Bachelor of Science in Global Hospitality Leadership
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
31 Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 27,482 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for internation students | for transfer students deadline June 24, 2024| for freshman deadline June 3, 2024
** for non-residents| USD $11882 for residents
Key Summary
Introduction
BS in Global Hospitality Leadership is a specialized business degree that combines traditional business courses in accounting, economics, and law with social sciences, hospitality marketing, human resources, and communications. Students are also required to complete 1,000 hours of industry-related work experience as part of the degree and choose a career track to create a personalized degree plan that focuses on the sector of hospitality that interests them most. Students pursuing a career in the wine & spirits industry may also choose to earn a minor in beverage management and marketing.
Completion of our bachelor's degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours of coursework and a minimum of 1,000 clock hours of work experience in the hospitality industry. Students must satisfy at least 36 advanced credit hours with at least 24 of the last 30 semester credit hours in residence. Students wishing to declare a major in Global Hospitality Leadership must earn a minimum cumulative UH GPA of 2.85, submit a completed UH General Petition form declaring this major to the GHL Office of Academic Services, and sign an official major degree plan.
Curriculum
Total Required Credit Hours: 120
General Education (45 Credit Hours)
Communication (6 Hours)
- ENGL 1301 First-Year Writing I (3)
- ENGL 1302 First Year Writing II (3)
Mathematics (3 Hours)
- MATH 1314 or 1332 (3)
Math/Reasoning (3 Hours)
- MATH 1324 or 1351 (3)
American History (6 Hours)
- HIST 1376/1377 The United States to 1877 (3)
- HIST 1378/1379 The United States Since 1877 (3)
Government/Political Science (6 Hours)
- GOVT 2305 US Government: Congress, President, & Courts (3)
- GOVT 2306 US and Texas Constitution and Politics (3)
Language, Philosophy, and Culture (3 Hours)
- Language, Philosophy, and Culture* (3)
Creative Arts (3 Hours)
- Creative Arts* (3)
Life and Physical Sciences (6 Hours)
- Life and Physical Sciences* (3)
- Life and Physical Sciences* (3)
Social & Behavioral Science (3 Hours)
- ECON 2301 or 2302 (3)
Writing in the Disciplines (3 Hours)
- (Satisfied by successful completion of GHL 3358 - Hospitality Industry Law)
HRM Directed General Education
Speech Communications (3 Hours)
- GHL 2356 or COMM 3356 (3)
Statistics (3 Hours)
- MATH 1342 or PSYC 2317 (3)
The number in parenthesis (*) denotes credit hours
Global Hospitality Leadership (75 Credit Hours)
GHL Required Courses (55 Credit Hours)
- GHL 1301 Hospitality Technology (3)
- GHL 1320 Foodservice Management (3)
- GHL 1337 Introduction to the Hospitality Industry (3)
- GHL 1345 Safety & Sanitation in the Hospitality Industry (3)
- GHL 1367 Lodging Management (3)
- GHL 2160 Professional Development (400 Work Hours) (1)
- GHL 2340 Systems of Accounts in the Hospitality Industry (3)
- GHL 2343 Hospitality Cost Controls (3)
- GHL 2350 Management Principles in Hospitality (3)
- GHL 3341 Hospitality Managerial Accounting (3)
- GHL 3348 Principles of Hospitality Revenue Management (3)
- GHL 3352 Human Resource Management (3)
- GHL 3358 Hospitality Industry Law (3)
- GHL 3361 Hospitality Marketing (3)
- GHL 4343 Financial Administration for the Hospitality Industry (3)
- GHL 4350 Strategy and Innovation in the Hospitality Industry (3)
- GHL 4352 Hospitality Organizational Behavior (3)
- GHL 4353 Leadership in the Hospitality Industry (3)
- GHL 4360 Hospitality Internship (300 Work Hours, 300 Internship Hours) (3)
GHL Tracks – Select One Track (10 Credit Hours)
Lodging
- GHL 3364 Hotel Sales (3)
- GHL 3440** Hotel Operations (4)
- GHL 4361 Marketing Strategies (3)
Foodservice
- GHL 3336 Beverage Management (3)
- GHL 3349 Hospitality Purchasing (3)
- GHL 3420** Foodservice Operations (4)
Wine & Beverage Studies
(Prerequisite: Minimum Grade of “B” in GHL 3345 - Wine Appreciation)
- GHL 3336 Beverage Management (3)
- GHL 3445** Global Wine Emersion (4)
- GHL 4336 Beverage Marketing (3)
Project Management & Analytics
(Prerequisite: Minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.0)
- GHL 3353 Hospitality Metrics & Data Analytics (3)
- GHL 4370 Project Development and Mgmt. in the Hosp. Ind. (3)
- GHL 4462** Practical Project Management in the Hosp. Ind. (4)
GHL Electives (10 Credit Hours)
(Please see an Academic Advisor for current electives offered)
** Course contains an additional Laboratory component
Admissions
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
Undergraduate students at Hilton College have a number of options for scholarships and financial assistance. Scholarships are granted based on academic achievement, student leadership, participation in student organizations, honors, and awards received, work experience, references, accuracy, and timeliness in the application process.
Please contact us for a list of our industry scholarships.
All scholarship recipients must:
- Maintain a cumulative and semester grade point average of 3.0
- Maintain full-time enrollment status each semester
- Declare Global Hospitality Leadership as a major
- Complete at least one Global Hospitality Leadership course each semester
- Agree to adhere to the University's Academic Honesty Policy
- Attend a mandatory scholarship orientation session
Undergraduate students are eligible to receive a Hilton College scholarship for a maximum of 8 semesters, and graduate students are eligible for 4 semesters. Please note that scholarships are NOT automatically renewed. Recipients are required to renew their scholarship applications annually.
Applications for incoming students are accepted from October 1 to January 31.
Applications for current Hilton College students and scholarship renewals are accepted from October 1 to May 31.
please contact us.
Out-of-State Tuition Waiver
Out-of-state and international students who receive $1,000 or more from a competitive University of Houston scholarship may qualify for an out-of-state tuition waiver.