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General Description of the School
The School
of Hospitality and Tourism Management offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees in
Hospitality Management and Certificate Programs that combine practical
experience with classroom theory to assist the student to gain the
understanding, skills, and techniques needed to qualify for job opportunities,
and to achieve his or her career goals in the hospitality/tourism industry.
With the
cooperation of industry executives, the School has created an internship
program which literally utilizes the hotels, resorts, restaurants, clubs,
airlines, travel agencies, and cruise lines as practice labs for students. The
advanced phase of the internship program provides each student a structured
training experience normally not available to a student until he or she has
entered the industry after graduation.
An Industry
Advisory Board - which includes outstanding executives in the lodging,
foodservice, and tourism industries - works regularly with the faculty, staff,
and students of the School to formulate and update a curriculum that is
current, flexible, and related to the needs of the hospitality and tourism
industries.
Degrees offered
The Hospitality and
Tourism Management Department offers these programs:
BS in Hospitality Management
BS/MS in Hospitality Management
MS in Hospitality Management
Terminal Degree2 for
each discipline taught in Hospitality and Tourism Management
Ph.D.
in Hospitality Administration/Management
Related Disciplines3
Food Service Systems
Administration/Management (19.0505) - all courses
Related Disciplines3 for
specific courses
Accounting
(52.0301) - HFT 3403, 4464, 4474
Computer
and Information Sciences (11.0101) - HFT 3423, 3764
Computer
Science (11.0701) – HFT 3423, 3764
Finance
(52.0801) - HFT 3403, 4292, 4464, 4474, 6477
Information
Technology (11.0103) - HFT 3423, 3764
Law
(22.0101) - HFT 3603, 3613, 3692, 3727, 4604, 6605, 6609, 6697
Management
Information Systems (52.1201) - HFT 3423, 3764
Other Teaching Qualifications
(Description of Required Academic Degree and Justifications4 for the
programs in Hospitality and Tourism Management)
Consideration
of other teaching qualifications in lieu of academic credentials is made on a
case-by-case basis and accepted in special cases where evidence of exceptional
industry experience, research or other qualifications can be documented and are
directly applicable to the course being taught.
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Whenever
instructors are not credentialed by their advanced degree or by an approved
CIP relationship, they must be credentialed through a narrative justification
of the instructor’s qualifications to teach this/these course(s). Such credentialing is based on the proposed
instructor’s academic and professional preparation; diplomas, certificates,
or relevant licensures; publications and presentations in the field; honors,
awards, and professional recognitions; and other demonstrated competencies,
skills, and experiences which the instructor brings to the University. These must be clearly tied to the specific
courses to be taught and should establish beyond doubt that the instructor is
qualified to teach the specific courses they are to be assigned. The
Office of the Provost reviews all such justifications and where the
justifications warrant the instructor’s teaching the courses proposed, it
will either approve the justification for the appropriate period (seven years
for full-time faculty members, or four years for part-time faculty members)
or employ one of two additional clearance categories beyond the advanced
degree and related-discipline categories which it may use to credential some
instructors where their accomplishments warrant this: Active
Research Clearance in the Discipline or Active Artistic/Special Talent
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The level and
discipline of the terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D., MS, MFA, doctorate) that is
required to teach graduate courses in the discipline |
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For each discipline,
all strongly-related degree(s) and/or equivalent names for the discipline
(include level) that would also be appropriate for teaching at the graduate
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(1)The appropriate academic
degrees and justifications for each related degree above if not obvious; (2)
the justification for why the terminal degree is not a doctorate in a
discipline, e.g., specific examples of best practice in the discipline and
accrediting association language; and (3) any other criteria used to
determine appropriate academic qualifications to teach specialty courses in
the program. |