Resort Food and Beverage

Summer 2018

Enrollment:

Fall, Winter, Spring

Degrees and Certificates

Program Website:

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Tuition and Fees

http://www.ccs.spokane.edu/TuitionFees

Additional Costs

Books$900
* Estimated cost of books, supplies and equipment for six quarters.

Program Description

The Resort Food & Beverage certificate will prepare a student for a career in the food and beverage industry; students learn about all different levels of service and types of food and beverage operations that are within hotels and resorts.  Students will study the national sanitation standards, how to maintain food and beverage costs, as well as, develop menu planning skills.

Students must complete all courses with a 2.0 grade or better before advancing to subsequent quarters.

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Pursue the many career opportunities in hotel, motel, or restaurant management.
  2. Formulate policies on advertising, publicity, and other marketing concepts.
  3. Analyze food-cost records and sales data to ascertain distribution of costs and revenues among departments such as housekeeping facilities, restaurants, bars, convention, and banquet rooms, which provide various hotel and food services to permanent and transient guests.
  4. Analyze the responsibilities, function, and interrelationships between the “front of the house” and the “back of the house” operation.
  5. Communicate effectively with superiors, subordinates and guests.
  6. Establish positive guest relations.
  7. Hire, train and supervise hospitality employees.
  8. Demonstrate proper personal hygiene and sanitation procedures in a hospitality operation.

Career Opportunities

The continued increase in tourism and business travel opens many opportunities for men and women to enter careers in the hospitality industry. These careers offer attractive surroundings and the opportunity for mobility and travel as well as excitement and adventure! POTENTIAL POSITIONS INCLUDE: Management and supervisory positions in hotels, motels, and restaurants; promotional management; food and beverage control management; housekeeping management and sanitation control in hotels, motels and restaurants; ownership in management of hotels, motels, restaurants; and many other career opportunities that are within the travel and tourism industry.

Certificate - SCC

Offered at Locations:  Spokane Community College

First Quarter
BT   152College and Career Strategies 5
HM   110Introduction to Hospitality 5
HM   130Human Relations 15
15

Second Quarter
BT   272Business Correspondence 25
HM   115Food Sanitation 33
HM   126Food Science 5
13

Third Quarter
CMST 227Intercultural Communication 5
HM   112Hospitality Mathematics 43
HM   251Restaurant Management 5
MMGT 223Customer Service 3
16

Fourth Quarter
BUS  140International Marketing 3
EMS  120Basic First Aid in the Workplace 2
HM   255Menu Planning 3
HM   265Hospitality Cost Controls 5
13
57 credits are required for the Certificate
1HM 130 may be substituted with BUS 280.
2Score on writing component of the COMPASS or ASSET test of 80% or better or 2.0 grade or better in BT 105.
3This course is required for certification by the Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association.
4HM 112 may be substituted with BUS 103.

Disclaimer: The college cannot guarantee courses will be offered in the quarters indicated. During the period this guide is in circulation, there may be curriculum revisions and program changes. Students are responsible for consulting the appropriate academic unit or adviser for more current and specific information. the information in this guide is subject to change and does not constitute an agreement between the college and the student.