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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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(HIST) History (462)

  
  • HIST 363 - U.S. Constitutional History to 1877

    3 Credit Hours
    The constitutional development of the United States through the end of Reconstruction. Topics include the foundations of constitutional government, law and economic development, sovereignty, balance of Federal and state power, individual rights, and the courts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 364 - U.S. Constitutional History from 1877 to the Present

    3 Credit Hours
    The constitutional development of the United States from the end of Reconstruction to the present. Topics include immigration and imperial expansion, substantive due process, the New Deal Court, civil liberties during war, the administrative state, and individual rights. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 366 - Hollywood and the 20th Century

    3 Credit Hours
    Social and cultural history of moving pictures as technology, art, and business. Highlights the role of film in shaping twentieth-century America. Writing emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 369 - History of the Middle East

    3 Credit Hours
    Rise and spread of Islamic civilization to the 16th century. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Judaic Studies 369.)
  
  • HIST 370 - History of the Middle East

    3 Credit Hours
    The Middle East from the 16th century to the present. Impact of the West and background of current problems in the area. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Judaic Studies 370.)
  
  • HIST 371 - African History

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of sub-Saharan Africa from 700-1700. State creation, trade, and the spread of Islam. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 371.)
  
  • HIST 372 - African History

    3 Credit Hours
    Dynamics of Africa’s encounter with Europe from 1500 to the present. Slave trade, colonial, and independence eras. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 372.)
  
  • HIST 373 - Historical Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Variable content. Selected topics in history. Thematic focus, lecture-discussion format. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 374 - History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines the history of the civil rights movement in the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 374 and American Studies 374.)
  
  • HIST 376 - African-American Womenʼs History from Slavery to the Present

    3 Credit Hours
    Surveys the social, cultural, political, and economic history of black women in the United States from the earliest importation of slaves from Africa and the Caribbean to the present day. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 375; Women’s Studies 376.)
  
  • HIST 379 - The African-American Experience from the Colonial Period to the Civil War

    3 Credit Hours
    Impact of the African slave trade on the cultural, economic, and social development of the colonies. Slave culture, adaptation, and resistance. Freed black people. The formation of an African-American identity. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 376.)
  
  • HIST 380 - The African-American Experience from the Civil War to the Present

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics in 19th- and 20th- century African-American history. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 380.)
  
  • HIST 381 - History of South Africa

    3 Credit Hours
    South African history from the pre-colonial period through the apartheid and post-apartheid eras. Topics include African state formation and resistance to European colonization, the impact of industrialization, the evolution of modern resistance movements, and the first democratic elections in 1994. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 381.)
  
  • HIST 382 - Archaeology of the Biblical World

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces the archaeology and material culture of ancient Israel and the biblical world, from the Epi-Paleolithic Period (10,000 – 8,500 BCE) to the end of the Iron Age in the 6th century BCE. Cultural and social influences from the Mediterranean and Near East on ancient Israel will be emphasized along with important discoveries related to biblical history and literature. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Judaic Studies 382.)
  
  • HIST 383 - Early Jewish History

    3 Credit Hours
    Biblical-Talmudic periods (1200 BCE-600 CE). Origins of the Israelites, development of independent Israelite and Jewish states in the ancient Near East, rise of Jewish Diaspora communities, cultural convergences with Hellenism and early Christianity, and the development of Rabbinic Judaism. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Judaic Studies 383.)
  
  • HIST 385 - Studies in World History

    3 Credit Hours
    Variable content. Selected topics in world history involving analysis of two or more world cultures.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 386 - Topics in Atlantic World History, 1492-1850

    3 Credit Hours
    The integration of the peoples and regions around the Atlantic Ocean. Topics include New World settlement, slavery, imperial expansion, and imperial decline. Ocean-centered focus on the historical processes responsible for connecting Europe, Africa, North and South America through the flow of peoples, goods, and ideas. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 389 - History of China

    3 Credit Hours
    China to 1600. Surveys the history of Chinese society from the Neolithic Revolution to 1600. Governmental structure, social organization, economic and technological developments, religious practices, artistic, intellectual and literary traditions, and cross-cultural exchanges. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 390 - History of China

