The following course outline describes when the College of Hospitality their offers elective courses and in what format. The college will work with department to do its best to follow this schedule. Please note that course offerings may be limited in some semesters due to faculty availability. The college is committed to ensuring that all students can complete their degree on time by offering a wide range of elective courses throughout the academic year.
Students can complete any of the hospitality courses listed in the table below. These courses will count towards the hospitality elective course requirement or the general elective course requirement. Please consult with your hospitality academic advisor for additional guidance.
Note: On-campus students are permitted to enroll in courses that are offered exclusively online.
This schedule starts with Fall 2026 term and forward.
100-level Elective Courses
|
Prefix |
Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Fall on-campus |
Fall online |
Spring on-campus |
Spring online |
Summer online only |
Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
GAM |
125 |
Introduction to Tribal Gaming Industry |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
TCA |
141 |
Travel & Tourism I |
3 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
every year |
|
PGM |
178 |
Club & Golf Management – Non PGA Students |
3 |
|
|
|
✅ |
✅ |
every year |
200-level Elective Courses
|
Prefix |
Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Fall on-campus |
Fall online |
Spring on-campus |
Spring online |
Summer online only |
Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FAB |
200 |
Sustainable Food Tourism |
3 |
|
|
|
✅ |
✅ |
every year |
|
FAB |
230 |
Gastronomy Essentials |
3 |
✅ |
|
✅ |
|
|
every year on-campus only |
|
FAB |
236 |
Aesthetics of Music and Wine |
3 |
✅ |
|
✅ |
|
|
every year on-campus only |
|
FAB |
290 |
Bar Operations Management |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
|
every year |
|
FAB |
291 |
Zero-Proof Beverage of the World |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
✅ |
every even fall term / every summer term |
|
GAM |
225 |
Introduction to Gaming Management |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
✅ |
✅ |
every year |
|
HMD |
203 |
Front Office Operations |
3 |
|
|
|
✅ |
✅ |
every year |
|
HMD |
204 |
Hotel Operations |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
|
|
every year |
|
HMD |
226 |
Hospitality Information Technology |
3 |
|
✅ |
✅ |
|
✅ |
every year |
|
HMD |
227X |
Luxury Guest Experience |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
|
every year |
|
HMD |
237X |
Intro to Hospitality Data Analtyics |
3 |
✅ |
|
✅ |
|
|
every year |
|
HMD |
256 |
Compensation, Benefits, and Leave in Hospitality |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
|
|
every year |
|
SPTM |
220 |
Introduction to Sport Management |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
|
every year |
|
SPTM |
230 |
Sport Policy and Governance |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
|
every year |
|
SPTM |
240 |
Introduction to Sport Marketing |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
|
every year |
|
TCA |
202 |
The Sport and Entertainment Industries |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
TCA |
210 |
Global Event Management |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
✅ |
✅ |
every year |
|
TCA |
241 |
Travel & Tourism II |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
300-level Elective Courses
|
Prefix |
Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Fall on-campus |
Fall online |
Spring on-campus |
Spring online |
Summer online only |
Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FAB |
330 |
Restaurant Sustainability |
3 |
|
|
✅ |
|
✅ |
every year |
|
FAB |
333 |
Culture & Cuisine |
3 |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
every year |
|
FAB |
355 |
Food & Beverage Innovation & Entrepreneurship |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
|
✅ |
every year |
|
FAB |
362 |
World Spirits & Liqueurs |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
|
every year |
|
FAB |
363 |
Wines of the World |
3 |
|
|
✅ |
|
|
every year |
|
FAB |
366 |
Special Topics in Food Services Management |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
occasionally offered |
|
FAB |
367 |
Beers of the World |
3 |
|
|
✅ |
✅ |
|
every year |
|
FAB |
372 |
UNLVino Management |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
occasionally offered |
|
FAB |
373 |
Chef Artist Event Management |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
occasionally offered |
|
GAM |
334 |
Gaming Management I |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
GAM |
339 |
Protection of Casino Assets |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
|
|
every year |
|
GAM |
340 |
Gaming Device Management |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
|
|
every yer |
|
GAM |
342 |
Problem Gambling |
3 |
|
|
|
|
✅ |
every year |
|
GAM |
385 |
eSports Gambling Innovation Lab |
3 |
|
|
✅ |
|
|
every year |
|
HMD |
302 |
Franchising |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
occasionally offered |
|
HMD |
303X |
Senior and Later Living |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
