Retail, Hospitality,
and Tourism Management
Program Overview
Consumer spending accounts for nearly two-thirds of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and industries that provide goods and services to the ultimate consumer are expanding. Retail, restaurant, hotel, and tourism are important, growing industries that serve consumers—all which need talented managerial personnel.
Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management offers both undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare professional leaders for the retail, restaurant, hotel, and tourism fields.
Undergraduate degree options include Retail and Consumer Sciences, Restaurant and Food Service Management, and Hotel and Tourism Management.
M.S. and Ph.D. degree options include Retail and Consumer Sciences and Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management.
Graduate certificate programs also are available in Services Management and Tourism Development.
RHTM News & Events 
- USA Today April 2008- Travel industry wants you - and your rebate...Go
- Campus Chronicle March 2008 - Who's That Plaid?...Go
- Metro Pulse 2008 Restaurant Guide (UT Culinary Institute)...Go
- RHTM Notes April 2008...Go
- Hospitality, Tourism Professionals Speak at UT - March 26 & 27...Go
- RHTM students receive EURCA Award...Go
- HRT faculty & students at the Tennessee Governor's Conference on Tourism...Go
- The Culinary Institute at UT...Go
Click HERE to request a free copy of our exciting HRT Program DVD.
Contact the Department of Retail, Hospitality,
and Tourism Management
1215 W. Cumberland Ave.
110 Jessie Harris Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-1911
Email: rhtm@utk.edu
Fax: 865-974-5236
Hotel, Restaurant, & Tourism
Phone: 865-974-2141
Retail & Consumer Sciences
Phone: 865-974-2141