    3 Credit Hours
    China since 1600. Highlights China’s transformation from a dynastic system to a modern nation state and examines the forces, internal and external, driving China toward a major revolution in the 20th century. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 391 - Modern Chinese Intellectual History

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines major intellectual currents in late nineteenth and twentieth-century China, including: reconsideration of the role of Confucianism in Chinese state and society, gender and the family; the rise of a philosophy of science and social survey movements; and the formulation of a Chinese Marxist ideology. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 392 - History of Pre-Modern Japan

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces aspects of the history, culture and interpretation of the area of the world that later became the nation-state of Japan. Topics include Japanese kingship, court culture, the rise of the samurai, civil war, and religious movements. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 393 - History of Modern Japan

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces the politics, culture and ideologies of modern Japan from 1800 to the 1990s. Investigates the process of Japan’s experience as a modern nation-state, with emphasis on the complex interplay between Japan’s participation in global modernity and its simultaneous assertion of cultural particularity. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 394 - Chinese Intellectual History: Early Times

    3 Credit Hours
    Surveys intellectual traditions in China from early times to the medieval period, beginning with Confucius. Considers the development and evolution of primary concepts and values over centuries, and the impact of changes in forms of political organization on intellectual life. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 395 - The Crusades and Medieval Christian-Muslim Relations

    3 Credit Hours
    The major wars of European Christian armies against Muslim societies, 1050 to 1500, considered from political, military, cultural, religious, intellectual, and diplomatic perspectives. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Judaic Studies 395.)
  
  • HIST 396 - The American Century

    3 Credit Hours
    American cultural history focusing on the role of popular culture in shaping and reflecting American ideals, and domestic and international influence and power in the 20th Century. Examines a wide range of media in US and global context. Writing emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 400 - History and Archaeology of Mesopotamia

    3 Credit Hours
    Mesopotamia (Assyria and Babylonia) from the 5th millennium to the Iron Age. Specific topics will include the development of village and state-level societies and the emergence of social and political institutions, literacy, imperialism, and intersocietal interaction. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 407 - Honors: Senior Paper

    3 Credit Hours
    Bibliographic search, research, and conceptual clarification for the senior paper.

  
  • HIST 408 - Honors: Senior Paper

    3 Credit Hours
    Organization and writing of the senior honors thesis. Required of students working for honors in history.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    Credit Restriction: Grade of A or B required for honors credit.
  
  • HIST 417 - Honors: Seminar in United States History

    3 Credit Hours
    Variable content. Selected topics in American history for honors students. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated up to 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 418 - Honors: Seminar in Non-U.S. History

    3 Credit Hours
    Variable content. Selected topics in non-U.S. history for honors students. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated up to 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 429 - Medieval Intellectual History

    3 Credit Hours
    The evolution of thought in Europe from late antiquity to the advent of Humanism, especially connections between major thinkers and their social, economic, and professional contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 431 - European Intellectual and Cultural History

    3 Credit Hours
    Romanticism to Relativism ― 1750-present.

  
  • HIST 432 - Topics in Modern European History

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected themes and issues in modern European history, eighteenth century to present. Variable content.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 433 - European Diplomatic History

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines the diplomatic history of modern Europe, including the rise of the Great Powers and the “balance of power system”; challenges to the state system by Napoleon, the German empire, and Hitler; the creation of overseas empires, and the decline of European world power. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 434 - Modern European Imperialism

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics include the slave trade, the scramble for Africa, liberal imperialism, theories of empire, gender, migration, and decolonization. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 435 - Science, Magic, and Religion in Early Modern Europe

    3 Credit Hours
    This course examines the role of alchemy, natural magic, and the natural sciences in early modern European culture (1400-1700) with special attention to the social, religious, economic, and political developments that shaped these intellectual traditions. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 436 - History of Gender and Sexuality in the U.S.

    3 Credit Hours
    Topical examination of the role of gender and sexuality in American social and cultural history. Topics include marriage, sexual identity, reproductive rights, interracial sexual relations, courtship and dating. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as American Studies 436.)
  
