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Purdue University’s online Master of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) is a business-focused hospitality degree designed to help managers with HTM industry experience rise to new levels. It provides the executive management, leadership and analytical skills you need to advance your career within the industry.
Through this one-of-a-kind-program, you will:
Accelerate You Career
The leisure and hospitality sector is at the forefront of monumental growth — employment is projected to increase by one million jobs — from 14.7 million to 15.7 million, between 2014 and 2024.1 Whether you’d like to advance your management career in the restaurant industry, work within a more complex, full-service hotel, or transfer to the corporate side of Hospitality and Tourism Management, jobs will be waiting for you. Purdue is known for developing global leaders in HTM — you’ll be well equipped to meet the bigger challenges and opportunities in the industry.
Award-Winning Faculty Lead You To Success
The award-winning faculty in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management are dedicated to providing you an experienced-based education you can apply immediately to your career. This makes their focus on the learning themes of knowledge, and professional and personal growth, practical and effective.
Faculty make sure you possess the latest information to develop your leadership style as it applies specifically to the HTM industry — a niche market with its own set of values and challenges. You’ll ensure the health and growth of your organization through a new understanding of information literacy and research methods which allow you to think critically of business analytics, finance, marketing, and human resource management within the industry.
This team of instructors uses their vast experiences in HTM to prepare you to manage complex organizations and shifting global markets. They increase your self-awareness and global perspective through cultural awareness and diversity, thereby improving your level of professionalism in leadership, communication, and critical thinking.
The faculty works hard to make certain you provide excellence in management, becoming part of the next generation of leaders who advance the professional standards and goals of Hospitality and Tourism Management locally and globally.
A Business-Focused Curriculum for HTM Managers
The curriculum is designed to be experiential and project-orientated — tailored specifically to HTM managers with five years of professional experience and a minimum of three years of management experience.
There is a strong focus on the business side of the HTM industry, so you can solve the real daily challenges of working at an advanced level in this niche market. Learning with other professionals, you’ll apply your new knowledge immediately to your current position, getting you noticed as a qualified leader who’s ready to take the next step in their career.
HTM 51200 | Leadership in Hospitality and Tourism | (3 credit hours) |
HTM 57100 | Economics of Travel and Tourism | (3 credit hours) |
HTM 50300 | Business Statistics and Quantitative Analysis | (3 credit hours) |
HTM 54100 | Advanced Hospitality Accounting and Finance Systems | (3 credit hours) |
HTM 53600 | Advanced Service Management for Hospitality and Tourism | (3 credit hours) |
HTM 64200 | Advanced Personnel Systems in Restaurants, Hotels and Institutions | (3 credit hours) |
HTM 51100 | Hospitality Business Law and Risk Management Course Description | (3 credit hours) |
HTM 54200 | Strategic Revenue Management in the Hospitality Industry | (3 credit hours) |
HTM 53100 | Hospitality and Tourism Marketing 2 | (3 credit hours) |
HTM 61200 | Management Challenge Analysis | (3 credit hours) |
HTM 59500 | Advanced Management Project | (4 credit hours) |
Please note: Course order is subject to change.
The Capstone Project
For graduation, you’ll complete a capstone project (HTM 595: Applied Management Project) based on a real-world HTM issue. In it, you’ll develop a project scope that may incorporate management, marketing, human resources and financial recommendations to address the issues presented.
Why Students Choose Purdue
Purdue faculty strives for excellence in teaching and the programs they develop, which is reflected in their numerous, top-level rankings.
#1 Master’s and Doctoral Degree Programs: Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education (Vol. 25, Iss. 2, 2013) A Longitudinal Study of Hospitality and Tourism Management Graduate Programs.
#4 in the Top Universities Ranked by Recruiters: Wall Street Journal
#5 Top Public University in the U.S. by Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education
Top 25 Public Universities: US News and World Report
1 Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Monthly Labor Review, December 2015, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2015/article/industry-employment-and-output-projections-to-2024.htm.