The School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management is an applied professional school that offers four B.S. degree programs (merchandising, home furnishings merchandising, electronic merchandising, and hospitality management and two M.S. degree programs (merchandising and hospitality management). The School, in collaboration with the College of Business Administration, offers two dual degree programs, the MBA/MS in Merchandising and the MBA/MS in Hospitality Management. The mission of our school is to provide excellence in educational programs and research that result in national recognition as a leader in preparing professionals for careers in the fashion, hospitality, and home furnishings industries.

The merchandising and hospitality management programs represent high growth global industries with growing demands for highly skilled, technologically-oriented employees. The School is unique in the nation in its sole composition of two such closely aligned fields where the representative industries are increasingly interdependent. Teaching and research across all programs of study focus on developing core competencies related to products, service, resource management, and information-exchange technology in consumer-driven global markets.