  • HIST 439 - Food and Power in United States History

    3 Credit Hours
    This course examines American history through the lenses of food and agriculture, emphasizing social, political, economic, and environmental questions, as well as interactions with the non-human world. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 440 - War and Truth in America

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores the relationship between the U.S. government and the press in times of war, with emphasis on the conflict between First Amendment rights and the demands of national security. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as American Studies 440.)
  
  • HIST 441 - The American West

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of “the West” as both frontier and region, real and imagined, from the first contacts between natives and colonizers in the 15th century to the multicultural encounters of the 20th century. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 444 - History of the South

    3 Credit Hours
    New South from Reconstruction through the Second Reconstruction.

  
  • HIST 449 - History of Tennessee

    3 Credit Hours
    Tennessee’s history from the 18th century to the present.

  
  • HIST 450 - History of United States Foreign Relations

    3 Credit Hours
    Variable content. Examines America’s role in the world, and the ideology and practice of U.S. diplomacy. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 452 - The American Experience in World War II

    3 Credit Hours
    Diplomacy and warfare in Europe and Asia and the impact of the war on American society.

  
  • HIST 456 - Topics in Cherokee History

    3 Credit Hours
    Variable content. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as American Studies 456.)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • HIST 464 - The Spanish Conquest

    3 Credit Hours
    The history of Iberian and Native American societies leading up to the Spanish Conquest of the Americas, the Conquest, and its aftermath. Spanish and indigenous primary accounts of the process of conquest as well as the cultural, religious, gender, epidemiological, and political impact on Spanish and native societies. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 464.)
  
  • HIST 465 - Gender and Sexuality in Early Latin America

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical exploration of gender and sexuality in the social systems of pre-Colombian and colonial Latin America, with consideration of both indigenous and Spanish societies. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 466.)
  
  • HIST 466 - Studies in Ancient History

    3 Credit Hours
    Aspects of ancient Near East and Mediterranean history. Topics vary.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 469 - Studies in African History

    3 Credit Hours
    Significant issues in African history. Variable content. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 469.)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 474 - Studies in Medieval and Early Modern European History

    3 Credit Hours
    Particular aspects of medieval and early modern Europe. Variable content.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 475 - Studies in Latin American and Caribbean History

    3 Credit Hours
    Significant issues in Latin American and Caribbean history. Variable content. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 475.)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 476 - Studies in East Asian History

    3 Credit Hours
    Particular aspects of East Asian history, such as revolution in China, Japanese feudalism, modernization, and others. Variable content.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 479 - Studies in United States History

    3 Credit Hours
    Particular aspects of United States history. Variable content.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 480 - Studies in Middle Eastern History

    3 Credit Hours
    Particular aspects of Middle Eastern history. Variable content.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 482 - Colloquium in History

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical theme or problem. Emphasis on questions and skills. Special reference to historical writing including critical analysis of both primary and secondary sources. Recommended for seniors. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 484 - Studies in Jewish History

    3 Credit Hours
    Significant topics in the study of Jewish civilization and culture, including the development of the synagogue, Judaism and ethnicity, and the history of Jerusalem. Variable content. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Judaic Studies 484.)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 485 - Studies in Cross Cultural History

    3 Credit Hours
    Comparative analysis of specific historical issues or specific facets of the relationships between two or more cultures. Variable content.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 486 - Studies in the Ancient Near East

    3 Credit Hours
    History and archaeology of Egypt, Anatolia (Turkey), Cyprus, and Persia (Iran). The rise of social complexity and social boundaries in antiquity. Variable content. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • HIST 490 - Internship in the Center for the Study of War and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    A structured field work experience in public history at a research center documenting modern U.S. military history, including special projects such as grant writing, interviewing, and archival processing. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society.
  
  • HIST 491 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • HIST 494 - History of Tokyo, 1590-Present

    3 Credit Hours
    Urban development and architectural changes as examples of the social, political, economic, and cultural transformations that define the transition from pre-modern to modern Japan. Topics include construction of spaces, gendered spaces, spaces apart, and architecture as a source of authority. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • HIST 495 - Modern China in Film

    3 Credit Hours
    Changing conceptions of gender, class, race, identity, and the nation in modern China as seen through film. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Cinema Studies 495.)
  
