About HTFCS
The department of Hospitality, Tourism and Family & Consumer Sciences at Georgia Southern University is a community of teacher/scholars representing six distinct, yet interrelated, disciplines with a shared value of educating and preparing students for career opportunities in business, industry, education, government, and the social agencies. Faculty strive for excellent teaching strengthened by scholarship and service. The departmental mission, in keeping with the university's strategic themes, is to graduate students who are knowledgeable, creative, articulate, resourceful and effective in problem solving.
The department has a long history of serving a diverse cross-section of the public through its programs, centers, laboratories and community involvement. The faculty share in a network of responsibility that provides students with a basis for reinterpreting the traditions of Hospitality, Tourism and Family & Consumer Sciences to meet the current and future challenges in their families, communities and the marketplace. At the core of instruction is the faculty's concern for the student's professional growth, leadership development, ethical awareness, and well being as productive citizens.
Applied learning is the hallmark of all majors in Hospitality, Tourism and Family & Consumer Sciences. The strength of the curriculum is the multi-disciplinary foundation of each of the specialties that come together with a coordinated and integrated focus. Students will develop as professionals, providing leadership in a diverse, global marketplace which emphasizes technical, interpersonal and people management skills. The integration of the disciplines within Hospitality, Tourism and Family & Consumer Sciences will empower students to enhance the well-being of individuals, families and communities.
The department of Hospitality, Tourism and Family & Consumer Sciences will:
- Develop students' critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Prepare students to apply knowledge to meet the changing needs of an increasingly
technological global community.
- Enhance student learning through international internships, practicum, research and service experiences.
- Support currently successful programs and encourage the development of innovative
and promising new programs and adapting them to the needs of an ever changing
global workforce.
- Provide the very best faculty and professional staff support available.
- Optimize the use of technology to enhance teaching and student learning.
- Improve the departments physical facilities for all programs and centers.
