Program type:

Major
Format:

On Campus
Online
Est. time to complete:

1.5-2 years
Credit Hours:

30
Establish yourself as a leader in a high growth global industry at one of the best Hospitality Management programs in the nation.
Students earning a Master of Science in Hospitality Management view themselves as global leaders who possess the core competencies and a universal perspective required for effective business interactions. The degree offers an integrated program of study focusing on the management of products, services and experiences in a consumer-driven global market.

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Why Earn a Master's in Hospitality Management?

Courses are taught by diverse, knowledgeable, and supportive faculty members who are actively involved in research involving hospitality operations, legal and regulatory aspects, marketing of hospitality services, sustainability, curriculum development, information technology and global consumer issues impacting the hospitality industry.

Effective leaders are developed through core competencies including solving complex problems, generating new knowledge, communicating effectively and creating new product and business strategies.

Graduate coursework in areas such as research methods and applications, consumer theory, global tourism, restaurant development and hotel operations prepare students for careers in lodging management, restaurant management, resort management and tourism management. In addition to developing hospitality leaders, the program provides education for academic careers in teaching hospitality management.

Marketable Skills
  • Advance hospitality knowledge
  • Application of appropriate research methods
  • Analyze/synthesize information from sources
  • Hospitality strategic planning
  • Evaluate growth/competitive strategies

Hospitality Management Master's Highlights

You’ll examine critical subjects that the industry will face in the future such as: changing demographics of the workforce and consumers; emphasis on technology and quality management; entrepreneurship and restaurant development from concept to operation; impact of tourism on the global economy; legal requirements in lodging and restaurant management and maximizing human resources and industry profits.
Our courses are taught by experienced faculty members who actively research hotel and restaurant operations, legal and regulatory aspects, profitability and consumer issues.
As a graduate student, you can take advantage of networking and job opportunities with an active industry board of governors, an extensive annual Hospitality Career Expo and other professional events.
Financial assistance and scholarships from national, state, university and college resources are available to Hospitality Management majors. You may apply for competitive scholarships, teaching assistantships and teaching fellowships from the College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism.
Both the in-person and online programs offer Thesis and Non-thesis options to best suit your individual learning style.

Hospitality Management Master's Courses You Could Take

Global Tourism Systems
In-depth analysis of the global travel and tourism industries from a systems perspective. Models of tourism system used as methodological tools to understand this complex global industry. Topics include historical, contemporary and future effects of travel and tourism as related to social, economic, cultural and environmental issues.
SMART Destination
Focuses on managing destination in the tourism and hospitality industry in a competitive manner through scientific data-driven methods. Emphasis includes big data, demand analytics, experience analytics, geoanalytics, web and social media analytics, benchmarking analysis and impact analysis.
Survey of Beverages in the Hospitality Industry (3 hrs)
Examination of wines, beers and distilled spirits with a focus on vinicultural techniques, beer and distilled spirit production and classification, styles of wine and other beverages and theory of wine and food pairing.
International Sustainable Tourism (3 hrs)
Examines the philosophy, concepts and attitudes prevalent in practices of sustainable tourism in global destinations. Emphasizes the social/cultural, environmental and economic elements of sustainable tourism development.
Advanced Convention and Event Management (3 hrs)
Focus on meeting, exhibition, event and convention industry. Topics include planning, designing, managing and evaluating small to large events; applying industry professional standards and the impacts of event management on operations. Addresses the major trends and successful practices in event management.
Strategic Management in the Hospitality Industry (3 hrs)
Focus on meeting, exhibition, event and convention industry. Topics include planning, designing, managing and evaluating small to large events; applying industry professional standards and the impacts of event management on operations. Addresses the major trends and successful practices in event management.

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