  • HIST 499 - Senior Research Seminar

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical writing based on original research in primary sources. Variable content. Required for all majors except history honors students. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 299.
    Registration Restriction(s): History majors only.

(HONR) College Scholars Honors (509)

  
  • HONR 317 - College Scholars Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Sequence (317 and 318) is required of all College Scholars each year and may be taken in any order.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.
  
  • HONR 318 - College Scholars Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Sequence (317 and 318) is required of all College Scholars each year and may be taken in any order.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.
  
  • HONR 491 - College Honors: Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.
  
  • HONR 492 - College Honors: Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.
  
  • HONR 493 - College Honors: Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.
  
  • HONR 498 - Honors: College Scholars Studies

    2-12 Credit Hours
    Designed for College Scholars working on senior thesis, project, or performance.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): College scholars major.

(HRM) Human Resource Management (530)

  
  • HRM 360 - Managing Human Resources

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory, methods, and issues used to manage human resources in contemporary organizations. Overview of how organizations attract, motivate, develop, and retain employees, and how they interact with organizations representing employees. Designed to provide students with an opportunity to understand the functional areas of human resource management and the integration of these functions into an effective and efficient human resource management system.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): Business Administration 331 or 337 or Business Administration 341.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • HRM 480 - Developing Human Resources

    3 Credit Hours
    Ensuring that the skills, knowledge, abilities, and performance of the workforce meet the current and future organizational and individual needs through developing, implementing, and evaluating activities and programs addressing employee training and development, change and performance management, and the unique needs of particular employee groups.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 360.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • HRM 481 - Recruitment and Selection

    3 Credit Hours
    Workforce planning, recruitment and selection, organizational entry and socialization. Planning, developing, implementing, administering, and performing ongoing evaluation of recruiting, hiring, orientation, and organizational exit to ensure that the workforce will meet the organization’s goals and objectives.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 360.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • HRM 485 - Compensation and Benefits

    3 Credit Hours
    Strategies for maintaining high performance. Performance appraisal, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, health, safety and security issues.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 360 with grade of C or better.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • HRM 492 - Internship and Career Development

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Integrates classroom knowledge with skill based competencies in the human resources field through classroom instruction, interaction with outside speakers, attendance at professional meetings and an internship.

    Repeatability: May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 combined hours.
    Comment(s): Human resource management majors only.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • HRM 493 - Independent Study

    3 Credit Hours
    Readings, research, and special projects.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Comment(s): Restricted to majors in the Haslam College of Business.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(HRT) Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism (514)

  
  • HRT 101 - Science of Foods and Culinary Fundamentals

    3 Credit Hours
    Scientific principles involved with selection, preparation, and evaluation of quality food.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab each week.
  
  • HRT 210 - Foodservice Operations Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles of menu development, equipment selection, layout, purchasing, production, and service of food in volume.

  
  • HRT 211 - Hotel and Resort Operations

    3 Credit Hours
    Operational theory of lodging and an exploration of the lodging industry in terms of nature of work, organizational structure of lodging segments, the meaning of guest services, differentiation of brands, current industry issues, and evaluation of the market place.

  
  • HRT 212 - Conventions, Meetings, and Events

    3 Credit Hours
    Understanding the concepts and models of conventions/meetings, roles of meeting planners, identifying decision makers, site selection, negotiating, budgeting, and marketing commitment.

  
  • HRT 224 - Tourism Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of the various components of the tourism industry, motivators to travel, and the various market segments. Includes analyses of the economic, social, cultural, and environmental impacts to tourism.

  
  • HRT 311 - Human Resources Management in Hospitality and Retailing

    3 Credit Hours
    The core concepts of managing an organization’s culturally-diverse workforce ― recruitment and selection, training and development, and employee relations.

    (Same as Retail and Consumer Science 311.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 or 211 or 212 or 224 or Retail and Consumer Sciences 210.
  
