{"id":24836,"date":"2025-05-09T22:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T22:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/rhtm-dev\/?page_id=24836"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:47:25","slug":"minors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/rhtm\/undergraduate-programs\/minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Minors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No matter your major, adding a minor in Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management (RHTM) is a smart way to enhance your education and expand your career options. Our minors are open to all undergraduate students and are designed to give you real-world skills, industry insights, and a competitive edge in today\u2019s job market. Whether you\u2019re passionate about customer experience, brand strategy, fashion industry, event planning, or global tourism, RHTM minors can help you stand out and bring your professional goals to life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hospitality and Tourism Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This minor provides students with essential knowledge and skills in travel, tourism, foodservice operations, hotel management, event planning, talent management, and sustainable tourism practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Declare HTM Minor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Culinary Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This minor offers students an opportunity to explore major cuisines, develop technical culinary skills, and gain fundamental knowledge of food preparation through required and elective courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Declare Culinary Arts Minor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Event Planning and Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This minor equips students with specialized skills for diverse settings, including corporate, non-profits, sports, and entertainment. This minor enhances marketability to future employers through practical knowledge and experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Declare Event Planning and Design Minor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Corporate Event Strategy, Promotion and Production <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Offered jointly by the College of Communication and Information and the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, this minor includes hands-on training in planning, executing, promoting, and producing corporate events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Declare Event Strategy, Promotion, & Production Minor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Retail and Merchandising Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This minor provides students with a broad understanding of the retail world, including how to manage people and how to merchandise products effectively for consumers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curriculum and Requirements<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Declare Retail & Merchandising Minor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Want to join us on Rocky Top? We’re ready to answer your questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduate Minors No matter your major, adding a minor in Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management (RHTM) is a smart way to enhance your education and expand your career options. Our minors are open to all undergraduate students and are designed to give you real-world skills, industry insights, and a competitive edge in today\u2019s job market. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":24811,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_genesis_hide_title":true,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":true,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-24836","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/rhtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/rhtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/rhtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/rhtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/rhtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/rhtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24836\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/rhtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/rhtm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}