In just two years, your degree can help you pursue management roles in the front office, guest relations or resort area.
Learn how to operate a successful hotel locally or abroad!
Manage the needs of every guest with a multifaceted education that includes business leadership, food preparation, hotel sales and marketing, and advanced hospitality management, providing a comprehensive educational background:
- Understand how to successfully supervise a highly diverse team of people.
- Learn to oversee food and beverage operations for maximum profit.
- Ensure excellence in housekeeping operations and foodservice sanitation.
- Effectively use business math, operational cost control and accounting strategies for the hospitality industry.
- Discover the power of marketing and sales campaigns in highly competitive markets to an increasingly demanding clientele.
- Apply the fundamentals of professional food preparation and cooking.
- Follow laws and regulations as they apply to the hospitality and tourism industries.
Networking, traveling, and career development—it’s all part of the curriculum!
Gain immediate professional experience through our active job board where local businesses seek out JCCC students.
Travel the globe! Enhance your classroom knowledge with HMGT 245: Travel for Credit, a course that allows you to travel and earn credits toward your degree at the same time. Our students have traveled to Italy, Ireland, New York, Chicago, and many other destinations.
Expand your knowledge with hospitality electives, including baking fundamentals, basic Spanish and menu design.
Sharpen your food preparation skills in the 36,000-square-foot Wylie Hospitality and Culinary Academy, which features:
- Five culinary labs fully equipped with restaurant-standard appliances and tools.
- An innovative kitchen where you’ll learn how to creatively adapt your skills in challenging scenarios.
- A culinary theater with a demonstration kitchen, where you can watch experts in action.
Network with the industry’s best. Our Hospitality Management Advisory Committee is made up of experts in the field who can give you advice and guidance throughout your time at JCCC and beyond.
High school students ready to get a head start on college courses can begin through our Articulated Credit for Hospitality Management program.
Meet the demand of the ever-growing tourism industry
In just two years, you’ll be ready to deliver a guest experience that wows. Our graduates enter the field as management trainees or department supervisors. Jobs include:
- Night manager
- Front desk or front office manager
- Guest services or guest relations manager
- Hotel or resort manager
- Rooms director
If you choose to continue your education at a four-year school, an academic counselor can help you explore transfer options. Many credits earned here will transfer to four-year programs, including all Kansas public institutions.
Find employment projections and salary information at the Power BI Post Graduate Report.
Need help with homework? No problem!
The JCCC Academic Resource Center offers free tutoring in almost any subject. And our small hotel and lodging management classes — most classes have fewer than 25 students — means you’ll get one-on-one attention and feedback from your professors.
Contact info:
Jason Lafferty, Director Hospitality Management
Phone: 913-469-8500 x3853
Location: HCA 103, Box 78
Email: jlaffer2@jccc.edu
