HMGT 601 Interrelationships of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Concepts
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
History and philosophy of the fields of hospitality, tourism, recreation, and parks; fundamentals of planning, development and management of resources allocated for hospitality, tourism, recreation, and parks; development of the recreation and park movement and its role in the spread of tourism and hospitality management in contemporary society. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
HMGT 602 Social Science Foundations of Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
History and philosophy of the fields of hospitality, tourism, recreation, and parks; fundamentals of planning, development and management of resources allocated for hospitality, tourism, recreation, and parks; development of the recreation and park movement and its role in the spread of tourism and hospitality management in contemporary society. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.
HMGT 604 Food Service Delivery Systems in Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Management
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Introduction to the two components of controlling foodservice costs - revenue and cost systems; focuses on managerial principles related to procurement, production, and inventory controls; understanding foodservice cost control process and controlling food costs in purchasing, receiving, storing, issuing, during production, during service and sales, and cost control techniques that impact management decision making. Prerequisite: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.
HMGT 605 Managing Resources and Development of Destination Communities
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Exploration of how destination communities manage natural resources through local collaboration, participation, power dynamics, and resilience; emphasis on the role of community-level processes and actors in addressing resource management challenges; examination of how informal and formal structures influence sustainable development and gain applied strategies for organizing and engaging communities in resource-based planning and decision-making. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
HMGT 606 Overview of Tourism
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Introduction to the fields of tourism and hospitality sciences; scale and scope of the industries and businesses related to tourism and hospitality; the cooperative and dynamic nature of decision-making in tourism; the contributions made by various disciplines towards understanding the consequences of tourism activity; and identification of critical issues in the study of tourism and hospitality. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
HMGT 611 Cruise Tourism
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
In-depth examination of the cruise tourism industry, including management of service sectors, cultural dynamics of destinations, cruise marketing and decision-making, industry geography, youth programming, agri-tourism, and analysis of economic, technological, and political issues affecting cruise tourism. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; must be 21 years of age or older.
HMGT 612 International Event Management
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Event execution and experience in a country other than the US; evaluation of venues, vendors, and other logistical and practical elements specific to the culture or country of study. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval of instructor.
HMGT 613 Innovation and Service Experience Design in Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Design of service environments and consumer experiences to enhance efficiency, deliver value, and create a competitive edge; innovative approaches to service experience design, emphasizing the integration of technology and strategic communication in shaping service experiences to optimize engagement, satisfaction, and differentiation across multiple service settings. Prerequisite: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.
HMGT 614 Research Methods in Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Management
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Methods of behavioral science applied to the formulation of research problems and management in the experience industries including hospitality, hotel management, tourism, recreation and event management. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
HMGT 616 Tourism Economics
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
3 Lab Hours.
Introduction to tourism economics including: tourism consumption and demand analysis; operating and capital budgeting; measurement of economic impacts through input/output analysis; forecasting; project management through PERT/CPM; decision making under uncertainty; benefit/cost analysis. Prerequisites: RPTS 606 and STAT 651 or approval of instructor.
HMGT 622 Planning and Design of Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Places
Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.
Classification of areas according to primary function, location and clientele served; basic park planning principles involving scale, circulation, function and spatial relationships; methodology for establishing planning goals, objectives and planning strategies. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.
HMGT 625 Hotel and Tourism Industry Analytics
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Principles and application of hospitality-industry and hotel analytics; analysis of industry data, trends and operations challenges. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.
HMGT 630 Contemporary Perspectives in Qualitative Research within Hospitality & Tourism
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Contemporary Perspectives in Qualitative Research within Hospitality & Tourism. Awareness and appreciation of the nature of qualitative methods; widely used and contemporary qualitative approaches in hospitality and tourism research; challenge required to become fully proficient with the techniques; potential contribution to research promised by the selected qualitative methods; consideration of mixed methods to acquire skills for successful use of other methods such as survey. Prerequisites: HMGT 614 or approval of instructor; graduate classification.
