Atlanta Technical College in Atlanta, Georgia, offers an associate's degree in which students can specialize in hotel or tourism management. Required courses include basic education classes such as English composition, public speaking, economics, quantitative skills and algebra. Program-specific courses include accounting, leadership, computer use, introduction to the industry and employee training. Students specialize by taking courses like hotel operations, food and beverage management, marketing and travel agency operation.
Students can earn an associate's degree in hospitality, travel and tourism from Axia College, part of the University of Phoenix. The program, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, includes basic courses in math, communications, social sciences, life sciences and humanities. Industry courses include finance for hospitality workers, lodging operations, food and beverage management and industry technology. Axia's courses are taught in blocks of two complementary courses for nine weeks each.
NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers a bachelor's degree in hotel and tourism management. Most of the first two years consist of foundation courses in arts and sciences. Courses for the major focus on industry accounting, human resources, leadership and business. The program requires juniors and seniors to work as interns for hands-on experience.
Students can find an online bachelor's degree courses in hospitality and tourism management from the University of Massachusetts. The university does not offer all the basic courses online, but students can transfer courses from other institutions. Courses include restaurant management, casino operations, hospitality law, accounting and personnel. Because the program is intended for part-time students, students take limited numbers of credits each term.