The University of South Carolina's College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management offers bachelor's degrees and graduate degrees in hospitality management, tourism management, retailing, and sport and entertainment management.
The hospitality management degree is designed to prepare students for leadership positions in the hospitality industry, including hotel, resort, restaurant, event and club management. Students can specialize in meeting and event management, food and beverage management, hotel and resort management and tourism management. A degree concentration in club management is also available.
The retailing degree offers two distinct areas of concentration: retail management, and fashion merchandising and digital innovations. The retailing major prepares students with a strong foundation of business curriculum and specialized training in the latest technology and strategies for careers in sales, e-commerce, fashion and apparel, store management, product marketing, entrepreneurship and more.
The sport and entertainment management degree is one of the top programs in the country, and is the largest program of its kind. Our alumni have successful careers in all sectors of the industry, including professional sport, college athletics, live entertainment, facility operations, festival management, esports, and more. The degree program offers areas of concentration in entertainment management, sport management, and venue and event management, as well as an option to graduate with leadership distinction in the undergraduate research track.
The degree in tourism management prepares students for global careers, including destination marketing, attraction management, festival planning and promotion, conventions and conferences, sustainable tourism and a wide variety of jobs in hospitality and travel-related industries. The major combines business fundamentals with strategies and specialized experience for building visitor-based businesses.
The College of HRSM's Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies is designed for nontraditional students who want a flexible degree that combines their previous experience and college credits with their interest in hospitality, tourism, retail, sport or entertainment management. This degree can be completed on campus or online.
The master's degree in international hospitality and tourism management provides a comprehensive study of the many facets of international hospitality and tourism management. Flexibility both in curriculum and in degree requirements allows you to design a program of study tailored to your personal career goals.
Our master's degree program is designed to train students for management and leadership roles in the sport, entertainment and venue industries.
The Ph.D. program produces world-class leaders who are trained at the highest level of hospitality and tourism research and education to serve in critical roles with industry and academic institutions around the world.
The Ph.D. program conducts both theoretical and applied research within the broadening domain of sport and entertainment.