HMGT 631 Marketing in the Digital Age for Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Application of basic and digital tourism marketing principles and concepts in government, business, and social-cause contexts; situation analysis and operational evaluation; decision making in terms of product, place, price, and channel of distribution mixes for tourism attractions and services. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.
HMGT 632 Contemporary Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Human Resources Management
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Examination of the functions of human resource management through readings, cases, and applied research with special attention to strategic HR alliances and developing trends in the hospitality, tourism, and recreation sectors. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.
HMGT 635 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Application of advanced quantitative analysis methods to data sets from hospitality, hotel management and tourism research; data analysis and variable selection based on both theory and questions to practical issues; application of a variety of multivariate methods to address assumptions, reliability and validity; interpretation of results. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; EPSY 640 or approval of instructor.
HMGT 637 Experimental Design and Analysis in Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Management
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Rigorous introduction to experimental methods in academic research across hospitality, tourism, and related fields; focuses on hypothesis development, experimental design, quantitative analysis, and producing empirically grounded, publishable findings. Prerequisites: HMGT 614 or approval of instructor; graduate classification.
HMGT 641 Tourism Experience
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Designing tourism service enterprises, managing service operations, and quantitative models for tourism experience management; engineering of operations within service organizations included within the infrastructure associated with tourism industries, using advanced methods and technology to enhance activities that translate to consumer outcomes. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
HMGT 645 Revenue Management in Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Management
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Examination of strategies and analytical tools used to optimize revenue in the hospitality and tourism industries; exploration of pricing, demand forecasting, distribution channel management, customer lifetime value (CLV), and profitability optimization, with a focus on data-driven decision-making; emphasis on industry trends, technological advancements, and best practices for maximizing revenue while enhancing guest satisfaction. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
HMGT 646 Heritage Tourism
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Transdisciplinary examination of contemporary research and practice in heritage tourism and public culture; deploying variety of disciplinary outlooks to explore the representation of peoples, places and pasts in a range of settings from the indigenous and sacred to the post-industrial and post-colonial; theoretical insights into heritage related to place and space, community, politics and power, ethnicity, identity and belonging, key stakeholders in the local-global tourism industry, and issues related to justice and ethics; practical insights and ethical guidelines for the development, interpretation and management of heritage sites and places. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
HMGT 650 Financing Hospitality, Hotel and Tourism Services
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Financial vehicles for funding hospitality, hotels and tourism organizations and services. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
HMGT 655 Disney Operations
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Unique viewpoint of hospitality, leadership and event management from the Disney perspective; includes training in the Disney leadership style, Disney culture and the Disney creative process and how this can be applied to the field of hospitality and tourism. May be taken two times for credit. Prerequisites: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.
HMGT 666 Parks, Tourism and the Natural Environment
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Analysis of natural and cultural resource management in the United States; emphasis on federal policy and the influence by political processes at the national, regional, and local levels; case studies to illustrate conceptual and legal frameworks in real world contexts, including the policy and politics of tourism and recreation, endangered species, contested history, and Native American traditions and sovereignty. Prerequisite: HMGT 602 or approval of instructor.
HMGT 672 GIS Applications in Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Application of geographic information systems (GIS) in hospitality, tourism, and recreation; exploration of spatial data concepts including mapping, editing, and spatial analysis; hands-on experience with ArcGIS tools such as StoryMaps, Dashboards, and Business Analyst. Prerequisite: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.
HMGT 684 Professional Internship
Credits 1 to 4.
1 to 4 Other Hours.
On-the-job experience program conducted in the area of the student’s specialization under the supervision of a graduate faculty member. May be taken three times for credit. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
HMGT 685 Directed Studies
Credits 1 to 4.
1 to 4 Other Hours.
Investigations not included in student's research for thesis or dissertation; problems selected in administration, management or planning. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; approval of department head or associate department head.
HMGT 689 Special Topics in...
Credits 1 to 4.
1 to 4 Other Hours.
Selected topics in an identified area of hospitality, hotel, tourism, recreation and event management. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; approval of instructor.
HMGT 691 Research
Credits 1 to 23.
1 to 23 Other Hours.
