Hospitality Graduate Program Elective Courses

The following course outline describes when the hospitality graduate elective courses are offered for the Master’s in Hotel Administration and the Ph.D. in Hospitality Administration programs. The graduate programs will do its best to follow this schedule. Please note that course offerings may be limited in some semesters due to faculty availability. The college is committed to ensuring that all students can complete degree on time by offering a range of elective courses throughout the academic year.

Please note that this schedule starts with Fall 2026 term and forward.

Hospitality graduate electives courses in the fall and spring terms can be offered either online or on-campus. This format will depend on the professor’s workload for that semester. In the Summer Term, courses are offered in an online only format.

Prefix

Number

Course Name

Credits

Fall Term

Spring Term

Summer Term (Online Only)

Frequency

HOA

508

Labor Magement Relations

3

every year

HOA

645

Hospitality Innovation Lab

3

every year

HOA

716

Principles & Practice in Hotel Management

3

every year

HOA

717

Principles & Practice in Convention & Meeting Management

3

every year

HOA

718

Principles of Casino & Gaming Management

3

every year

HOA

720

Principles & Practice in Food Service Management

3

every odd term

HOA

725

Information Technology in Hospitality Industry

3

every year

HOA

731

Operational Analysis in Hospitality Management

3

offered occasionally

HOA

732

Advanced Statistics in Research for Hospitality and Business

3

every year

HOA

739

Psychology of Hospitality Marketing (PhD Only)

3

every even term

HOA

741

Dynamics of Tourism

3

every year

HOA

751

Hospitality Service Management

3

offered occasionally

HOA

776

Current Issues in Hospitality

3

offered occasionally

HOA

790

Special Topics in Hospitality Management

1-3

every year, pending faculty schedules

HOA

781

Independent Study & Research

1-3

every year

HOA

782

Advanced Independent Study & Research

1-3

every year

HOA

783

Internship

1-3

every year