Certificate: Hospitality Management

Certificate Application

Download the Certificate Application.
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Admission & Registration Process

The Hospitality Management department will evaluate the appropriateness of the student's academic background for admission to the program. To be admitted to the Certificate Program, a candidate must have completed at least 56 units of undergraduate courses with a GPA of at least 2.3 in all courses and 2.5 in professional courses. Candidates must complete the application which is available to download above. After the applicant has been accepted into the Certificate Program, the student will meet with an advisor in the Hospitality Management department to arrange coursework and receive registration information. Course fees are $295 per unit.

Send your certificate application form along with your official transcripts to:

SF State Extended Learning
ATTN: Karen Maguire
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103-1901

Award of the Certificate

Upon completion of the program, the College of Extended Learning will issue the certificate on behalf of the department of hospitality management and in the name of San Francisco State University.

You will also be required to take and pass the JEPET, the writing proficiency exam, or ENG 414, unless you have received a bachelor's degree.

Curriculum

The curriculum consists of core courses, plus courses in the following six areas of emphasis:

Hotel Operation Management

Restaurant & Catering Management

Conventions, Meetings, & Event Management

Hospitality Labor Relation Management

International Tourism Management

Hospitality Entrepreneurship Management

Choose 24 units from the following:

• HM 352 Foods, Production, & Service
  (3 units)
• HM 364 Hotel Management Information Systems
  (3 units)
• HM 448 Management of Quantity Food Purchasing & Production
  (3 units)
• HM 458 Revenue & Cost Control for Hotels
  (3 units)
• HM 560 Hospitality Human Resource Management
  (3 units)
• HM 561 Hotel Operation Management
  (3 units)
• HM 563 Property Management in Hotel Operations
  (3 units)
• HM 557 Restaurant & Catering Management
  (3 units)
• REC 340 Conference & Event Planning & Management
  (3 units)
• REC 460 Destination Recreation Resorts
  (3 units)
• HM Elective, upon advisor's approval
  (3 units)
• *HM 567 Hospitality Management Internship
  (2-3 units)
  Students work 15 hours/week per semester or equivalent field experience in lodging, food service, and recreation/resort management. The internship must be completed to meet the practice requirement for certificate.

TOTAL UNITS: 23-24 units

Credit toward a BA Degree

SF State will accept up to 24 units of credit taken through the College of Extended Learning toward a baccalaureate degree.

Course Description

Course descriptions are available online.

Class Schedule

Please refer to the University class schedule for course days/times.

Classes are offered in fall and spring semesters.