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Hospitality & Tourism: Entrepreneurship

Build the hospitality experience you wish existed. EIU’s Entrepreneurship option combines lodging, foodservice, events and destination management with accounting, management, an Entrepreneurship minor and a substantial industry internship.

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Degree Level
Bachelor of Science
Delivery
In Person
Time to Degree
8 Semesters
Credit Hours
120 Total, 70 in Major
Careers
Entertainment, Managers, Executives, Officers
Hospitality & Tourism: Entrepreneurship students at EIU

Why Study Hospitality & Tourism: Entrepreneurship at EIU?

  • Combine hospitality expertise with an 18-hour Entrepreneurship minor
  • Study accounting, management and business law alongside lodging, foodservice, events and tourism
  • Graduate with at least two career-related work experiences on your resume
  • Test your interests through a substantial 6-to-9-credit industry internship
  • Prepare to launch a venture or bring entrepreneurial thinking to an established hospitality organization
"I didn't expect to get real experience this early, but by my sophomore year I was already working on projects that felt like actual marketing work. It made me feel confident that I'm ready for what comes next."
Alex Wilcoxon
Marketing | Junior
Alex Wilcoxon, Marketing at EIU

Hands-On Experience

  • Complete an industry internship that develops operational and leadership experience
  • Apply hospitality concepts through project-based learning
  • Study real organizations through field trips, guest speakers and industry events
  • Explore business ideas through entrepreneurship coursework and applied projects
  • Build a professional network through conferences, student organizations and the industry advisory council
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Hands-On Experience, Hospitality & Tourism: Entrepreneurship students at EIU

What You'll Learn

The Entrepreneurship option is designed for students who want to create, grow or reinvent businesses in hospitality and tourism. Students develop industry knowledge through courses in lodging operations, food science and sanitation, nutrition, meetings and events, destination management, sustainability, business law, professionalism and hospitality leadership.

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$169,167
Median Salary 4 Years After Graduation

Career Outcomes

  • Entertainment & Recreation Managers
  • Chief Executives
  • Chief Sustainability Officers
  • General & Operations Managers
  • Regulatory Affairs Managers
  • Compliance Managers
  • Loss Prevention Managers
  • Wind Energy Operations Managers
  • Wind Energy Development Managers

Career Insights

Job Outlook ★ Bright Outlook Grow Rapidly · Openings
Preparation Needed Considerable (4/5)
Personality Fit Enterprising

Connect With Us

Dr. Nichole Hugo
Professor Hospitality and Tourism, Graduate Coordinator of Sustainability, MBA Graduate Coordinator
nhugo@eiu.edu
3625 Lumpkin Hall
217-581-8595
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Evan Kubicek
Senior Instructor
emkubicek@eiu.edu
3603 Lumpkin Hall
708-986-1802
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Billy Panther
Head of Panther Pride
Old Main
217-581-2223
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