Tom Galvin teaches Hospitality Facilities Planning and Design
HFT 4343 Hospitality Facilities Planning and Design | Spring 2007
Tom Galvin and Chris Muller taught this great course together, Hospitality Facilities Planning & Design to a group of 75 upper level Rosen College students. Using a team based approach, each small group of students was given a real set of working documents and required to create a restaurant concept for the space. With the help of industry experts throughout the semester, and as a special judging panel at the end of the term, all of the work undertaken reflected a “real world” process. By the end of the semester, students in the course could:
- Explain the design and development process commonly experienced for foodservice and hospitality facilities, as well the activities that occur during each phase of this process.
- Read and interpret basic architectural plans.
- Analyze and recognize both positive and negative design features.
- Understand the spatial relationships of a well designed facility, including the concepts of flow and efficiency.
- Identify basic design considerations for restaurants using appropriate analysis for each market segment.
- Acquire the knowledge to select and specify equipment that is appropriate for a required function within a facility.
- Create and present a professional quality facilities design proposal.
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Student Comments
“Tom Galvin was a phenomenal resource to have in this class. The extent of his knowledge for these related topics seems to run on forever. Our class is extremely lucky to have this once in a lifetime chance.”
“The Muller and Galvin combination made my senior year the best year I’ve had at UCF.”
“This was one of the neatest classes I’ve taken because we were actually able to create our own restaurant based on what we’ve learned.”
“Project was fun, challenging, and I learned a lot. Tom was awesome in class, he was a real asset.”
“I’d take this class again any day.”
“The expert panels are amazing & having Tom come in every week is really impressive.”
“This is one of the best classes I’ve taken at Rosen…Muller and Galvin…make me want to come to class.”
“I have never learned so much and enjoyed doing it at the same time.”
“Best project I have ever been assigned."
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