Undergraduate Hospitality Courses

The Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration’s hospitality coursework forms the basis of your undergraduate learning experience. Our comprehensive core classes and elective offerings ready you for your promising career in the vibrant hotel administration industry.

Hotel Administration Course List by Specialty

Comprehensive, diverse courses to fuel your career in hospitality
From accounting to food and beverage management to strategy, the Nolan School offers hospitality courses to provide you with foundational knowledge and skills to prepare you for your hospitality career. Browse individual course descriptions or courses by specialty below.

Accounting

Financial accounting, managerial accounting, and analysis of financial statements are some of the accounting basics essential to your business foundation.

Employment Relations, Human Resources, and Law

Labor relations, business and hospitality law, e-commerce law, and real estate law are some of the subjects covered by these courses.

Entrepreneurship

Learn more about entrepreneurship, whether you aspire to launch your own business, bring your fresh vision to an organization, or learn more about innovation.

Finance

Broaden your hotel and hospitality course selections: Learn about corporate finance and investments, from beginning to intermediate levels.

Food & Beverage Management

Supply-chain management, catering, sustainability, and more: Learn all about the science and art of managing food and beverage services.

Information Systems

From database management to Visual Basic to business computing, learn crucial information technology (IT) skills for the hospitality industry

Management and Organizational Behavior

Leadership and ethics, professional relationships, negotiations, and the Hotel Leadership Development Program are only a few of these offerings.

Properties Development and Management

Facilities design, visioning and concept design, sustainability, and hospitality facilities management are a few of the offerings within this specialty.

Real Estate

The cornerstone of the Nolan School undergraduate degree, our real estate courses include investment, finance, modeling, and many other aspects of the specialty.

Services Marketing

The Nolan School’s marketing course offerings include marketing principles, brand essentials, marketing communications, and much more.

Services Operations Management

Study systems and processes, quantitative analysis, revenue management, data-driven analytics, and other vital hospitality business functions.

Strategy

Discover coursework in competitive strategies, strategic management, and advanced topics in strategic management.

Other

This category covers miscellaneous course offerings, including experiential learning, management internship courses, Distinction in Research, and a seminar in Leadership, Diversity, and Inclusion.

All Courses

Hospitality management and hotel administration are multidisciplinary. Browse all Nolan School courses and course descriptions, in one comprehensive list.