Breaking Ground on Your Pathway

Plan Your Courses

Meet with our counselors to customize this plan just for you. You can also search the quarterly schedule for class days and times.

Placement

Math placement is not required for this program.
English placement is not required for this program.

Eastern Washington has an increasing number of visitors and conventions, join this fun, exciting, and growing industry.  If you are working in the hospitality field, use this certificate to advance your career.  The Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management certificate looks at the scope of business operations; in the area of tourism, social media and destination marketing are crucial to creating a successful visitor experience, and event planning studies a range of functions from social gatherings, conferences, special events, and festivals. 
 
The Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Management certificate includes general business courses that allow students an opportunity to apply their classes towards a General Business AAS degree at SCC.
 
Program Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate critical thinking, writing, and verbal communication skills that illustrate a comprehensive understanding of theoretical issues about the historical, cultural, social, business and philosophical bases of hospitality, tourism and events management at local, regional, national and international levels.
• Identify the principles of sustainable hospitality, tourism and events management and demonstrate knowledge of sustainable practices in applied business settings.
• Design, plan, market, and implement hospitality, tourism and event management programs that are designed to promote quality of life and instill a heightened sense of community within rural and diverse demographic groups.
• Demonstrate entry-level managing and budgeting skills with recognition of the performance metrics that are unique to hospitality, tourism, and events management businesses, guests, and communities.

Total Program Credits: 61