Bachelor of Applied Science in Hospitality Management

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The BAS in Hospitality Management will prepare students who have completed AAS-T degrees in Accounting, Business Information Technology, Culinary or other related degrees. Students will learn and explore management, marketing and human resource positions in all facets of the hospitality industry, including tourism, hotel operation, restaurant management, catering, cruise ships, casino operations and travel.

The degree will also serve emerging hospitality fields such as the growing number of assisted and independent living facilities in the Puget Sound region that cater to the increasing population of retirees and the elderly. The program is unique in its focus to provide applied management training to underrepresented students in the region’s largest hospitality industry.

The goals of the Hospitality Management Program are to:

1. Remove roadblocks preventing students holding technical associate of arts degrees (such as the A.A.S.-T degree in Culinary Arts or Business Information Technology or other related degrees) from using those credits to complete a bachelor’s degree;
2. Increase opportunities for students and incumbent hospitality industry workers in South’s service area to attain management-level responsibilities and earn higher lifelong wages through baccalaureate-level training and education;
3. Serve the region’s highly diverse population, building on South’s demonstrated success in offering outstanding education and economic opportunity to students of color, English as a Second Language/English Language Learner (ESL/ELL) students and students who are first in their families to attend college;
4. Address significant unmet industry demand for skilled and diverse hospitality management personnel in the Seattle-King County metropolitan area and in Washington State;
5. Contribute to the attainment of state higher education and regional economic development goals in one of Washington’s leading high-growth industry sectors.

Contact Info:

Submitting an application requesting information/application packet:
Contact: Cynthia Calderon:
   BAS Hospitality Management Coordinator
Email: ccalderon@sccd.ctc.edu
Phone: 206-768-6783
FAX: (206) 763-5156

For all other questions about the program:
Contact: Tom Mayburry, BAS Faculty Coordinator
Phone: 206-768-6726
Email: tMayburry@sccd.ctc.edu.