Remember to put your own text here (same as alt text)The Collins School of Hospitality Management offers a four-year curriculum that leads to a Bachelor of Science Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. The mission of the Collins School of Hospitality Management is to provide quality education for students entering management positions in the hospitality industry, to foster research of direct application and benefit to the hospitality industry, and to further the professional development of industry members.
The program provides students a combination of general education course work linked with business and hospitality management courses designed (1) to facilitate an understanding of the economic, legal, and social forces which shape the hospitality industry and (2) to provide a practical base of hospitality knowledge and abilities. Major course work emphasizes human relations skills as well as qualitative and quantitative analysis. Leadership, ethics, technology, critical thinking, unique characteristics of service, and guest encounter skills are threaded throughout the curriculum. Students will choose an emphasis in Restaurant Management, Hotel/Resort Management, and/or Club Management to help them focus on individual career goals. Students are also required to complete eight hundred (800) hours of work experience in hospitality-related employment prior to graduation.
The Collins School of Hospitality Management is housed in the James and Carol Collins Center for Hospitality Management. The Center is specifically designed for this program and houses a public, student-operated full-service restaurant as well as additional laboratory, classroom, and administration facilities. Kellogg West Conference Center and Lodge, adjacent to the Collins School, is also available for laboratory use.
Jim and Carol Collins have provided the school with a generous endowment and building gift. The Collins School is also endowed with the Richard N. Frank Distinguished Lectureship Series and the Richard A. and Nancy A. Murbach Endowment Scholarship in Free Enterprise. The School also oversees approximately $100,000 in scholarships available to eligible students each year.
