Restaurant & Food Service Management (BS) may be completed fully online, although not all elective options or program prerequisites may be offered online. Newly admitted students choosing to complete this program exclusively via UCF online classes may enroll with a reduction in campus-based fees. Click here for more information about the online program.
Online Restaurant & Foodservice Management, BS
Degree Requirements
Hospitality Core
30 Total Credits
- Complete the following:
- HFT2401 - Hospitality Industry Financial Accounting (3)
- HFT2500 - Hospitality and Tourism Marketing (3)
- HFT2220 - Hospitality Human Resources Management (3)
- HFT3444 - Hospitality Information Systems (3)
- HFT3603 - Legal Environment in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry (3)
- HFT3431 - Hospitality Industry Managerial Accounting (3)
- HFT3540 - Guest Services Management I (3)
- HFT4464 - Hospitality Industry Finance (3)
- HFT4286 - Hospitality Communications (3)
- HFT4295 - Leadership and Strategic Management in Hospitality Industry (3)
Lodging and Restaurant Management Core
24 Total Credits
- Complete the following:
- FSS3124 - Food Supply Chain Management (3)
- HFT2254 - Lodging Operations (3)
- HFT3263 - Restaurant Management (3)
- HFT3813 - Marketing Analysis in the Food Ind (3)
- HFT4457 - Optimizing Profits in Food Ops (3)
- HFT4861 - Beverage Management (3)
- HFT4253 - Advanced Lodging Operations (3)
- HFT4468 - Revenue Management in the Hospitality Industry (3)
Restricted Electives
12 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Fine Spirits Management: Students can select either HFT4065 (fully online) or HFT 4065C (mixed-mode with lab
- Exploring Wines of the World: Students can select either HFT 4067 4866 (fully online) Wines of the World or HFT4866C (mixed-mode with lab)
- HFT 4865C Advanced Wine Management can only be taken after completion of either HFT 4866 or HFT 4866C
- Complete at least 4 of the following:
- FSS3008 - Culture and Cuisine (3)
- HFT3068 - History and Culture of Beer (3)
- HFT3654 - Hospitality Franchising (3)
- HFT3811 - Beverage Sales, Marketing, and Distribution (3)
- HFT3868C - History and Culture of Wine (3)
- HFT4065C - Fine Spirits Management (3)
- HFT4866 - Exploring Wines of the World (3)
- HFT4065 - Fine Spirits Management (3)
- HFT4244 - Hospitality Managerial Decision-Making (3)
- HFT4266 - Hospitality Brand Management (3)
- HFT4292 - Hospitality Innovation & Entrepreneurship (3)
- HFT4343 - Hospitality Facilities Management (3)
- HFT4473 - Hospitality Planning and Design (3)
- HFT4864C - Seminar in Quality Brewing and Fine Beer (3)
- HFT4865C - Advanced Wine Management (3)
- HFT4866C - Exploring Wines of the World (3)
- HFT4894 - International Gastronomy (3)
- HUN3013 - Nutrition Concepts and Issues in the Food Service Industry (3)
- HFT3014 - Wellness Management in Hospitality and Tourism (3)
- HFT3273 - Principles of Resort Timesharing (3)
- HFT4274 - Resort Management (3)
- HFT4522 - Lodging Sales Tactics & Strategies (3)
- HFT3012 - Gastronomy and Wellness Tourism (3)
- HFT3209 - International Spa Management in the Hospitality Industry (3)
- FSS3003C - Culinary Health (3)
- FSS3245 - Culinary Cannabis (3)
Internship
3 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Earn at least 1 credits from the following:
- HFT3940 - Internship I (1 - 99)
- Earn at least 1 credits from the following:
- HFT4941 - Internship II (1 - 99)
- Earn at least 1 credits from the following:
- HFT4944 - Internship III (1 - 99)
Grand Total Credits: 69
Electives
- 3-11 hours as necessary to result in 120 total credit hours.
Foreign Language Requirements
Admissions
- State University System foreign language admission requirement: two years in high school or one year in college instruction in a single foreign language. (This requirement applies to those students admitted to the University without the required two units of foreign language in high school.)
Graduation
Additional Requirements
- Final exams will be given during Exam Week only.
- Transfer students to this program must take a minimum of thirty (30) credit hours in Hospitality Management classes at UCF.
Required Minors
Departmental Exit Requirements
- Students must earn a minimum 2.0 overall GPA in course work taken within the Rosen College of Hospitality Management, and a minimum 2.0 GPA in all courses listed in the common program prerequisites, the basic and advanced core courses, and the restricted electives.
University Minimum Exit Requirements
- A 2.0 UCF GPA
- 42 semester hours of upper division credit completed
- 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
- 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
- A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
- Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 120
Additional Information
Honors In Major
Related Programs
Certificates
Related Minors
Advising Notes
- Students must earn a "C" (2.0) or better in each course listed in the common program prerequisites, the basic and advised cores, and the restricted electives.
Transfer Notes
- Subject to the general grade and residence requirements, credit will be granted for transferred course work equivalent to that required in UCF's Rosen College of Hospitality Management.
- Florida College System institution students are encouraged to complete general education requirements, prior to transferring to UCF.
- A minimum of 30 semester hours must be completed at UCF within the Rosen College of Hospitality Management.
- Orientation and advising are two if the most valuable tools that a student can make use of when transferring to UCF. Students should take advantage of both.
Acceptable Substitutes for Transfer Courses
Program Academic Learning Compacts
- Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs are located at: http://www.oeas.ucf.edu/alc/academic_learning_compacts.htm
Equipment Fees
- Part-Time Student: $37.50 per term
- Full-Time Student: $75 per term
