School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (Graduate)

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Website URL:

www.purdue.edu/hhs/htm/graduate

Department/School Head:

Xinran Lehto, PhD and Interim Head

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

Overall - The White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) & Division of Consumer Science (CSR) has established itself as a global leader and offers graduate students’ opportunities to become expert social scientists or executives in areas that interface psychology, communication, consumption theories, management, economics, and financial planning. Our school continues to lead as we take up the challenges of the 21st century, consistently ranking in the top 10 in the world and recently earning the #1 spot in a longitudinal study in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education. Our active students benefit from and contribute to our knowledge and experience as we engage together.  

The workload to successfully complete a graduate program is intense and immense. Graduate students must balance classes, thesis/dissertation requirements, work responsibilities, and often personal/family responsibilities. It requires motivation and commitment, but it can be done - and the department will provide the resources, support, and encouragement to help you.

There are two essential parts to your graduate career: coursework and research.

Coursework-At the graduate level, coursework will immerse you in issues requiring integration, insight, and critical thinking. While undergraduate education focuses on transmitting knowledge, the goal of graduate education is teaching you how to create knowledge. The focus is not so much on content but on how to present knowledge that can be used to illuminate and create new knowledge. Students will be given guidance by the Program Director, acting as the academic advisor, on what courses can fulfill the degree requirement.

Research-Since graduate education is so special, accomplishing it requires a more one-on-one relationship with a research advisor. Unlike similar programs across the nation, research advisors are not appointed by the faculty but rather a student-initiated and mutually agreed mentor/mentee relationship. We believe this allows students to pursue their research passions, and allow them to specialize in one of many research areas.

MS (online) - - The online master of science degree is a business-focused hospitality degree designed to help managers with HTM industry experience rise to new levels. It is open to domestic students and tailored specifically to HTM managers with five years of professional experience and a minimum of three years of management experience. It provides the executive management, leadership and analytical skills you need to advance your career within the industry. Whether you would like to further your management career in the restaurant industry, work within more complex, full-service hotels, or transfer to the corporate side of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM), our program is known for developing global leaders and will equip you to meet the bigger challenges and opportunities presented.

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

The School’s three research centers in foodservice, lodging, and tourism. As part of a major research university, we are able to offer qualified students access to courses in individual areas of interest including food science, foods and nutrition, consumer affairs, engineering, education, industrial management, community planning, and others.

Avery Foodservice Research Laboratory - This program is designed to conduct research in the areas of facility design, both production and customer service; the development and improvement of foodservice production equipment; and the development of new or improved food products. While technical in nature, the research is designed to support the search for solutions to current management problems.

Center for the Study of Lodging Operations - This research center provides information relating to lodging operations in all venues, including hotels, timeshares, resorts, casinos, cruise ships, assisted living properties, and bed and breakfast operations. Topic areas include human resources management, service quality management, training technologies, the operations of multiuse resort communities, lodging product design, and finance.

Purdue Tourism & Hospitality Research Center - (PT&HRC) provides quality research services to communities, non-profits, and private sector organizations. Primary research services include visitor profiles studies, value-added data analysis, economic impact assessments, analyses of advertising effectiveness, tourism planning and development studies, and advisory services on destination marketing.

Visitor Harassment Research Unit at Purdue - (VHRU)) is a research cluster dedicated to understanding and finding effective solutions to the problem of tourist harassment around the world. While visitors experience different forms of harassment at tourist destinations (the focus of the research unit is on the harassment of visitors by micro-traders at tourist destinations with the primary goal of this website is to share some of the latest research and publications on visitor harassment around the world.

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

 
L. Cai (HTM)
R. Ghiselli (HTM)
S. Jang (HTM)
X. Lehto (HTM)
R. Runyan (CSR)

Associate Professor

J. Bauchet (CSR)
C. Behnke (HTM)
E. Chan (CSR)
J. Day (HTM)
J. Ismail (HTM)
J. La Lopa (HTM)
J. Kang (CSR)
D.Nelson (HTM)
A.Nicely (HTM)
S. Sydnor (HTM)
S. Tang (HTM)

Assistant Professor

K. Byrd (HTM)
A. Fan (HTM)
S. Gordon (HTM)
S. Jung (HTM)
L. Lawry (CSR)
J. Sun (CSR)

Emeritus Faculty

B. Almanza (HTM) 
L. Kreul
B. Lazarus
A. Morrison
T. Pearson
J. Rouselle

Programs

• Hospitality & Tourism Management, PHD

• Hospitality & Tourism Management, MS
• Hospitality & Tourism Management, MS Online

Courses

• CSR 50300 - Transitional Health Disparities: Research, Practice, And Policy
• CSR 58100 - Social Marketing And Social Change
• CSR 59000 - Special Problems In Consumer Sciences And Retailing
• CSR 60000 - Introduction To Research In Consumer Sciences And Retailing
• CSR 60300 - Advanced Writing For Consumer And Public Health
• CSR 62300 - Design And Analysis Of Public Health Interventions
• CSR 63100 - Consumer Behavior Theories
• CSR 68100 - Consumption Theories
• CSR 68200 - Analytical Tools For Consumer Economists
• CSR 69000 - Independent Study In Consumer Sciences And Retailing
• CSR 69700 - Final Non-Thesis Paper
• CSR 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• CSR 69900 - Research PhD Thesis

• HTM 50100 - Research Methods In Hospitality And Tourism
• HTM 50101 - Statistical Laboratory
• HTM 50200 - Management Information Systems For The Hospitality Industry
• HTM 50300 - Business Statistics And Quantitative Analysis In Hospitality
• HTM 51100 - Hospitality Business Law And Risk Management
• HTM 51200 - Leadership In Hospitality And Tourism
• HTM 52200 - Foodservice Equipment And Facility Design
• HTM 53100 - Hospitality And Tourism Marketing II
• HTM 53600 - Advanced Service Management in Hospitality And Tourism
• HTM 54100 - Advanced Hospitality Accounting And Finance Systems
• HTM 54200 - Strategic Revenue Management In The Hospitality Industry
• HTM 57100 - Economics Of Travel And Tourism
• HTM 58100 - Advanced Hotel Management
• HTM 59000 - Problems In Hospitality And Tourism
• HTM 59001 - Graduate Professional Industry Internship
• HTM 59002 - Graduate Professional Industry Research
• HTM 59100 - Research Issues In Food Service Management
• HTM 59500 - Applied Management Concept
• HTM 60200 - Research Topics And Methods Seminar
• HTM 61200 - HTM Management Challenge Analysis
• HTM 63100 - Strategic Marketing in Hospitality And Tourism
• HTM 64200 - Advanced Personnel Systems In Restaurants, Hotels, And Institutions
• HTM 68100 - Seminar In Hotel Management Research
• HTM 69000 - Hospitality And Tourism Research Problems
• HTM 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• HTM 69900 - Research PhD Thesis

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