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Course Description
Supervised and structured industry practical experience. Requires signed learning agreement between student and employer prior to initiating internship; a minimum of 400 work hours for each credit hour. Maximum number of credit hours given for a summer experience is one. Maximum number of credits given in a semester experience is two.
Pre-requisite
Hospitality and Tourism Management majors only; and 6 credits in HTM. (Departmental Approval Required)
Course Objectives
- Students will be able to analysis the strengths and weaknesses of various types of hospitality operations and departments.
- Students will develop management and leadership skill through being put in real life situations.
- Students will develop interviewing and negotiating skills in finding and working out internship details.
- Students will synthesize the total internship learning experience by completing a comprehensive management report.
- Student will be able to apply coursework related knowledge in areas such as HR, Finance, Management, Law, etc to a real hospitality environment.
Textbook
Visit the HTM Undergraduate Courses Textbooks page to check information on the required textbook for this course.
Instructor Information
Howard Adler, EdD
Office: Stone 152D
Phone: (765) 494-5998
E-mail: adlerh@purdue.edu
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