Hospitality is the study of servicing and satisfying guests within hotels, restaurants, private clubs, managed food service, event planning, tourism related businesses, and travel providers. The students will be trained in principles of supervision, marketing, purchasing, cost control, customer service, basic food service and catering, business and accounting in relationship to the hospitality and tourism industry. The courses within this program are designed to provide students with applicable skills useful in a vast range of occupations. 

The Associate in Science for Transfer (AS-T) degree is intended for students who plan to complete a bachelor's degree in a similar major at a CSU campus. Students completing the AS-T are guaranteed admission to the CSU system, but not to a particular campus or major.

To earn this Hospitality Management AS-T degree, students must meet the following requirements:

  • Completion of the following major requirements with a minimum grade of "C" (or "P").
  • Certified completion of the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC), which requires a minimum of 34 units; and
  • Completion of a minimum 60 Cal-GETC transferrable semester units with a minimum “C”  grade required in each course. A “C” is defined as a minimum of 2.0 grade points on a 4.0 scale.

Students planning on transferring to a four-year institution and major in Hospitality Management should consult with a counselor regarding the transfer process and lower division requirements.

Required Courses:
HOSP 100Introduction to Hospitality and Customer Service3
List A - Three courses from the following: (9 units)
CULART 225Sanitation and Safety3
ECON 201Principles of Microeconomics3
or ECON 201H Principles of Microeconomics - Honors
HOSP 120Hospitality Cost Control3
HOSP 130Hospitality Food and Beverage Management3
HOSP 160Culinary Production and Kitchen Operations3
List B - Two courses from the following (or any courses from List A not already used): (6-7 units)
ACCT 200Financial Accounting4
BUSAD 210Business Law3
CULART 161Quantity Food Preparation3
CULART 240Procurement, Purchasing and Selection3
ECON 208Business and Economic Statistics4
or STAT C1000 Introduction to Statistics
or STAT C1000H Introduction to Statistics - Honors
or PSYC 105 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Major Total18-20
Total Units That May Be Double Counted6
General Education (Cal-GETC) Units34
Electives Units12
Total Units60

See Section on Degree, Certificate, and Transfer Information for additional information on the Associate Degrees for Transfer. 

To earn an SBVC Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T or AS-T) students must complete the following General Education (GE) pattern: