Career Opportunities

Leverage minors, certificates and electives that match your career pathway

School of Hospitality Management undergraduate students can customize their class schedule to align with their career goals. From entrepreneurship and innovation to meetings and events, students can add additional credentials — like minors and certificates — to their degree.

Current Penn State students

Penn State students who have questions about or are interested enrolling in one of the below minors, certificates or electives should contact Academic Adviser Irina Tishina.

Students with questions about or interested in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor can email Assistant Teaching Professor Bill Kidd.

Meetings and Events Management Certificate

With excellent career opportunities in business meetings, conventions, sports tournaments, live festivals, community events and more, students who pursue the Meetings and Events Management Certificate develop transferable skills including strategic management, event and experience design, production, and risk management.

Learn more about the Meetings and Events Management Certificate

Inside the Elective: Undergraduate Meeting and Event Management Certificate

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor

Learn novel but sound entrepreneurial concepts that span the hospitality spectrum. Examine business opportunities in lodging (hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts); food service (food trucks, quick-service eateries, and upscale restaurants); and online travel agencies.

Learn more about the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor

Inside the Elective: Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) Minor

Senior Living Management

The Senior Living Management elective introduces students to careers in senior living and life plan communities management with a focus from a hospitality perspective. Learn how the application of hospitality management can enhance senior communities and their residents.

Learn more about Senior Living Management electives and courses

Inside the Elective: Senior Living

Gaming Initiatives

Students delve into what it is to be a casino manager, gaining an understanding of the commercial gaming industry and how casinos are structured depending on the markets they serve as well as how they are regulated.

Learn more about Gaming Initiatives electives and courses

Inside the Elective: Gaming Initiatives