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Hospitality and Tourism

If you like a variety of tasks, providing excellent customer service and working as part of a team to make a guest’s experience exceptional, you might do well in a career in the Central Coast’s growing hospitality industry. This program includes materials that can lead to the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation’s ManageFirstTM Credential.

In order to prepare you for great opportunities in the hospitality industry – both here, at home and around the world – Central Coast College offers a comprehensive Hospitality & Tourism program.

As a student of this program, you will learn:

  • Principles of hospitality & restaurant management
  • Human resources management and supervision
  • Front office management skills
  • Customer service
  • Menu marketing and management
  • Managerial accounting
  • Inventory & purchasing
  • Business communications
  • Principles of controlling food service costs

In addition, you will gain on-the-job experience as an Intern.

Depending on previous experience in the hospitality industry, graduates of this program can find work in a wide variety of settings, including hotels, restaurants, conference facilities and wineries; as assistant managers, human resource assistants, guest services/group coordinators, front desk clerks, supervisors or managers, guest services representatives, or meeting and convention planners.

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"The best example is one of my team players in management... she is our lead MA (medical assistant), she came from Central Coast College eight years ago. She is fabulous."

Ruby Cohan
Assistant Director
Monterey Bay Urgent Care