2020-2021 Catalog 
    
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HOS 195 - Hospitality Practicum


Description: Work experience in the hospitality and tourism industry. Students are required to partner with an approved hospitality business and complete a minimum of 60 hours of experiential work experience. [Repeatable for a total of 6 credit hours toward degree/certificate requirements.]

Prerequisites: HOS 100  (May be taken concurrently).

Credits: 3
Lecture: 1
Lab: 4

Course Content:
  1. Communication skills
  2. Time and energy management
  3. Stress management
  4. Careers
  5. Job market
  6. Principles, theories and practice in hospitality
  7. Work-related problem solving
  8. Hospitality etiquette
  9. Customer service 

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Use effective oral and written communication skills for job success. (1)
  2. Employ time and energy management techniques for job efficiency. (2)
  3. Identify and cope with stress in the work place. (3)
  4. Identify hospitality career fields, goals and job availability. (4,5)
  5. Use basic principles and theories of hospitality, learned in previous courses completed, in physical work situations. (6)
  6. Identify and solve problems which arise in work. (7)
  7. Use hospitality protocols. (8)
  8. Adhere to industry standard customer service conventions. (9)