for online business administration majors with Ecampus.
What you’ll learn
Develop an awareness of the various career opportunities and options within the hospitality industry.
Understand the importance of outstanding guest-service quality, server-guest relationships and ethics.
Comprehend, synthesize and evaluate elements of professional service management.
Experience a "real life" project in the hospitality industry.
Demonstrate the skills and behaviors required during customer involvement to analyze, judge and act in ways that contribute to customer satisfaction.
Define and explain food production terms and principles, including food safety and sanitation practices, apply key principles in operating food service establishments, and evaluate and critique the effectiveness of such applications.
Degrees and options
Classes with fewer than 50 students
Companies recruit our students each year
Associated program
The option in hospitality management is available to students enrolled in the business administration program.
Our business administration degree provides you with broad business skills in accounting and quantitative methods, an understanding of the legal and social environment of business, and a background in management and organizational behavior, marketing, finance, and operations management.
Hospitality management opportunities
Study abroad
Sydney, Australia: University of Technology Sydney
Vienna, Austria: Vienna University of Economics & Business
Santiago, Chile: Universidad de Chile, Facultad Economia y Negocios
Scholarships
Bennington Properties Hospitality Management Scholarship
Woodard Family Foundation Scholarship
Ways to attend
We offer degrees and options in the modalities that work for you and your schedule.
Attend classes in beautiful eastern at OSU-Cascades. Located in Bend, the growing city is known for sustainability, start-ups and innovation, yet it's surrounded by 2.5 million acres of national forests, snow-capped mountains and public lands.
Study from anywhere and earn one of our 100% online, fully AACSB-accredited business degrees. Nationally top-ranked for online learning, our classes are taught by business faculty who are known for research excellence and industry experience.
Creating engaging experiences from a distance
Bringing real-world experiences to students across the globe is a passion that drives Todd Montgomery’s online course development. The College of Business instructor builds videos on hospitality management topics ranging from vacation property management to online marketing and reputation management. “Even if I was face-to-face teaching, I still couldn’t take them with me to Europe,” says Montgomery, regarding his reliance on videos to engage his online learners of hospitality management.
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