Concentrations and Minors
Students may choose from the options below:
Minor
- Real Estate Minor
- Real Estate Minor Application
- University-Wide Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEI)
Concentration Areas
SHA students can specialize in a particular area of hospitality through one of the school’s three concentrations, each with various focus:
Finance, Accounting, and Real Estate (FARE)
| Areas of focus include: | Recommended Faculty AY 2018-2019: |
| Corporate Finance | L. Canina, S. Carvell, P. Moulton |
| General Financial Management | L. Canina, S. Carvell, P. Moulton |
| Hospitality Controllership | M. MacAusland |
| Security Analyst/Investment Banking | L. Canina, S. Carvell, P. Moulton |
| Design | S. Robson, B. Wellstead |
| Development | B. Wellstead |
Hospitality Leadership Concentration (HOLD)
| Areas of focus include: | Recommended Faculty AY 2018-2019: |
| Human Resources | B. Tracey |
| Law | A. Klausner, D. Sherwyn |
| Managerial Leadership | T. Simons |
| Entrepreneurship | N. Tarallo |
Services Marketing and Operations Management (SMOM)
| Areas of focus include: | Recommended Faculty AY 2018-2019: |
| Beverage Management | D. Miller, C. Stanley |
| Corporate Food & Beverage Operations | G. Pezzotti, A. Susskind |
| Information Systems Management | A. Whitmore, M. McCarthy |
| Revenue Management | C. Anderson |
| Services Marketing Management | C. Dev |
| Specialty Operations | R. McCarthy |
Faculty contact information is found at https://sha.cornell.edu/faculty-research/by-name.html.
To officially declare a concentration and have it appear on the final transcript, the student must select and work with a faculty member in their area of interest. The faculty and student will determine 12 credits of upper-level (3000 or above) electives in a focus area, and submit a completed Election of Concentration Form to the Office of Student Services. All courses toward the concentration must be taken for a letter grade (unless offered only with an SX-UX option), and students must achieve a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA within the 12 credits of concentration courses.
Concentrations must be declared prior to the start of the student’s final semester.
Only one officially declared concentration will appear on the final transcript.