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HOS 214-Baking II (4)
Prerequisite: HOS 114
Builds upon learned basic skills and theories
to develop proficiency in baking and pastry
production. Students will further explore a range
of classical and modern baking preparations
for breads, doughs, cakes, custards, fillings,
toppings, and pastries. Develop design, finishing,
and plating techniques. Extra fees required.
HOS 216-Food and Beverage Operations (3)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: HOS 123 or HOS 163
Provides an analysis of different types of food service
operations, beginning with an overview of the
food service segment of the hospitality industry.
Detailed consideration is given to food and beverage
operations, food service marketing, menu planning,
nutrition concerns, menu cost and pricing strategies,
production, service, beverage management,
sanitation and safety issues, facility design and
equipment, accounting and food service automation.
HOS 240-International and
American Regional Cuisine (4)
• Cultural Competence
Prerequisite: HOS 113 or permission of
programmanager; Corequisite: HOS 250
Prepares, tastes, and evaluates traditional regional
dishes from the United States, Central and South
America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, and the
Mediterranean. Students will explore these
cuisines from a cultural, geographical, religious,
and historical perspective. Emphasis is placed
on ingredients, flavor profiles, preparations, and
techniques for these cuisines. Develops an expanded
understanding and appreciation of why and how
people from diverse world cultures approach food
and cooking differently. Extra fees required.
HOS 250-Restaurant Production
and Service (4)
Prerequisite: HOS 163 or HOS 210 or permission of
programmanager; Corequisite: HOS 240 or HOS 263
Provides the capstone student experience of applying
learned knowledge and skills in an operational
restaurant setting. Students rotate through the dining
room and kitchen in this intensive course. Front-of-
the-House students train and carry out dining room
rules of service from set-up to closeout. Back-of-the-
House students learn brigade station responsibilities
of à la carte preparation, cooking, and plating
techniques. All students work together to provide
quality customer service to guests. Extra fees required.
HOS 261-Applied Hospitality
Management (3)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: HOS 163 or
permission of programmanager
Provides leadership and management tools in
the hospitality industry to enhance guest service
and profitability by introducing students to
topics such as managing organizational change,
traditional management roles and styles versus
leadership in the twenty-first century, quality
management, continuous improvement, power
and empowerment, communication skills, goal
setting and coaching, high-performance teams,
diversity, strategic career planning, and ethics.
HOS 263-Hospitality Business Analysis (3)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: HOS 261 or
permission of programmanager
Learn a new approach to business analysis utilizing
revenue management, which is multidisciplinary
as it blends elements of marketing, operations, and
finance management. Students will learn about
the elements in revenue management and how to
utilize them to perform business analysis and make
recommendations for business enhancements.
HOS 265-HCTI Practicum (1)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: HOS 113 or HOS 261
Provides students with supervised experience in
a hospitality/culinary/tourism setting. In-service
training and practical experience totaling a minimum
of 240 hours in an approved hospitality operation,
lodging, commercial or institutional food service/
restaurant, meeting planning, or the related
travel/tourism field. Focuses on the acquisition of
employability, business, hospitality and/or culinary
technical and problem-solving skills that will give
students the tools to become successfully employed
in the hospitality, culinary, and tourism industry.
HS: Human Services
HS 102-Human Relations (3)
• Gen Ed Human Services; Cultural Competence
Prerequisite: EN 70 or EN 75 or EN 52 or ESL
99 or ESL 72 or Corequisite: EN 75
Introduces students to the fundamentals of
interpersonal communication and examines
such communication in the context of culture,
ethnicity, gender, age, and race in particular. As an
experiential course, it seeks to increase the skills
and sensitivity necessary for successful human
relationships in a diverse global, national and local
community. The impact of the increasing use
of interactive technologies is also examined.
HS 103-Introduction to Social Work
and the Human Services (4)
Prerequisite: EN 70 or EN 75 or EN 52 or ESL 99 or ESL 72
Surveys the philosophies of the field of social work
and all of the human services. Examines the historical
and theoretical approaches to the understanding of
social work and the agencies that deal with delivery
of services to members of society. Includes the
interrelationship of human services and examines the
knowledge, values and skills of the helping process.
Particular emphasis is placed on the concept of
human diversity and the impact of oppression and
discrimination. This course will highlight the human
needs that social workers address across the life span
with particular emphasis on the needs of older adults.
HS 104-Mediation Theory and Practice (3)
Prerequisite: EN 70 or EN 75 or EN 52 or ESL 99 or ESL 72
Explores mediation as a conflict resolution
method used in today’s society. Students will
learn the skill set necessary to use the mediation
process in formal and informal situations.
HS 203-Introduction to Counseling
and Interviewing (3)
Prerequisite: PS 101
Presents an overview of counseling theory, with focus
on the development of specific helping behaviors.
HS 204-Ethics and Practice Issues
in the Human Services and
Addiction Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: HS 203; Corequisite: INTR 103
Integrates a study of ethical and practice issues
in the human service field with the student's
experience in the internship education practicum.
Special attention will be given to the special
ethical issues in the addictions field.
HS 205-Fundamentals of Addictions (3)
Prerequisite: HS 203
Presents major theoretical approaches to the field
of addictions, and introduction to the twelve core
functions of the alcohol and drug abuse counselor.
This course will include skill development training
for the beginning alcohol and drug counselor.
HS 206-Pharmacology of
Psychoactive Drugs (3)
Prerequisite: PS 101
Presents the basic pharmacological and
neurophysiological fundamentals of licit
and illicit drug use. The primary focus of the
course is the explanation of how drugs may
alter body and brain function and how these
alterations influence and mediate human
behavior. Suggested for human service majors,
especially those interested in addictions, current
or potential health care professionals.