{"id":7914,"date":"2020-10-30T10:07:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T14:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/?page_id=7914"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:54:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:54:52","slug":"required-work-experiences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/careers\/required-work-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Required Work Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gain Experience, Reach the World<\/h2>\n<p>At the School of Hospitality Administration (SHA), we believe that hands-on experience is essential to preparing students for successful careers. That\u2019s why all undergraduate and graduate students are required to complete real-world work experiences that extend beyond the classroom\u2014both locally and globally.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about work authorization for F-1 international undergraduate and graduate students, please see <a href=\"\/hospitality\/files\/2025\/08\/SHA-CPT-OPT-Information-for-F-1-International-Students-1.pdf\">this document.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"requirement-section\">\n<h3>Undergraduate Work Requirement<\/h3>\n<p>SHA undergraduate students complete <strong>two 300-hour, non-credit work experiences<\/strong> as part of <strong>HF140 and HF240<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/careers\/required-work-experiences\/undergraduate-work-requirement\/\" class=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nLearn More<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"requirement-section\">\n<h3>International Experience Requirement<\/h3>\n<p>All SHA undergraduate students are also required to complete an <strong>international experience<\/strong> through <strong>HF440<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/careers\/required-work-experiences\/international-experience-requirement\/\" class=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nLearn More<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"requirement-section\">\n<h3>Graduate Work Requirement<\/h3>\n<p>SHA graduate students must complete a <strong>300-hour, non-credit work experience<\/strong> through <strong>HF740<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/careers\/required-work-experiences\/graduate-work-requirement\/\" class=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nLearn More<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gain Experience, Reach the World At the School of Hospitality Administration (SHA), we believe that hands-on experience is essential to preparing students for successful careers. That\u2019s why all undergraduate and graduate students are required to complete real-world work experiences that extend beyond the classroom\u2014both locally and globally. To learn more about work authorization for F-1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18552,"featured_media":22131,"parent":442,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7914"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26674,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7914\/revisions\/26674"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}