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HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT

(Available at Pohnpei Campus only)

 

This program is a cooperative venture between COM-FSM Pohnpei Campus and the COM-FSM National Campus Business Administration Division. It provides students with the basics of hotel, restaurant and tourism management as well as food service production. Students learn the importance of building an ecotourism economy and how Micronesia fits into the world of tourism economy. The program presently emphasizes preparing graduates to work in the hospitality industry focusing on managerial skills, while giving them the ability to handle all aspects of hotel service, food ordering, preparation and service within the hotel and or restaurant setting. Graduates will have the opportunity to work the hospitality field both within Micronesia and in other national settings.

1.  Preparatory Courses (by placement)
2.  General Education Core Requirements                                                       28 credits
        English (9 credits)
          EN 110 Advanced Reading (3)
          EN 120a Expository Writing I (3)
          EN 120b Expository Writing 11(3)
          Mathematics (3 credits) depending on placement
          MS 100 College Algebra (3) or
        MS 101 College Algebra and Trigonometry (3)
          Natural Sciences (7 credits)
          A science course with laboratory (4)
          A non-lab science or agriculture course (3)
          Social Sciences (3 credits)
          88 150 History of Micronesia (3)
          Computer Applications (3 credits)
          CA 100 Computer Literacy (3)
          Humanities (3 credits)
         Any course in art, music, history, literature, philosophy, or language (3)
3.   Major Requirements                                                                         36 credits
        Hotel and Restaurant Management (24 credits)
         HRM 110 Introduction to Hotel and Restaurant Management (3)
         HRM 120 Introduction to World Tourism (3)
         HRM 150 Hospitality Supervision (3)
         HRM 165 Food Fundamentals and Quality Cooking (3)
         HRM 170 Front Office Management (3)
         HRM 220 Food and Beverage Management (3)
         HRM 230 Hospitality Marketing (3)
         HRM 250 Facilities Management and Practicum (3)

         Accounting (3 credits)

        AC 131 Accounting 1(3)

        Business (3 credits)

        BU 101 Introduction to Business (3)

        Humanities (6 credits)

        FL 120 Basic Japanese Language for Hotel and Restaurant Management (3)

        FL 160 Japanese for Hospitality Management (3)

4. Open Elective                                                                                                             3 credits

GRADUATION REQUIREMENT ……………………………. 67 credits

HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT

Suggested Schedule

First Semester

 EN 110 Advanced Reading                                           3
 EN 120a Expository Writing I                                        3
 HRM 110 Introduction to HRM                                    3
‘~ MS 100 College Algebra                             3
 CA 100 Computer Literacy                          3
                                                                                         15

Second Semester

EN 120b Expository Writing II                                       3
Science wllab                                                                    4
BU 101 Introduction to Business                                  3
HRM 120 Intro. to World Tounsm                                3
FL 120 Basic Japanese                                                    3
                                                                                          16

Summer Session

AC 131 Accounting I                                                    3                        
SS 150 History of Micronesia                                      3
                                                                    6

Third Semester

HRM 150 Hospitality Supervision                          3
FL 160 Japanese for Hospitality Mngmt..              3
HRM 165 Food Fund. & Quality Cook                   3
Non-lab Science or Agriculture                               3
Open Elective                                                             3
                                                                                   15

Fourth Semester

HRM 170 Front Office Management                     3

Humanities Elective                                                3

HRM 220 Food & Beverage Management           3

HRM 230 Tourism Marketing                                3

HRM 250 Facilities Mngmt. & Practicum            15