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COURSE SYLLABUS: HT305 - Introduction to the Hospitality and Tourism Industry

Course Title: HT305 - Introduction to the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
Department: School of Hospitality and Tourism
Instructor: Marco Albarran, BS, MBA, CHRIE, E-Mail -- Vita
Phone: (561) 542-6326
Availability: 9am - 9pm EST


Required Texts  Online Bookstore

Starr, Nona (2000). Viewpoint: An Introduction to Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
ISBN: 0130214175

WORDS OF WELCOME

Hello and welcome to Introduction to the Hospitality and Tourism Industry. I will be your guide as I facilitate your online learning experience. In the next few weeks, we will be discussing the wonderful world of the hospitality and tourism industry as it progresses through its challenges, moving to the future. We will also see different segments and career paths that you may consider as well. I am here to assist in anything that you may have any questions on, so please feel free to contact me at the phone number above, or via email.

GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is an introduction to the hospitality and tourism industry. It will cover many components of the industry, as it has been in the past, and how it is moving into the future with new and up and coming areas, providing students with a broad-based understanding of what careers can be explored here. You should leave the course with a broad sense and understanding of where you might want to go next in the field.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion, students should be able to: METHOD OF INSTRUCTION

HT305 is a partially self-paced distance learning course offered through Canyon College. At the beginning of the course, each student is required to submit to the instructor via e-mail – a short biography which includes the following information: GRADING FORMULA

Listed below is the grading scale which will be used for this class.

100 - 09 = A
89 - 80 = B
79 - 70 = C
69 - 60 = D
59 or below = F

LATE ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly assignments are due by midnight YOUR time zone by the end of each week (Sunday). All other assignments (midterm, final project, and final exam) are due by midnight your time zone on their respective due dates. Any late assignments will be deducted 25% per day, up to 2 days, meaning, if it is due Sunday and it is late, I will only accept it until Tuesday midnight your time zone. Please keep in mind that this is very detrimental, so please make sure not to let this happen.

Honesty Statement

The awarding of a university degree or certification attests that an individual has demonstrated mastery of a significant body of knowledge and skills of substantive value to society. Any type of dishonesty in securing those credentials therefore invites serious sanctions. In accordance with the Standards of Conduct in the Canyon College Bulletin, a student or organization may be disciplined, up to and including suspension and expulsion, for actual or attempted cheating, plagiarism*, or knowingly furnishing false information to any university employee.

*Plagiarism is defined as copying any part of someone else's written work and submitting it to the instructor as one's own, whether the original work is published or unpublished. This includes copying any portion of material printed, available online, or produced by other students, unless that portion is presented explicitly as the product of its actual author and clearly delineated from the student’s own text using approved formatting guidelines. The instructor will assume that all students have read and understand the material presented

FINAL PROJECT

I would like to have the student interview key management personnel in their respective chosen field of career in hospitality. Please contact me regarding getting a set of basic questions that you may ask. Or, you may email me a set of questions you may want to ask and I can review them. The final report should be 5-10 pages in length, doubled-spaced, 12 font, with 1” page borders.

ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY:

Midterm - 20 Points
Final Project - 35 Points
Final Exam - 35 Points
Weekly Assignments - 10 Points

COURSE SCHEDULE

WEEK 1

Required Reading:
Chapter 1: Introduction: Places & People – Destination Geography

Questions end of chapter Week 1 – due by Sunday

WEEK 2

Required Reading:
Chapter 2: The North American Aviation System
Chapter 3: Airports: Gateways to the World

Questions end of chapter Week 2 – due by Sunday

WEEK 3

Required Reading:
Chapter 4: The International Experience
Chapter 5: Travel by Rail

Questions end of chapter Week 3 – due by Sunday

WEEK 4

Required Reading:
Chapter 6: Travel by Road

MidTerm Due Day 5 – Sunday [20 points] (I will provide to you in the beginning of the week)

WEEK 5

Required Reading:
Chapter 7: Cruising & Other Waterways
Chapter 8: Travelers at Rest – The Hospitality Industry

Questions end of chapter Week 5 – due by Sunday

WEEK 6

Required Reading:
Chapter 9: Touring the World

Questions end of chapter Week 6 – due by Sunday

WEEK 7

Required Reading:
Chapter 10: Meetings and Incentives
Chapter 11: Providing Services and Sales

Questions end of chapter Week 7 – due by Sunday
Final Project Due Day 2 – Sunday [35 points]

Week 8

Required Reading
Chapter 12: Careers

Final Due Day 5 – Friday [35 points]

Final Note

I look forward to assist and instruct you in this course. Should you have any questions, please feel free to email me at your discretion. I wish you the best in your studies.

M. Albarran