Research in hospitality, hotel management, recreation or event management for thesis or dissertation. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
HMGT 693 Professional Study
Credits 1 to 3.
1 to 3 Other Hours.
Approved research or professional paper undertaken as the terminal requirement for the Master of Science Non-Thesis. May be taken up to three hours for credit. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; approval of instructor.
RPTS 604 Principles of Community and Community Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Examines different theories about community development as well as the concept of community; explores measurement and other methodological issues in the conduct of basic and applied community research. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
RPTS 605/RWFM 605 Community Organization and Natural Resources Management
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Understand ways communities manage natural resources; understand the roles of collaboration, participation, agency, power, and resilience in solving local resource management problems. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross Listing: RWFM 605/RPTS 605.
RPTS 615/ALEC 672 Analytic Techniques in Recreation, Parks and Tourism
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Analysis of current research; instruments and analytic techniques used in the selection and formulation of research problems. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross Listing: ALEC 672.
RPTS 655/ECCB 655 Applied Biodiversity Science I
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Study in the areas of conservation genetics, metapopulations, landscape ecology, and ecosystem management. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross Listing: ECCB 655/RPTS 655.
RPTS 670/ALEC 670 Youth Development Programs and Services
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Principles and practices of youth development supports, opportunities, programs and services; emphasis on the role of out-of-school time settings in youth development; programming considerations related to gender, disability and culture; introduction to evaluation and financing of youth development programs. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross Listing: ALEC 670/RPTS 670.
RPTS 671/ALEC 671 Practice and Development of Effective Skills for Youth Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Development of skills and competencies needed to successfully manage paid and volunteer staff, design youth programs, address safety and risk management issues; build community support of public, non-profit, and for profit or commercial youth programs and agencies; history and scope of youth serving organizations; programming and staffing strategies; managing, mentoring and training staff; diverse approaches to program curriculum and design; behavior management and recognition of youth participants; youth protection; relevant laws and legal mandates; safety, health and wellness; youth advocacy and engagement; working with parents and community partners; and issues and innovations in youth development. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross Listing: ALEC 671/RPTS 671.
RPTS 672 Community Based Participatory Research
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Examination of historical and emerging philosophical, ethical and methodological issues; CBPR intersection with race, class, gender and other forms of oppression and critical methodologies; challenges for academics and community members to co-construct knowledge; orientation to democratic processes of social and organizational change; focus on inclusion of youth population in building partnerships; gain practical experience in participatory research methods.
RPTS 673/ALEC 673 Grant Writing and Program Evaluation for Youth Development Organizations
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Development of knowledge and skills to successfully write grant proposals and design program evaluation plans for youth development organizations, including clarifying organization mission and program needs, locating funding opportunities, following grant guidelines and using different methods to evaluation programs. Prerequisite: ALEC 670/RPTS 670 or approval of instructor. Cross Listing: ALEC 673/RPTS 673.
RPTS 674/ALEC 674 Administration, Management and Leadership in Youth Programs
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Organizational behavior, administration and management of public, non-profit and for-profit youth programs and agencies; foundations of management and organizational behavior in the context of youth organizations; organizational culture; strategic planning; capacity building; evaluation; marketing and communication; human resource management; financial resource development; budgeting and fiscal management; contemporary issues facing the youth development field. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross Listing: ALEC 674/RPTS 674.
RPTS 677/ALEC 677 Youth Development Capstone Experience
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Application of recreation and youth development knowledge to a specific project or program of a cooperating youth development organization. Prerequisite: Graduate classification; enrollment in the MRYD program. Cross Listing: ALEC 677/RPTS 677.
RPTS 678/RWFM 678 Latent Variable Model Applications
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Introduction to structural equation modeling (SEM); background on conceptual issues, application of the method, and insight on SEM software; measurement theory, missing data analysis, non-normal data, confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis, multi-group models. Prerequisites: STAT 636, STAT 652, EPSY 641, EPSY 643, EPSY 650 or approval of instructor. Cross Listing: RWFM 678/RPTS 678.
