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:
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 | |||
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Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
New Student Seminar | 1 | SEEDS: Effective Writing II | 3 |
SEEDS: Effective Writing I | 3 | INFO 240 (Fulfilled SEEDS: Quantitative Reasoning in the major.) | 3 |
SEEDS: Interactive Communication | 3 | PHIL 102 (Fulfills SEEDS Ethical Inquiry in the major.) | 3 |
POLS 101 (Fulfill SEEDS: Political & Civic Life in the major.) | 3 | PSYC 101 | 3 |
INFO 173 | 3 | HSET 198 | 1 |
MATH 100 (or Free Elective if passed the MSU Placement Test in Math.)) | 3 | HSET 250 | 3 |
16 | 16 | ||
Second Year | |||
Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
HSET 208 | 3 | NUFD 192 (Fulfills SEEDS: Scientific Reasoning in the major.) | 4 |
HSET 255 | 3 | HSET 325 | 3 |
ACCT 204 | 3 | HSET 355 | 3 |
MGMT 231 | 3 | MKTG 240 | 3 |
WRIT 206 | 3 | HSET Flexible Course 1 | 3 |
BUGN 310 | 0 | BUGN 320 | 0 |
15 | 16 | ||
Third Year | |||
Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
SEEDS: World Language I | 3 | SEEDS: World Language II (or Fre3 Elective if not needed.) | 3 |
HSET 353 | 3 | HSET Flexible Course 4 | 3 |
HSET Flexible Course 2 | 3 | Major Elective 1 | 3 |
HSET Flexible Course 3 | 3 | CMST 110 | 3 |
Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
15 | 15 | ||
Fourth Year | |||
Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
SEEDS Exploration 3 | 3 | SEEDS: Explorations 4 | 3 |
HSET 490 | 3 | Major Elective 3 | 3 |
Major Elective 2 | 3 | MBA Graduate Swing Courses (MBA Core) | 6 |
EAES 170 | 3 | ||
THTR 140 | 3 | ||
15 | 12 | ||
Total Credits 120 |
Graduate Program
Fourth Year | |||||
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Summer | Credits | ||||
First Half | |||||
MBA Core | 1.5 | ||||
MBA Elective | 1.5 | ||||
Second Half | |||||
MBA Core | 1.5 | ||||
MBA Core | 1.5 | ||||
6 | |||||
Fifth Year | |||||
Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
First Half | First Half | ||||
MBA Core Course | 1.5 | MBA Core Course | 1.5 | ||
MBA Core Course | 1.5 | MBA Core Course | 1.5 | ||
MBA Flexible Core Course | 1.5 | MBA Flexible Core | 1.5 | ||
MBA Elective | 1.5 | MBA Elective | 1.5 | ||
Second Half | Second Half | ||||
MBA Core Course | 1.5 | MBA Core Course | 1.5 | ||
MBA Core Course | 1.5 | MBA Core Course | 1.5 | ||
MBA Elective | 1.5 | MBA Core Course | 1.5 | ||
10.5 | 10.5 | ||||
Total Credits 27 |