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Department Information and Typical Discipline-Specific Academic Degree & Qualifications1 of faculty within Hospitality and Tourism Management

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 (52.0901)

Related Disciplines3

  • Food Service Systems Administration/Management (19.0505) - all courses
  • Food Technology and Processing (01.1002) – all FSS courses

Related Disciplines3 for specific courses

  • Accounting (52.0301) - HFT 2401, 3403, 4464, 4474
  • Accounting and Finance (52.0304) HFT 2401, 3403, 4464, 4474
  • Computer and Information Sciences (11.0101) - HFT 2441, 3423, 3764, 4507
  • Computer Science (11.0701) - HFT 2441, 3423, 3764, 4507
  • Finance (52.0801) - HFT 2401, 3403, 4292, 4464, 4474, HMG 6472, 6476, 6477, 6486
  • Food Technology and Processing (01.1002) - HMG 6586
  • Human Resource Management/Personnel Administration (52.1001) - HFT 4207
  • Information Technology (11.0103) - HFT 2441, 3423, 3764
  • Law (22.0101) - HFT 3603, 3613, 3691, 3692, 3727, 4507, 4604, HMG 6600, 6605, 6607, 6609, 6697
  • Management Information Systems (52.1201) - HFT 2441, 3423, 3764, 4207, 4445, 4507
  • Marketing/Marketing Management (52.1401) - HFT 4207
  • Taxation (52.1601) - HFT 4474
  • Viticulture and Enology (01.1004) - HFT 3862L, 3865, 3866, 3868, 3870, 3871, 3873, 4867, 4869, HMG 5877, 5878, 6863, 6879

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.

Notes

1Whenever 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 Clearance in the Discipline

2The level and discipline of the terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D., MS, MFA, doctorate) that is required to teach graduate courses in the discipline

3For 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 level

4(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.

Current/Effective Date 11/15/2024