Tourism Management Education

If you are considering a career in tourism management, you’re in good hands here at the University of Plymouth. Tourism has been rated in the National Student Survey as being the one with the most satisfied students on the course in the country! (Times Higher Sept. 2007)

We are at the centre of one of the United Kingdom’s most popular tourist regions with major tourist attractions right on the doorstep of the Plymouth campus. Our courses are vocationally focused with international commercial links designed to enhance your employment profile in one of the fastest expanding global industrial sectors. Events management is a new development in our courses which recognises the growth of this key management area within the tourism sector.

Taught within the Plymouth Business School, four themed undergraduate degree courses are offered: business and tourism, events management, international tourism management and tourism management. All will give you a critical understanding of tourism and business management. We design each degree course to give you the skills that will enable you to function and communicate in this challenging and exciting commercial environment.

If you are looking to extend your professional career we can offer you Masters courses and the option of Postgraduate research that will enhance your professional status. These courses are designed for managers who wish to develop their knowledge of the tourism industry and their management skills. They combine a theoretical understanding of tourism issues, with the teaching of practical methods of tourism analysis.

Nested within the Tourism and Hospitality Management Group, is the Tourism Research Group (TRG) which is open to academic staff and postgraduates who are interested in the field of tourism as an area of investigation. Its group members are drawn from across the University’s Faculty of Social Science and Business; subject specialisms include tourism, hospitality, geography, sociology, criminology and marketing. The group actively researches and publishes in this area.

 School of Tourism and Hospitality University of Plymouth

Voted as one of the top providers of hospitality courses in the UK by both the Times and the Guardian newspapers, our courses in hospitality are designed to produce professional managers who have the skills to function and communicate in one of the world’s fastest growing industries.

Taught within the Plymouth Business School by the Tourism and Hospitality Management Group, which has links to major hospitality and cruise operations, you will be prepared to succeed in an exciting economic sector. We have excellent purpose built training facilities on a campus in one of the best known tourist areas in the United Kingdom.

Emphasis is placed on the vocational aspect of the courses on offer, with many students taking the option of a placement in industry which capitalises on our international business links.

We have a unique qualification in Cruise Management that runs with the support of this industry’s major operators.

International hospitality management emphasises the language development necessary for the global application of industry specific skills.

Tourism and hospitality management ensures those taking a more traditional route into operational management in the tourism sector have the necessary hospitality skills.

The bedrock of our degree structure lies in the hospitality primary degree that develops a critical understanding of operational management in the industry. We provide our students with an invaluable opportunity to obtain current industry skills through participation in the running of our on campus restaurant, Pilgrims Cafe.

Nested within the Tourism and Hospitality management group, is the Tourism Research Group (TRG.) Through research, consultancy, conferences and publications, the Group seeks to generate new ideas, stimulate debate, inform policy, develop networks and contribute to best practice in the planning, managing, marketing and teaching of tourism and hospitality management. The Group provides expert supervision and has created an attractive and vibrant research community for taught postgraduates and PhD students

Plymouth Business School – Tourism and Hospitality Management Group

Admission
Applicants to the School must submit a Graduate Application for Admission to the University and are required to follow the regular University admission procedures described in the FIU Graduate Admissions web site (the ‘Admissions & Applications’ link on the right navigation bar leads to the site). Applicants must be eligible for admission to the University before receiving admission to the School.

Admissions standards for the Master of Science degree in Hospitality Management are an earned 4-year bachelor’s degree with a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale, as calculated by Graduate Admissions reviewing 60 credits of upper-division coursework. Students who have completed a 3-year bachelor’s degree program will be required to complete additional education before qualifying for entry into the University Graduate School. A minimum TOEFL score of 550 written or 80 internet-based (iBT) is required for international applicants or applicants with foreign academic credentials.

An applicant who feels the earned GPA is not indicative of his or her ability to be successful in a graduate degree program may also submit scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) which will be taken into consideration by the admissions committee in its evaluation of the application. Official GRE or GMAT scores are required for students with below 3.0 GPA.

Applicants who meet admissions criteria, but do not have undergraduate preparation in Hospitality Management, may be required to complete a series of preparatory courses. Specific courses will depend upon the individual’s undergraduate preparation. See “Graduate Hospitality Management Electives” (below) for details.  A maximum of six semester hours of related graduate credit may be transferred from another university or from the graduate programs of this University.

