The hospitality management program will prepare you for successful professional practice through a foundations curriculum courses, specialized course work in foodservice and lodging management, and a minor in business administration. The curriculum is designed to provide a foundation through theory and research as well as opportunities to apply classroom learning in both practice and professional settings. For example, through your courses in food and beverage management and quantity food production, you will learn principles and practices for managing foodservice operations and then apply this knowledge in planning, preparing, and serving meals in a restaurant lab in the Darden Restaurant / Red Lobster Dinning Room. Such on-campus experiences prepare students to compete successfully for excellent internship placements.

• Program Requirements
• Conventions and Special Events Concentration 4 Year Plan
• Food and Beverage Concentration 4 Year Plan
• Hotel and Lodging Concentration
• ECU Course Descriptions
• Career Opportunities

BS/MBA in Five Years
A unique opportunity at East Carolina University is to complete an undergraduate degree in hospitality management and an MBA within just five years.

Advanced degrees increasingly are expected for advancement to higher level management positions in the hospitality industry. Students participating in this accelerated program must maintain good grades, including earning a grade of B or better in all courses in the business administration minor. A separate application to the MBA program is required in the senior year. Students pursuing this accelerated program work closely with their faculty advisers in planning their courses of study, beginning with the freshman year. Click here for more information.