IX. Graduate Programs
Tourism and Hospitality
Courses
| TRMH*6100 Foundations of Tourism and Hospitality F [0.50] |
|---|
| The course is designed to discuss theoretical concepts and theories which provide an understanding of societal, managerial and strategic aspects of tourism and hospitality. An emphasis will also be placed on key theories and concepts of relevant disciplines which may affect tourism and hospitality research. |
| TRMH*6200 Contemporary Issues in Tourism W [0.50] | |
|---|---|
| The course will acquaint students with the tourism industry. An overview of the scale and scope, involved stakeholders,and the organization of the industry will be examined and critiqued. An emphasis will be placed on the sustainable development and management of tourism resources and organizations. | |
| Prerequisite(s): | TRMH*6100 |
| TRMH*6250 Tourism and Sustainable Development F [0.50] |
|---|
| The course introduces students to the issues affecting planning and development of tourism by understanding tourism planning and sustainable development. Core elements include a discussion on tourism impacts (economic, social, cultural and environmental), issues of sustainability, carrying capacity, 'eco-tourism' and other 'alternative forms' of tourism. |
| TRMH*6270 Data Mining Practicum W [0.50] | |
|---|---|
| An applied course introducing popular concepts, methods and applications of data mining utilizing data warehoused at the government agencies and user friendly software and cases. This course covers various topics in data mining association rule, clustering, logistic regression, decision tree and artificial neural network. | |
| Prerequisite(s): | TRMH*6100 and one of MCS*6050 or PSYC*6060 |
| Co-requisite(s): | Must take one of these courses ANTH*6140, FRAN*6020, MCS*6080 or SOC*6140 |
| TRMH*6310 Research Applications in Tourism and Hospitality W [0.50] | |
|---|---|
| This course is designed to enhance the student’s analytical capability, using both basic and advanced analytical techniques and tools of tourism and hospitality research. They learn to critically evaluate, enabling them to make effective judgments, choose proper statistical techniques, and draw logical and substantive conclusions. | |
| Prerequisite(s): | TRMH*6100 and one of MCS*6050 or PSYC*6060 |
| Co-requisite(s): | Must take one of these courses ANTH*6140, FRAN*6020, MCS*6080 or SOC*6140 |
| TRMH*6400 Thesis Proposal F,W,S [1.00] | |
|---|---|
| The students engage in seminars to share experiences and reflections on the research process. This course is a development of the proposal: framing a research question, developing a methodological plan within a challenging interdisciplinary area such as tourism and hospitality, data planning and more. | |
| Prerequisite(s): | TRMH*6100, TRMH*6200, TRMH*6310, one of MCS*6050 or PSYC*6060 and one of ANTH*6140, FRAN*6020, MCS*6080 or SOC*6140 |