Marketing Principles – Course Number 08.47400
Course Description: Marketing Principles is the foundational course for the Marketing and Management, Fashion Merchandising and Buying, and Marketing Communications and Promotion Pathways. Marketing Principles addresses all the ways in which marketing satisfies consumer and business needs and wants for products and services. Students develop a basic understanding of Employability, Foundational and Business Administration skills, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Financial Analysis, Human Resources Management, Information Management, Marketing, Operations, Professional Development, Strategic Management, and Global Marketing strategies. Instructional projects with real businesses, work-based learning activities including School-Based Enterprises, and DECA application experiences should be incorporated in this course.
Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation Essentials – Course Number 20.53210
Course Description: The second course in the Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism Pathway educates students on the basics of marketing and business in relation to the hospitality, recreation, and tourism industry in the U.S. and abroad. Students will study destination geography, world economies, and historical timelines related to major segments of the hospitality industry. Students will determine how the lodging industry uses marketing to achieve goals. The vital roles of group, convention and meeting planning, human relations, communications and ethics will be discussed along with the recreation industry segment.
Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation Management– Course Number 08.45400
Course Description: The third course in the Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism (HRT) Pathway will ensure that students develop a leadership perspective about social, environmental, economic and consumer factors impacting the HRT industry. Students will analyze operations, control systems, management structures, service levels, cost effective operations and related technology. Students will demonstrate skills in handling legal and liability issues and human resources functions. Throughout the course, students will develop an innate understanding that exemplary customer service skills define success in the industry.