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HUMANITIES 177

216                                            230                                             105H
WINE SELECTION AND                             HOSPITALITY LAW                                 HONORS THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
PRESENTATION
3.0 Units                                      3.0 Units                                       3.0 Units

HRM 216 is an introductory course designed     HRM 230 covers business related torts, real     HUMAN 105H is an interdisciplinary,
to provide students with an understanding      and personal property, and contracts, with      intercultural course designed to challenge
of winemaking principles, including history,   an emphasis on hotels, restaurants, resorts     students to further develop critical read-
grape growing, fermentation, and winery        and associated businesses. The duties of        ing, writing, and thinking abilities through
operations. The course includes wine tasting   innkeepers, food and beverage liability, truth  comparative study of materials from litera-
and field trip to a winery. Lecture 3 hours.    in advertising, and management responsibil-     ture and various disciplines. Students evalu-
Prerequisite: Students must be at least 21     ity to employees are also studied. Lecture 3    ate some of the most relevant issues faced by
years of age and possess a valid form of       hours. Prerequisite: HRM 115 or equivalent.     people of the United States and other cultures
picture identification to verify age. Course    Transfer Credit: CSU                            throughout history, with emphasis on values
Typically Offered: Spring.                                                                      and ethics. The course examines the creative
                                               256                                             impulses and destructive forces that have
220                                            MANAGEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL                     influenced the human struggle for order,
FRONT OFFICE OPERATIONS                        FOODSERVICE AND HOSPITALITY                     acceptance, knowledge, understanding, self
3.0 Units                                      PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONS                        expression, power, freedom, individuality
                                                                                               and survival. Students improve their abili-
HRM 220 provides instruction and proce-        3.0 Units                                       ties to analyze, synthesize, develop original
dures in the front-office operation of a                                                       ideas, distinguish fact from opinion or belief,
hospitality lodging enterprise. Emphasis is    HRM 256 covers management skills for            and use logic and reason in language and
placed on the following aspects: public and    students pursuing a career in supervision       thought to determine whether the solutions
employee relations, guest accommodations/      within the restaurant/hospitality/healthcare    of the past are compatible with the problems
reservations, forecasting, office routines     industry. It includes the application of basic  of today and tomorrow. Writing instruction
and reports, machine operation, room rates,    management concepts and techniques neces-       focuses on improving advanced composition
and the application of computer programs.      sary in achieving objectives in the manage-     skills. The course may be team-taught. The
Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: None. Trans-    ment of human resources and foodservice         honors course will be enhanced in one or
fer Credit: CSU                                operations. Using case studies, students        more of the following ways: 1. Accelerated
                                               analyze the hospitality workplace, manage-      standards of reading levels, emphasizing
221                                            ment responsibilities in budgeting for the      primary sources. 2. Accelerated standards
HOUSEKEEPING MANAGEMENT                        operations as well as coaching, training, and   of critical thinking, including critical writ-
OPERATIONS                                     communicating with the workforce. Decision      ing and thesis-based essay exams. Lecture
3.0 Units                                      making and leadership development is also       3 hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL
                                               discussed. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended         101. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
HRM 221 acquaints the student with house-      Preparation: ENGL 191 or ESL 141 or equiva-
keeping duties as they pertain to rooms and    lent. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring.     106
accommodations in a hotel or motel. The                                                        CULTURES AND MEANING
course focuses on the comfort of guests as a              HUMANITIES
priority concern. Emphasis is placed on effec-                                                  3.0 Units
tive communication between housekeeping,       105
front office and engineering/maintenance.        THE HUMAN STRUGGLE                              HUMAN 106 is an interdisciplinary course
Students receive instruction in report writ-                                                   that emphasizes the complex relationship
ing. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: None.      3.0 Units                                       between culture and meaning. Students
                                                                                               are encouraged to read, think, discuss and
222                                            HUMAN 105 is an interdisciplinary, intercul-    write critically about the concept of moder-
INTRODUCTION TO HOTEL AND                      tural course designed to challenge students     nity, as interpreted from different cultural
RESORT OPERATIONS                              to further develop critical reading, writing,   perspectives. By comparing several literary
3.0 Units                                      and thinking abilities through comparative      and scholarly texts, students address several
                                               study of materials from literature and vari-    intersectional problems including: identity
HRM 222 focuses on the development of          ous disciplines. Students evaluate some of the  formation; the politics of representation;
the core competencies required of a hotel/     most relevant issues faced by people of the     technologies; translations; social transfor-
resort manager in preparation for successful   United States and other cultures throughout     mations; and globalization. Lecture 3 hours.
management careers and leadership roles        history, with emphasis on values and ethics.    Recommended Preparation: ENGL 120 or
in the hotel and resort industry. Students     The course examines the creative impulses       ESL 151 or equivalent. Course Typically
will explore the following topics: front       and destructive forces that have influenced      Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU,
office, housekeeping, food and beverage,         the human struggle for order, acceptance,       UC, USC
sales and marketing, accounting, property      knowledge, understanding, self expression,
maintenance, human resources management        power, freedom, individuality and survival.
and information systems. Lecture 3 hours.      Students improve their abilities to analyze,
Prerequisite: None. Transfer Credit: CSU       synthesize, develop original ideas, distin-
                                               guish fact from opinion or belief, and use
                                               logic and reason in language and thought to
                                               determine whether the solutions of the past
                                               are compatible with the problems of today
                                               and tomorrow. Writing instruction focuses
                                               on improving advanced composition skills.
                                               The course may be team-taught. Lecture 3
                                               hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 101.
                                               Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/
                                               Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC

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