Hospitality Tourism Management
The Hotel Restaurant Program was closed in the College of Arts and Science in Spring
2009 and moved to the College of Business in Fall 2009.
This program in the College of Business will provide students with the option of having
a Hospitality Tourism Management concentration or minor. It will also help meet the
workforce needs of the hospitality industry in the U.S. and abroad. This program
fits into the University’s objective of increasing enrollment and job placement. Hospitality
& Tourism careers have been and will continue to be important economy generators in
society. There are high expectations for employment that this added option would allow
more students to obtain employment in the hospitality industry, which is still strong
even in a not-so-good economy.
Completers of this program would have opportunities to become effective managers in
the hospitality industry. Many of the hospitality graduates will further their educational
development in areas such as pursuing M.B.A.’s, Teaching, Sports and Leisure Studies
and other public administration careers.
In the past, Grambling has produced hundreds of graduates and have attracted dozens
of companies seeking students to hire. This concentration and minor will complement
the Management degree program.
GSU College of Business has begun a two-year articulation agreement with Southern
University-Shreveport for students that will receive an Associate of Science degree
program in Hospitality Management. The forward plan is to attract Southern University
students to matriculate to Grambling for their last two years to receive a B.S. degree.