All students must complete 1000 hours of practical training work experience in the Hospitality or Tourism Industry in addition to the Graduate Internship of 300 hours. A minimum of 800 hours of the total 1300 hours must be completed while enrolled at FIU. Work experience documentation is required. All graduating students are required to attend the “Life After College” Workshop.

Cost
The cost of the program is based on tuition per credit hour and University fees.

Degree Requirements
To be eligible for a Master’s degree, a student must:

1. Satisfy all University requirements for a master’s degree.
2. Complete a minimum of 39 semesters credit hours of graduate level course work in the Hospitality Management curriculum.
3. Earn a minimum grade point average of ‘B’ (3.0) in all approved courses in the student’s graduate program of study.

No courses, in which a grade below ‘C’ is earned, may be counted toward the Master’s Degree. However, all approved work taken as a graduate student will be counted in computing the grade point average, including courses graded ‘D’ or ‘F’.

Attendance at Dean’s Lectures is required for all graduate students

If you have not taken Accounting, Finance, Marketing and Cooking courses at the undergraduate level, you will be required to enroll in HFT 5485, FSS 5755 and HFT 6596.

Core Requirements: 27 credit hours
HFT 6245 Hospitality / Tourism Service Operations Analysis (3)
HFT 6246 Organizational Behavior in the Hospitality Industry (3)
HFT 6296 Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism (3)
HFT 6299 Case Studies in Hospitality Management (3)
HFT 6446 Hospitality Enterprise Technologies (3)
HFT 6477 Financial Management for the Hospitality Industry (3)
HFT 6476 Feasibility Studies for the Hospitality Industry (3)*
or
HFT 6478 Restaurant Development (3)*
HFT 6586 Research and Statistical Methods (3)
HFT 6697 Hospitality Law Seminar (3)
HFT 6946 Graduate Internship (0)

*In place of HFT 6476 or HFT 6478 and one electives, the student may choose to complete HFT 6916, the Hospitality Industry Research Project, which carries a six credit hour requirement.

Graduate Hospitality Management Electives: 12 credit hours (if students have not previously completed coursework in cooking, marketing, accounting and finance, they will need to use electives to take FSS 5755 International Food Production Management; HFT 6596 Marketing Management, and HFT 5485 Financial Accounting and Analysis for the Hospitality Industry)

Graduate Internship
Required for all graduate students unless prior experience warrants a waiver of this requirement (see advisor for information).

Industry Experience Requirement: 1300 hours
1000 hours of hospitality related practical training work experience is required plus 300 hours for the Graduate Internship. A minimum of 800 hours must be completed while enrolled in the graduate program at FIU. Work experience documentation is required.

Thesis Track

If students have not previously completed coursework in cooking, marketing, accounting and finance, they will need also take FSS 5755 International Food Production Management; HFT 6596 Marketing Management; and HFT 5485 Financial Accounting and Analysis for the Hospitality Industry.

Core Requirements: 39 credit hours
HFT 6245 Hospitality/Tourism Service Operations Analysis (3)
HFT 6246 Organizational Behavior in the Hospitality Industry (3)
HFT 6296 Strategic Management for Hospitality and Tourism (3)
HFT 6299 Case Studies in Hospitality Management (3)
HFT 6446 Hospitality Enterprise Technologies (3)
HFT 6477 Financial Management for the Hospitality Industry (3)
HFT 6697 Hospitality Law Seminar (3)
HFT 6972 Thesis (9)
HFT 6946 Graduate Internship (0)
STA 5206 Design of Experiments (3)
STA 6166 Statistical Methods in Research I (3)
STA 6167 Statistical Methods in Research II (3)

Graduate Internship
Required for all graduate students unless prior experience warrants a waiver of this requirement (see advisor for information).

Industry Experience Requirement: 1300 hours
1000 hours of hospitality related practical training work experience is required plus 300 hours for the Graduate Internship. A minimum of 800 hours must be completed while enrolled in the graduate program at FIU. Work experience documentation is required.

NOTE:  This distance learning cohort program admits students during select semesters, as follows:  Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Summer 2013, Spring 2014, and Fall 2014.

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