  • HRT 326 - Food and Lodging Cost Control

    3 Credit Hours
    Budget, cost analysis, computer, financial statement use in decision-making in lodging and foodservice systems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210, 211, and Accounting 200.
  
  • HRT 330 - Working with Diversity in the Service Industry

    3 Credit Hours
    Offers improved understanding and ability to effectively manage a diverse hospitality workforce. Dimensions of diversity presented and discussed from historical, psychological, and sociological perspectives to provide a depth of understanding and appreciation of difference, and its impact on society and work.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 or 211.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 212 or 224 and English 101, 102.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • HRT 361 - Issues and Trends in Consumer Service

    3 Credit Hours
    Building competencies in providing outstanding customer service in retail organizations. This course will create a unified approach to customer service, recognizing the importance of store environment planning, organizational policies, and internal marketing that will lead to increased business by attracting and retaining desired customers.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
  
  • HRT 390 - Professional Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of skills important to career success. Focus on business communications, time and stress management, and motivational and negotiating skills.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 326, 310, and English 101 and 102.
    Registration Restriction(s): Hotel, restaurant, and tourism or retail and consumer sciences major.
  
  • HRT 410 - Strategic Planning for the Hospitality Industry

    4 Credit Hours
    Hospitality management from a strategic planning perspective. Introduces model, methods, and techniques that can be used to identify strategic issues, and generate future-oriented action plans. Explores the manager’s role as a strategic thinker. Includes a lab in which students will be presented with real world business problems and asked to generate solutions.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 hour lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311, 326, and Management 300.
  
  • HRT 423 - Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism

    3 Credit Hours
    Marketing principles and practices specifically applied to the hospitality and tourism industry. Includes the analyses of various hospitality and tourism marketing strategies and the implications of those strategies. Develops the use of marketing tools as an integral part of the hospitality and tourism operation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210, 211, 212, and 224.
  
  • HRT 425 - Legal Issues in Service Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Legal rights and responsibilities of service industry managers, their staff, and clientele.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
    Registration Restriction(s): Hotel, restaurant, and tourism major.
  
  • HRT 435 - Meeting Planning, Special Events, and Convention Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Management techniques used in the execution of meetings, marketing, conventions, and special events. Emphasis on integration of management principles and strategic planning.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 212.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • HRT 440 - Special Topics: Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Developments, issues, and problems in hotel, restaurant, and tourism. Variable topics.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • HRT 445 - Advanced Food Production and Service Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of management concepts in menu design, personnel, cost control, and production and service of food.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210.
  
  • HRT 450 - Advanced Lodging Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Designed to allow students to interpret operational problems currently occurring in the hotel industry in a case study, interactive environment. The student will analyze management opportunities and threats within a hotel and determine reasonable alternatives.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Marketing 300.
  
  • HRT 455 - Hospitality Revenue Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Pricing and demand allocation strategies for maximizing revenues of hospitality firms are examined. Hotel demand analysis is used in differential pricing strategies and inventory allocation decisions across electronic distribution channels. Revenue management strategies including forecasting demand and overbooking are examined for hotels, airlines, sports and entertainment, cruise lines, and food and beverage sectors.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211 and 390.
  
  • HRT 484 - International and Multicultural Tourism

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines international and intercultural tourism trends, planning, and development issues. Special emphasis is given to the factors affecting patterns of international travel, planning practices, facilities, and services necessary to attract and host international tourists, and the development and operation of tourism attractions in developing countries. An overseas study tour is required as part of this course.

  
  • HRT 492 - Professional Experience

    6 Credit Hours
    Supervised educational experiences in selected hospitality operations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 390.
    Registration Restriction(s): Hotel, restaurant and tourism major.
  
  • HRT 493 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual problems or activities for students with special interests in hotel, restaurant, and tourism.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Hotel, restaurant and tourism major.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • HRT 494 - Directed Study: Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual student-faculty experience.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(HSP) Haslam Scholars Program (446)

  
  • HSP 195 - Summer Leadership Program

    1 Credit Hours
    An intensive study of leadership in society.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Comment(s): Required of and limited to first-year Haslam Scholars.
 

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