Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration Courses

Faculty | Master's | Courses

All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise specified.

591 Seminars in Hospitality Management and Administration

Examination of foundation areas of critical importance to the hospitality industry.

600 Hospitality and Tourism Information Systems

Design and implementation of various management information systems within hospitality industry operations, and their implications for management organization, planning and control.

606 Hospitality Planning and Decision Models

Application of planning and decision models to management problems of the hospitality industries. Emphasis on analytical and quantitative decision models.

633 Tourism Policy and Development

Dimensions of tourism, markets, travel trends. Economics, social and cultural implications. Socioeconomic models and measurements of the consequences of tourism on a region.

644 Strategic Management in the Hospitality Industry

Top management business situations. Applications of theory and techniques from the field of strategic management.

666 Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry

Human resources management techniques in the hospitality industry. Initiating and accommodating change, both individual and at the organizational level.

677 Hospitality Market and Economic Feasibility Studies

Identification and description of factors which affect a proposed new hotel or restaurant and the development of pro formastatements projecting costs and profits for such ventures.

681 Pricing Strategy in the Hospitality Industry

The concepts of microeconomics the study of markets and pricing as they apply in the hospitality industry. Focus on market determination, price determination, and price strategy development for hotels and restaurants.

685 Hospitality Marketing Management

Application of marketing concepts to the industry: marketing as the central orientation and philosophy of the strategic planning of a hospitality firm.

691 Seminar in Advanced Financial Analysis

Introduction to financial analysis tools and techniques utilized in case studies in the hospitality industry.

692J Seminar in Hospitality Education

Application of theoretical principles and concepts to hospitality education. Emphasis on the culture of higher education.

694 Seminar in Research Methods and Applications

Theory and concepts of research design and methods, data collection and processing, and statistical interpretation of results.

695 Seminar in Food Service in the Hospitality Industries

Scope of commercial and institutional food service industry segments, current shifts and trends, future implications. Analysis of operations, controls, and financial management utilizing selected case studies.