Hospitality and Tourism (AAS) Transfer Options

Complete your Associate of Applied Science in Hospitality and Tourism at CNM and transfer to ENMU or NMSU to earn your bachelor's degree.

Transfer Pathways

Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU)

The ENMU BAAS program is a transfer pathway for all CNM AAS degrees. Your AAS degree will transfer and apply toward the ENMU BAAS program. In addition, the ENMU BAAS program requires completion of the New Mexico General Education curriculum as part of its degree requirements. These General Education courses can be completed prior to transfer.

Below, you’ll find a list of courses that can be taken in addition to your AAS to ensure you transfer with your General Education requirements complete:

  • One Communications Requirement Course
  • One Humanities Requirement Course*
    or One Creative and Fine Arts Requirement Course*
    or One Laboratory Science Requirement Course*
  • Two Multi-Discipline/Flexible Requirement Courses

*The three courses are required. Please select the two courses you did not complete during your associate’s degree to fulfill your General Education requirement.

In order to confirm that you have completed the General Education requirements, please schedule a meeting with your academic advisor.

New Mexico State University (NMSU)

Bachelor's in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management

  • ACCT 2110 - Principles of Accounting I
  • BCIS 1110 - Fundamentals of Information Literacy and Systems
  • COMM 1130 - Public Speaking
  • ECON 1110 - Survey of Economics
  • ENGL 1110 - Composition I
  • ENGL 2210 - Professional and Technical Communication
  • MATH 1350 - Introduction to Statistics
  • SPAN 1110 - Spanish I or higher or FREN 1110 - French I or higher
  • One Creative and Fine Arts Requirement course
  • One Humanities Requirement course
  • One Humanities Requirement course or One Creative and Fine Arts Requirement course or One Social and Behavioral Science Requirement course
  • One Laboratory Science Requirement - One Lecture and One Lab
  • One Laboratory Science Requirement course (Lab Optional)
  • One Social and Behavioral Science Requirement course
University of New Mexico (UNM)

OILS Program

The UNM OILS program is a transfer pathway for all AAS students. The OILS program will receive a total of 30 credit hours of CTE coursework and the 31 credit hours NM General Education Core. With your AAS, you will complete the 30 credit hour CTE requirements. For students that would like to transfer with the 31 NM General Education requirement, please complete the following courses.

In addition to your associate degree, you can complete the following courses, which meet New Mexico General Education requirements. These General Education courses are also required for the OILS program:

  • One Communications Requirement Course
  • One Humanities Requirement Course*

or

  • One Creative and Fine Arts Requirement Course*

or

  • One Laboratory Science Requirement (Lab Required)*
  • Two Multi-Discipline/Flexible Requirement Courses

In addition to completing your General Education courses as outlined above, the following courses directly fulfill UNM OILS program requirements prior to transfer. Please select two courses from the list below:

  • BUSA 1110 - Introduction to Business
  • COMM 1130 - Public Speaking
  • COMM 2120 - Interpersonal Communication 
  • COMM 2180 - Business and Professional Communication
  • COMM 2223 - Introduction to Nonverbal Communication Studies

*The three courses are required. Please select the two course you did not complete during your associate’s degree to fulfill your General Education requirement.

In order to confirm that you have completed the General Education requirements, please schedule a meeting with your academic advisor.

Learn About the Hospitality and Tourism Program at CNM

The Hospitality and Tourism program focuses on hospitality operations, event planning, food safety and production, and leadership and management skills. Earn an Associate of Applied Science or Arts or a certificate and pursue work as a Tour Guide and Escort and more.