Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management

With its wealth of world-class hotels, its rich blend of ethnic cultures and cuisines, arts and entertainment, sports and recreation, Chicago is one of the best places in the world to study hospitality and tourism. This four-year undergraduate degree program will prepare you to lead and innovate in hospitality, event and meeting planning and tourism. This program is available to all students on our Chicago campus, and will be offered at our Schaumburg campus for new incoming Transfer students beginning in Fall 2025. Our partnerships with industry leaders like Four Seasons provide students the chance to work directly with partner staff as a part of their regular coursework, through class visits to partner properties, guest speakers, internship opportunities, and real-world projects. Our faculty even collaborate with our partners to shape our class materials, assignments, and student objectives. Through intensive study, you’ll engage in creative problem solving and apply research methods to real issues and trends in the industry. You’ll study specialties such as hotel management, restaurant management and meetings and tourism. The hospitality industry is a major employer in the Chicago area and throughout the world. Our graduates go on to careers at leading hotels, restaurants, meeting facilities, associations, tourism offices and more.

A freshman applicant is defined as an individual who has completed or will complete a high school degree or its equivalent and has fewer than 12 transferrable college credit hours. The admission requirements for freshman applicants are as follows: Roosevelt requires applicants to attain a cumulative unweighted high school GPA of 2.0 for at least 3 years of study. Self-reported information is accepted for most programs but an official transcript will be required if you are admitted to Roosevelt University. If you took dual enrollment classes at your local community college as part of your high school diploma, you will need to submit transcripts from your community college in addition to your high school transcripts. Roosevelt is test-optional. If you have taken the ACT or SAT we encourage you to send your scores, though these are not required for admission.