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Credits Required
120
120
Format
Online
Face To Face
Location

All undergraduate students begin their academic career on the Allendale Campus. Students in this major continue their upper division studies downtown on the Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus.

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Undergraduate students in this major study at the Grand Valley Allendale Campus.

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Coursework
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  • Agroecosystems
  • Land-use and transportation planning
  • Globalization
  • Environmental planning
  • Climate change
  • Geospatial technology: GIS, cartography, remote sensing
  • Sustainability
  • Urban and regional planning
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Career Options

Students may work in a variety of positions, including:

  • Convention sales/service
  • Director of sales
  • Hotel/resort general manager
  • Food and beverage director
  • Special events manager
  • Human resource management
  • Catering and conference sales
  • Convention and visitors bureaus
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  • Senior GIS analyst
  • City planner
  • GIS program director
  • Transportation planner
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Application Deadline
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Skills Employers Want

The B.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Management at GVSU will develop the skills you need to land the job you want. Whether the skills are advanced or general, you will build a resume of qualifications that are sure to attract employers. The following skills correlate with those pulled from actual hospitality job postings.

  • Customer engagement
  • Meeting and event planning and management
  • Teamwork
  • Sales
  • Leadership
  • Communications

Source: EMSI, 2022

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The B.A. and B.S. in Geography at GVSU will develop the skills you need to land the job you want. Whether the skills are advanced or general, you will build a resume of qualifications that are sure to attract employers. The following skills correlate with those pulled from actual job postings.

  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Urban Planning
  • ArcGIS (GIS Software)
  • Mapping
  • Research
  • Public Speaking
  • Leadership

Source: EMSI, 2020

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