Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism
Retail and Consumer Sciences • Restaurant and Food Service Management • Hotel and Tourism Management
Mission: To build and support future leaders in hospitality and tourism by advancing knowledge and skills through education, research, integrity, and excellence.
The Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism major focuses on meeting the middle- and upper-level management needs of the food and lodging industry. It is a program that assists students in getting the breadth of knowledge, responsibility and creativity to meet the changing environment of complex management problems in industry. A business minor is built into the degree requirements.
The major requires extensive field experience. The curriculum provides a strong base in management and practical application of these skills. The general education electives help students to sharpen their analytical, conceptual, and communications abilities. Graduates may start as management trainees in restaurants, foodservice, hotels, support industries, or in tourism operations with subsequent upward mobility into management positions.
Curriculum
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Notes and Progression Requirements PDF
Progression
Application
Progression
Work Requirements
Junior
Field Experience Employer Fact Sheet
Junior
Field Experience Student Requirements
Senior
Field Experience Employer Fact Sheet
Senior
Field Experience Student Requirements
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