Hi my name is Marty and I’d like you to meet a fellow USF classmate in the hospitality management major. Thank you, Marty, Hi my name is Homa. My goal is to work in the luxury hotel resort sector after I graduate from USF. How about you Marty? What is your dream job? My dream job is to travel the world seeking adventure and immerse myself in other cultures with a job in the travel writing or tourism industries. That sounds cool Marty. I may want to try that out too because I love to travel and try new restaurants. I also think sometimes I may want to work in the technology sector and get a job working for open table, yelp or even Google planning events in their Global event planning division! That’s interesting Homa. I’m sure glad we were able to take advantage of the great industry-based learning opportunities here in the Bay area with the many Michelin restaurants, luxury hotels and hi-tech companies! Me too, Marty! I really enjoyed our classroom visits to Napa Valley wine country and the Organic Star Route Farms that USF owns to learn more about sustainability and the environment, and how it affects the way we eat and live. What was one of your favorite classes Marty? Well Homa, that is a tough one. I really enjoyed taking Managing Hospitality Enterprises because we learned about managing people, work-life balance and how to care for one another, but I also liked taking the culinary arts entrepreneurship course and better understanding ways to create my own business. Me too, Marty! I really liked the Revenue Management course. It was so interesting to see how business decisions are made when you have data insights to inform your decisions. What I enjoyed most though was the personalized learning with our professors and the small class sizes here at USF. I feel like the professors really get to know us and understand what is important to us. I agree, Homa. I can’t wait to graduate and take advantage of the many industry connections and networking opportunities we have with USF hospitality management alumni that are now working in the industry throughout the US and around the world. Now here’s some important information for you that will help guide you through the online registration process so that you can select your first semester's classes. Hi! I’m Homa, a USF business student, and Iâ’m going to help you with selecting your first semester’s classes! USF students typically register for 16 to 18 credits every semester to stay on track for graduation. That’s four, 4-credit courses and perhaps a 1 or 2 credit elective course. You’ll need to take at least 16 credits each of your 8 semesters in order to graduate in 4 years with 128 credits. The first class to add to your schedule is the Rhetoric and Composition course that you placed into. Rhetoric and Composition is a University Core requirement and a prerequisite for your business classes. It is important for business majors to complete the Core A2 requirement as soon as possible. If you are a transfer student and you have completed and passed a composition course with a grade of D- or better, you should register for Rhetoric and Composition 310. For your next course, you should register for either: Economics 111 OR Economics 112. Both courses are part of the Business Core curriculum and taking either course will fulfill your University Core E social science requirement. We recommend that you take them consecutively, and not at the same time! Next, you can register for MATH 106, which fulfills your University Core B1 Math requirement and is a business core requirement. For your next course, you can enroll in another University Core course that fulfills one of your open required areas such as history, philosophy, theology, ethics and more. One option you have is to enroll in a First Year Seminar, or, for transfers, a Transfer Year Seminar, that fulfills a University Core area. These seminars have especially small class sizes, are interactive, offer excursions, and are a great way to make new friends. Once you’ve chosen your 16 credits, you may want to add a 1 or 2 credit course. There’s a wide variety of fun and interesting choices, but freshman business majors are required to take Business 100 Launch into Business during either their first or second semester for an overview of USF’s business program. In this 2-credit course, you will learn many foundational business concepts as well as gain skills in workplace professionalism. Once you have selected your courses for the semester, your schedule should look something like this: (Freshman Student Sample Schedule displayed) Freshman Student Sample Schedule RHET XXX - Rhetoric & Composition course that you place into (4-6 credits) ECON 112 - Principles of Macroeconomics (4 credits) MATH 106 - Business Statistics (4 credits) University Core course (4 credits) BUS 100 - Launch into Business (2-credit optional course) Or, for transfers, something like this: (Transfer Student Sample Schedule displayed) Transfer Student Sample Schedule BUS 201 - Principles of Financial Accounting (4 credits) THRS 295 - Transfer Year Seminar (4 credits) RHET 310 - Business and Technical Writing (4 credits) PHIL 240 - Ethics (4 credits) CS 151 - Spreadsheets Computing I (2 credits) If you are a transfer student, don’t forget to review your degree evaluation to determine which courses you’ve already completed. If you need help, please contact us (email displayed: somundergrad@usfca.edu). From all of us at the School of Management… Welcome to USF!