Hospitality and Tourism Management - M.S.

Program Overview

The Master of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management from Kent State University offers a comprehensive curriculum that combines specialty courses in hospitality and business management. Students learn to manage restaurants, hotels, and other hospitality venues while gaining an understanding of industry issues with a regional, national, and global perspective. The program can be completed online and includes a professional practicum and a culminating experience option, providing hands-on training for a successful career in the hospitality industry.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Master of Science degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management provides an integrated hospitality and tourism education with an emphasis on regional, national and global implications of the field. The curriculum combines specialty classes in hospitality and business management, preparing graduates for well-compensated positions as managers in restaurants, hotels, conference centers, country clubs and other hospitality venues.

Outline:

Program Requirements:

• Course List:
• HTM 53025 HOSPITALITY MARKETING - 3 Credit Hours
• HTM 55047 GLOBAL ISSUES OF TOURISM TRADE - 3 Credit Hours
• HTM 65041 TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY REVIEW - 3 Credit Hours
• Minimum Total Credit Hours: 30

Roadmap:

• Fall Semester:
• HTM 53025 HOSPITALITY MARKETING - 3 Credit Hours
• Total Credit Hours:
9
• Spring Semester:
• HTM 55047 GLOBAL ISSUES OF TOURISM TRADE - 3 Credit Hours
• Total Credit Hours:
9
• Summer Term:
• HTM 65041 TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY REVIEW - 3 Credit Hours
• Total Credit Hours:
12
• Minimum Total Credit Hours: 30

Dual Degree with Master of Business Administration:

• Course List:
• CIS 64042 GLOBALIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY - 2 Credit Hours
• ECON 62021 MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS - 2 Credit Hours
• FIN 66050 LAW AND ETHICS - 2 Credit Hours
• HTM 55047 GLOBAL ISSUES OF TOURISM TRADE - 3 Credit Hours
• HTM 65041 TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY REVIEW - 3 Credit Hours
• MGMT 64158 LEADERSHIP - 2 Credit Hours
• MGMT 64399 BUSINESS STRATEGY - 3 Credit Hours
• Minimum Total Credit Hours: 50

Careers:

• Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries:
• Business teachers, postsecondary - 12.0% much faster than the average, 105,100 number of jobs, $88,010 potential earnings
• First-line supervisors of gambling services workers - 16.4% much faster than the average, 58,000 number of jobs, $50,440 potential earnings
• Food service managers - 0.6% little or no change, 352,600 number of jobs, $56,590 potential earnings
• Gambling managers - 8.8% much faster than the average, 5,100 number of jobs, $75,470 potential earnings
• Lodging managers - -11.7% decline, 57,200 number of jobs, $56,670 potential earnings
• Meeting, convention, and event planners - 7.8% faster than the average, 138,600 number of jobs, $51,560 potential earnings
• Personal service managers, all other; entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling; and managers, all other - -1.8% decline, 1,189,200 number of jobs, $116,350 potential earnings

Other:

• Program Delivery: Fully online
• Contact Information:
• Source of occupation titles and labor data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Program Learning Outcomes:
• Critically analyze and discuss managerial problems and issues related to tourism and hospitality.
• Discuss and evaluate the social/economic, global/multicultural, operational and environmental issues facing hospitality and tourism management.
• Formulate professional attitudes and opinions related to the hospitality and tourism industry.
• Use, interpret and report industry data.
• Disseminate professional vision in a hospitality and tourism setting.