5-Course Specializations

Departmental Specialization Curricula

Choose from four Departmental Specializations
• Give your students the specific technical and supervisory job skills employers demand for entrylevel management positions.
• These programs make perfect complements to a liberal arts education.
To adopt a Specialization, simply contact your account executive.

These 5-course Specializations provide content to the area of interest with specific technical and supervisory skills employers
seek for entry-level management positions.

Accounting and Financial Specialization
Required:
250 Supervision in the Hospitality Industry
362 Accounting for Hospitality Managers
462 Hospitality Industry Managerial Accounting
468 Managing Technology in the Hospitality Industry
Substitutions permitted:
261 Hotel and Restaurant Accounting*

Food and Beverage Specialization
Required:
250 Supervision in the Hospitality Industry
346 Managing Beverage Operations
349 Managing Service in Food and Beverage Operations
464 Planning and Control for Food and Beverage Operations
Substitutions permitted:
245 Food Safety: Managing with the HACCP System*

Rooms Division Specialization
Required:
250 Supervision in the Hospitality Industry
333 Managing Front Office Operations
338 Managing Housekeeping Operations
387 Security and Loss Prevention Management
Substitutions permitted:
468 Managing Technology in the Hospitality Industry*

Sales and Marketing Specialization
Required:
250 Supervision in the Hospitality Industry
374 Revenue Management: Maximizing Revenue in Hospitality Operations
472 Hospitality Sales and Marketing
478 Convention Management and Service
Substitutions permitted:
261 Hotel & Restaurant Accounting*

*Account executives work with academic institutions to develop a curriculum that best fits the school’s program needs and that enables students to earn diplomas, certificates, or areas of specialization from AHLEI. Course substitutions outside of the listed titles may be allowed after consultation between the school and account executive.