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Hospitality Management
Program Overview
If you’re looking for a rewarding career that allows you to make everyone you meet feel special and appreciated, hospitality management could be your calling. Our program can prepare you for a variety of career paths, whether you want to manage a hotel, spa, or restaurant, or specialize in golf or tourism development.
Students at any Maricopa Community College may need to complete courses at more than one of our colleges.
Fast Track Certificate, which can be completed in two semesters or less.
SCC Program Description
The Hospitality: Golf Management program offers students access to various career paths. The program is designed to prepare students for positions leading to careers such as teaching pros, golf directors, club managers, camp directors, pro shop managers, manufacturer sales representatives, and other positions in golf, recreation, and business. The curriculum is designed to prepare students with a firm business core, emphasizing customer service, physical activities, and coaching theory and techniques.
The Hospitality: Hotel Management program is designed to prepare graduates for management careers in the hotel and resort industry. The program stresses written and oral communication, mathematical reasoning, business applications, and computer science. The curriculum is designed to provide a well-rounded program with a mix of business and life skills that employers demand.
The Hospitality: Restaurant Management program is designed to prepare graduates for management careers in restaurants and commercial food service management. The program stresses written and oral communication, mathematical reasoning, business applications, and computer science with a mix of humanities, natural sciences, and social and behavioral sciences. The curriculum is designed to provide a well-rounded program with a mix of business and life skills that are in demand in the hospitality and tourism field.
The Hospitality: Spa and Wellness Center Management program is designed to prepare graduates for management careers in spa and wellness center management. The program is designed to prepare students with an industry-specific business foundation and an overview of healthful living courses with specific spa and wellness center management applications. The curriculum is designed with a specific mix of skills that are in high demand with employers in a rapidly growing segment of the hospitality industry.
The Hospitality: Tourism Development and Management program is designed to prepare graduates for management careers in tourism development and management. The program provides an industry-specific planning and management foundation that examines tourism sectors, consumer behavior, and factors influencing tourism development and promotion. Graduates acquire a specific mix of skills that focus on the interaction of tourism with the economy, environment, and people.
The Meeting and Event Management certificate is only offered by Scottsdale Community College through the Hospitality & Tourism Management program. The Meeting and Event Management certificate is designed to prepare students to work as a “meeting planner” for the hospitality, corporate, and non-profit industries. The Meeting and Event Management program of study will prepare students to fully qualify for the needs of the industry.
Ideal Meeting and Event Management students are:
- Students who plan to complete their AAS degree in Hotel or Restaurant Management and want to enhance their resume and increase employability options.
- Those with a Bachelor’s degree and/or are gainfully employed and looking to broaden their skill set.
- Students without a degree but working in the hospitality sector and need meeting and event management coordination skills for their current or future employment.