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The purpose of this study was to identify the influences of College students’ recognition of hotel and tourism curriculum on learning flow, academic achievement, and career decision-making self-efficacy. To collect data, on-site survey was conducted by students majoring in hotel and tourism studies at several Universities in Korea from October 05 to 10, 2020. The data were analyzed in using various statistical methods such as descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, reliability test, PLS-SEM along with bootstrapping techniques. The results revealed that the relationship between the variables, recognition of curriculum(RC) and learning flow and RC and career decision-making self-efficacy(CDS), have significantly related with each other. Students’ learning flow was also positively related with career decision making self-efficacy. However, RC was insignificantly connected with academic achievement, and there was no significant relationship between the academic achievement and CDS. Thus, these findings suggest that universities should come up with a plan for structural reform of the curriculum so that students can cultivate new skills required by companies or industries in the future era (e.g., the Fourth Industrial Revolution). It is necessary to clarify the type of department that the department aims at (e.g., research-centered vs. practical training-centered), and reinforce differentiation in the curriculum according to the characteristics of the department type. This provides students, an education consumer, with empirical motivation for learning activities that lead to expand opportunities for career decisions and choices along with academic achievement.