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Transfer Credits to MSU Denver!
Valencia College and Metropolitan State University of Denver School of Hospitality are pleased to facilitate the successful transfer of a student from Valencia College to complete a certificate and/or a bachelor’s degree in hospitality at Metropolitan State University of Denver School of Hospitality.
School of Hospitality will accept credits for students who have completed an Associate Degree at Valencia College as outlined below:
| Valencia Course | Equivalency | MSU Denver Course |
| HFT 1000 Intro to Hospitality and Tourism Industry | = | HLDR 1000 Introduction to Hosp and Tourism |
| HFT 2210 Hospitality Management and Leadership | = | HLDR 3200 Talent Leadership |
| HFT 2220 Hospitality Human Resources Management | = | HLDR 2200 Quality Service Leadership |
| HFT 2254 Lodging Operations | = | HLDR 1010 Hotel Industry Fundamentals |
| ACG 2021 Principles of Financial Accounting | = | HLDR 391A Financial Leadership/ACC2010 |
| HFT 2401 Hospitality Industry Financial Accounting | = | HLDR 3250 Managerial Accounting |
| HFT 2500 Marketing and Sales in the Hospitality Industry | = | HLDR 3300 Hospitality Marketing & Sales |
| HFT 2600 Hospitality Law | = | HLDR 4100 Hospitality Law & Risk Mgmt |
| HFT 2750 The Event Industry | = | EVT 2010 Introduction to the Event Industry |
| FOS 2201 Food Service Sanitation Management | = | RST Lower division credits |
| FSS 1206C Quantity Food Production for Hospitality & Restaurant Majors | = | RST Lower division credits |
| FSS 1203C Quantity Food Production I | = | RST Lower division credits |
| HFT 2261 Restaurant & Foodservice Management | = | RST 4100 Applied Food & Beverage Operations |
| FSS 2284 Catering and Banquet Management | = | EVT 3000 Event Catering |
| HFT 2390 Introduction to Theme Park and Attractions Management | = | HLDR 345A Delivering Experiences for the Hospitality Industry |
MSU Denver will apply credits earned at a community college as lower-division courses only. Any course that is lower division at the transfer school would retain that designation. We would currently equate this to the lower division status, but still count for the requirement.
Contact us!
Please reach out to Maddie Wright, Academic Advisor, [email protected], 303-605-7522 for more information.