Hospitality, Sports, Events, and Tourism (B.A.) (Combined B.A./M.B.A. Business Administration)

The Hospitality, Sports, Events and Tourism (HSET) sectors are highly diverse yet intensely interconnected industries that are growing very fast. A combined HSET/MBA degree enhances students’ HSET sector management skills and gives them an opportunity to earn a highly visible professional degree in a shorter period of time.

The “4 + 1” Bachelor’s/MBA is a five-year program, during which students will spend three years taking courses required for their chosen bachelor’s degree program and in their fourth year, they will complete (along with required undergraduate program courses) 6 credits worth of graduate business (MBA) coursework. This will satisfy both undergraduate degree requirements and count toward achievement of the MBA degree. In the fifth year, students will take graduate courses required for a General MBA, in a full-time format. Students interested in this option can find more information regarding program requirements on the University's Combined Programs website.

Program Requirements

Students in this combined degree program must complete the requirements for:

Hospitality, Sports, Events, and Tourism Major (B.A.)

Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Graduate Swing Courses

A combined degree program allows students to complete 6-12 graduate credits ("graduate swing courses") while enrolled as an undergraduate. These courses count for both their bachelor and master’s degrees.  Graduate swing courses will count toward undergraduate free electives, unless noted otherwise.

The Graduate Swing Courses for this program:

M.B.A. Graduate Swing Courses

Recommended Roadmap to Degree(s)

This recommended five-year plan is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their degree requirements within five years.  This plan is a recommendation and students should only use it in consultation with their academic advisor.

Fifth year courses are taken at the graduate level, after matriculation into the graduate portion of this combined degree program.

Undergraduate Program

First Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
New Student Seminar1SEEDS: Effective Writing II3
SEEDS: Effective Writing I3INFO 240 (Fulfilled SEEDS: Quantitative Reasoning in the major.)3
SEEDS: Interactive Communication3PHIL 102 (Fulfills SEEDS Ethical Inquiry in the major.)3
POLS 101 (Fulfill SEEDS: Political & Civic Life in the major.)3PSYC 1013
INFO 1733HSET 1981
MATH 100 (or Free Elective if passed the MSU Placement Test in Math.))3HSET 2503
 16 16
Second Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
HSET 2083NUFD 192 (Fulfills SEEDS: Scientific Reasoning in the major.)4
HSET 2553HSET 3253
ACCT 2043HSET 3553
MGMT 2313MKTG 2403
WRIT 2063HSET Flexible Course 13
BUGN 3100BUGN 3200
 15 16
Third Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
SEEDS: World Language I3SEEDS: World Language II (or Fre3 Elective if not needed.)3
HSET 3533HSET Flexible Course 43
HSET Flexible Course 23Major Elective 13
HSET Flexible Course 33CMST 1103
Free Elective3Free Elective3
 15 15
Fourth Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
SEEDS Exploration 33SEEDS: Explorations 43
HSET 4903Major Elective 33
Major Elective 23MBA Graduate Swing Courses (MBA Core)6
EAES 1703 
THTR 1403 
 15 12
Total Credits 120

Graduate Program

Fourth Year
SummerCredits  
First Half  
MBA Core1.5  
MBA Elective1.5  
Second Half  
MBA Core1.5  
MBA Core1.5  
 6  
Fifth Year
 FallCreditsSpringCredits
 First HalfFirst Half
 MBA Core Course1.5MBA Core Course1.5
 MBA Core Course1.5MBA Core Course1.5
 MBA Flexible Core Course1.5MBA Flexible Core1.5
 MBA Elective1.5MBA Elective1.5
 Second HalfSecond Half
 MBA Core Course1.5MBA Core Course1.5
 MBA Core Course1.5MBA Core Course1.5
 MBA Elective1.5MBA Core Course1.5
  10.5 10.5
Total Credits 27