Hospitality Public Relations and Reputation Management
Plan, execute, measure and defend a place-based public-relations program for an independent hospitality or live-entertainment venue.
Upper-division undergraduate or professional educationCourses, professional certificates and continuing education
Honky Tonk Academy
Learn through structured course frameworks, stackable professional certificate pathways, focused workshops and instructor resources built from the books, academies, step-by-step plans and tools.
Academic-style courses
Semester and capstone frameworks
Each syllabus includes measurable outcomes, a weekly sequence, applied assignments, grading weights, a capstone rubric and required external-review gaps.
Live Music Programming and Venue Management
Design a sustainable live-music portfolio, book and advance artists, operate show nights, develop audiences and evaluate program economics.
Undergraduate, music-business certificate or continuing professional educationArtist Relations and Live Event Operations
Operate an artist–venue relationship from pitch and offer through advance, show day, settlement, repair and rebooking.
Undergraduate, arts administration, music business or event-management educationTexas Social Dance Pedagogy and Community Leadership
Design progressive, consent-aware and culturally grounded social-dance instruction that serves students, sustains teachers and strengthens the communities where Texas dances.
Professional educator preparation, dance studies or community arts educationDocumenting Community Music and Dance Spaces
Document the building, people, labor, music, dance and community memory of a living cultural venue using ethical, source-based preservation practice.
Public history, folklore, archives, preservation or community-research educationHospitality Analytics and Evidence-Based Venue Management
Build decision-focused measurement systems for attendance, revenue, contribution, retention, programming, workforce and public-relations activity.
Undergraduate business, hospitality or professional management educationProfessional Branding, Content Ethics and Creator Entrepreneurship in Hospitality
Build a professional public identity and creator business without exploiting guests, violating workplace boundaries or making unsupported claims.
Upper-division, communications or professional creator educationIntegrated Operations for Independent Live-Entertainment Venues
Diagnose and improve an independent venue as one connected system spanning cash, programming, people, food and beverage, safety, reputation, measurement and cultural stewardship.
Senior capstone, graduate professional project or executive educationProfessional academies
Stackable certificate pathways
The Bartender and Kitchen academies remain workplace-oriented systems with assessment, observation and deliberate practice rather than being compressed into single college courses.
Bartender Mastery Professional Certificate Pathway
A stackable professional pathway connecting 180 academy lessons, assessments, practice records, capstones and advanced mastery work.
Honky-Tonk Kitchen Mastery Professional Certificate Pathway
A stackable professional pathway connecting 180 academy lessons, twelve workplace qualifications, advanced mastery schools, assessments and a 600-hour recommended practice progression.
Short continuing education
Workshops and intensives
Door, Security and Incident System Workshop
Build an entry standard, escalation chain, incident record and emergency briefing.
Extreme Weather and Venue Continuity Workshop
Prepare decision roles, building records, continuity actions and public holding statements.
Front-of-House Supervisor Microcourse
Build a first-shift training packet, service standard and follow-up review.
Slow-Night Development Lab
Turn one underperforming period into a named, costed and measurable recurring night.
Show-Night Operations Intensive
Operate an event from advance through settlement using a two-sided simulation.
Beginner-Friendly Dance Night Workshop
Design a lesson-to-floor system that supports learning, consent, welcome and student choice.
Sustainable Dance-Teaching Practice Boot Camp
Build a defined teaching offer, pricing, records, venue agreement and public profile.
Hospitality Creator Ethics Workshop
Set consent, workplace, disclosure, safety and partnership boundaries before publishing.
For instructors and institutions
Use the shared standards to calculate workload, add scholarship, document outside review, build accessible delivery and distinguish site completion from accreditation.
For independent learners
Course checklists save privately in the browser. Print any syllabus, work through the linked readings and tools, and keep a portfolio of completed assignments.