HMD |
315 |
Ethics for the Hospitality Industry |
1 |
|
|
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
HMD |
320 |
Working with Diversity |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
HMD |
327X |
Luxury Experience Management |
3 |
|
|
✅ |
|
|
every year |
|
HMD |
360X |
Digital Marketing |
3 |
|
|
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
HMD |
376 |
Special Topics in Hotel Administration |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
HMD |
395 |
Facilities Management |
3 |
|
|
|
|
✅ |
every year |
|
SPTM |
320 |
Sport Event Management and Promotion |
3 |
|
|
✅ |
|
|
every year |
|
SPTM |
340 |
Sport Sales and Revenue Generation |
3 |
|
|
✅ |
|
|
every year |
|
TCA |
301 |
Event Proposal Process |
3 |
|
✅ |
✅ |
|
✅ |
every year |
|
TCA |
311 |
Event Sales and Marketing |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
TCA |
330 |
World Culture & Hospitality Management |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
TCA |
331 |
Asian Tourism |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
TCA |
345 |
The National Parks |
3 |
|
✅ |
✅ |
|
✅ |
every year |
|
TCA |
346X |
Sports Tourism |
3 |
|
|
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
TCA |
371 |
|
3 |
|
✅ |
✅ |
|
✅ |
every year |
|
TCA |
373 |
Resort Entertainment |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
|
every even fall |
|
TCA |
376 |
Special Topics in Tourism & Convention Administration |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
TCA |
378 |
Club Food & Beverage Management |
3 |
✅ |
✅ |
|
|
✅ |
every year – on-campus in even yrs & online in odd yrs |
|
TCA |
379 |
Catering Operations & Sales |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
TCA |
383 |
Meeting Planning |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
400-level Elective Courses
|
Prefix |
Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Fall on-campus |
Fall online |
Spring on-campus |
Spring online |
Summer online only |
Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FAB |
435 |
Multi-Unit Fast Casual Restaurant Management |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
|
✅ |
every year |
|
FAB |
474 |
Independent Study Food Service Management |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
✅ |
✅ |
every year |
|
FAB |
475 |
The Science of Cuisine |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
|
|
every year |
|
GAM |
437 |
Casino Industry Regulation |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
|
|
every year |
|
GAM |
439 |
Seminar in Casino Management |
3 |
|
|
✅ |
|
|
every year |
|
GAM |
440 |
Casino Marketing |
3 |
|
✅ |
✅ |
|
|
every year |
|
GAM |
442 |
Sociology of Gambling |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
✅ |
✅ |
every year |
|
GAM |
470 |
Quantitative Methods / Applications in Casino Gaming |
3 |
|
|
|
|
✅ |
every year |
|
GAM |
474 |
Independent Study in Gaming Management |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
GAM |
480 |
Gaming Innovations |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
|
every year |
|
GAM |
495 |
Special Topics in Gaming Operations |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
HMD |
411X |
Data Visualization in HOS |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
HMD |
445 |
Hospitality Innovation Lab |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
|
every year on-campus only |
|
HMD |
455 |
Hotel Administration Seminar |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
HMD |
408 |
Labor Management Relations in Hospitality |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
HMD |
409 |
Hospitality Security & Risk Management |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
occasionally offered |
|
HMD |
415 |
Current Issues in Hospitality Human Resources |
1 |
|
|
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
HMD |
456 |
Employment Development |
3 |
|
|
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
SPTM |
430 |
Hospitality Sport and Entertainment Analytics |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
|
every year |
|
SPTM |
440 |
Career Development in Sport Management |
3 |
|
|
✅ |
|
|
every year |
|
SPTM |
451 |
Sport Ethics and Law |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
|
|
every year |
|
TCA |
421 |
Hospitality Sport and Entertainment Analytics |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
TCA |
440 |
Sociology of Tourism |
3 |
✅ |
|
|
✅ |
|
every year |
|
TCA |
449 |
International Tourism |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
✅ |
✅ |
every year |
|
TCA |
457 |
Club Management Operations |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
TCA |
464 |
Sport and Concert Arena Management |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
✅ |
✅ |
every year |
|
TCA |
471 |
Practicum Hospitality Education |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
occasionally offered |
|
TCA |
476 |
Global Trade Show Operations |
3 |
|
✅ |
|
|
✅ |
every year |
|
TCA |
488 |
Special Events Design |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
TCA |
489 |
Sport Mega Events |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
|
TCA |
490 |
Festivals, Residencies, and Community Events |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
offered occasionally |
