Travel and Tourism Program

Whether you might be making ready for a profession in hospitality or tourism, planning to switch or
updating your abilities, College of DuPage has the suitable program for you. We provide: 

• Dedicated instructors with years of sensible business and instructing expertise.
• Flexible schedules with day and night lessons.
• Affordable lessons.
• Articulated switch program with a number of prestigious establishments.
• Programs designed to organize college students with the talents which are in demand by at present’s
  employers.
• Study Abroad alternatives to places similar to Budapest and Prague.
• Member of the American Society of Travel Agents.

Travel and Tourism Professional

The Travel and Tourism Professional certificate requires 36 credit. Students take lessons in world locations, journey geography,
world distribution methods, cruise business gross sales and extra.

Travel and Tourism Foundations

The Travel and Tourism Foundations certificate prepares scholar for entry into the journey and tourism business. The certificates requires
12 credit. Students take lessons in journey and tourism and world locations.

Academic and Career Pathways

Hospitality and Tourism Program graduates will

• Engage in crucial evaluation and inventive considering
• Apply the essential ideas of analytical considering and downside fixing when inspecting
  hospitality administration points
• Analyze developments and organizational information and develop enterprise methods for the hospitality
  business
• Collect and consider data to make sound selections
• Demonstrate the power to combine ideas and theories throughout useful enterprise
  domains (e.g. Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Operations, and many others.)
• Demonstrate the data, abilities, and attitudes to perform successfully in a various
  and world organizational atmosphere
• Demonstrate proficiency within the utility of chosen know-how
• Synthesize core ideas within the areas of hospitality accounting, finance, human assets,
  advertising and marketing, operations, and quantitative strategies
• Demonstrate private {and professional} requirements for moral decision-making and social
  conduct
• Evaluate private {and professional} targets and growth primarily based on perceived strengths
  and potential for life-long studying
• Demonstrate the power to learn, pay attention, and clearly specific themselves utilizing written,
  oral, visible, and quantitative strategies to speak successfully with superiors,
  coworkers, clients, and members of the neighborhood
• Demonstrate management, teamwork, and interpersonal abilities wanted for managing numerous
  and world hospitality operations

College of DuPage companions with a number of four-year establishments to assist college students seamlessly
full a bachelor’s diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Students can join
with Transfer Services for customized steering on switch alternatives.

For extra details about Transfer Pathways, go to the College of DuPage Catalog. The pathway outlines a typical two-year course plan for finishing an AA or AS diploma
earlier than transferring to a four-year program. Course necessities differ by establishment,
so seek the advice of your college or tutorial advisor for particular steering.

Articulation Agreements

College of DuPage maintains switch agreements with many schools and universities
to make sure a easy transition towards a bachelor’s diploma. These agreements typically embody
an outlined course sequence. Students ought to often meet with a school member or
Advising Services to remain on monitor.

• Eastern Illinois University, AAS Hospitality and Tourism, Hospitality Management to
  BS in Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Eastern Illinois University, AAS Hospitality and Tourism, Meeting and Event Planning
  to BS in Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Northern Illinois University, AAS Hospitality Management to BS in Hospitality and
  Tourism Management, emphasis in Hospitality Management
• Northern Illinois University, AAS Meeting and Event Planning to BS in Hospitality
  and Tourism Management, emphasis in Meeting and Event Planning
• Roosevelt University, AAS in Hospitality Management to BS in Hospitality and Tourism
  Management (3+1)
• Roosevelt University, AAS in Meeting and Events Planning to BS in Hospitality and
  Tourism Management (3+1)
• Roosevelt University, AAS in Restaurant Management to BS in Hospitality and Tourism
  Management (3+1)
• Roosevelt University, AAS in Travel and Tourism to BS in Hospitality and Tourism Management (3+1)
• Western Illinois University, AAS in Hospitality Management to BS in Recreation, Park
  & Tourism, Option of Study: Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management Administration
  (RPTA)
• Western Illinois University, AAS in Meeting and Event Planning to BS in Recreation,
  Park & Tourism Administration (RPTA), Option of Study: Tourism, Hospitality and Event
  Management
• Western Illinois University, AAS in Restaurant Management to BS in Recreation, Park
  & Tourism Administration (RPTA), Option of Study: Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management
• Western Illinois University, AAS in Travel and Tourism to BS in Recreation, Park &
  Tourism Administration (RPTA), Option of Study: Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management

Transfer Guides

Beyond articulation agreements and assured admission applications, College of DuPage
programs switch to many different establishments. Transfer Guides assist college students choose COD programs that meet conditions for particular majors and
embody particulars similar to contact data, main necessities, common training
necessities, and switch insurance policies.