SEMINAR IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
| Course Code |
MGMT426 |
| Credits |
3.00 |
| Hours / Week |
3 |
This course is advanced (senior) level course that provides students with a broad knowledge of the latest developments in the tourism and hospitality industries. The topics included in this seminar course are not fixed and are updated as needed because the course aims to reflect the current relevant international, regional, and local issues in tourism and hospitality. Emphasis is placed on students to become aware of these issues, what industry participants are doing to address these, and challenges students to suggest creative ways and new perspectives of looking at the issues. The course is usually taught by invited visiting professors or highly respected industry professionals. Students taking this course should have already an extensive knowledge of the tourism and hospitality industries gained in courses taken in previous years. Another interesting aspect of this course that it seeks to force students to integrate all the knowledge they have gained in tourism and hospitality in their undergraduate studies by means of the seminar issues and topics presented in the course.
By the end of this course, students must be able to demonstrate a broad awareness and understanding of contemporary trends, development, and issues confronting the tourism and hospitality industries. Students should demonstrate an ability to address these issues and the factors that incorporate them. They are further expected to be able to provide their own insights into and perspectives of these current topics by displaying their knowledge of how integrated the different elements of the hospitality and tourism industries interact. Finally, students are also expected to appreciate the complex nature of the elements making up the tourism and hospitality industries and how these need to be integrated and connected.
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