Doctorate Degree Requirements

Ph.D. in Hospitality Management

Total Required Credit Hours: 57
Completion of the Ph.D. requires 57 hours of course work, including required courses, prescribed (focused) courses, free elective (supporting) courses and a doctoral dissertation. Required courses (24 credit hours) are focused on research methods, data analysis and grantsmanship. Prescribed courses (9 credit hours) are focused on the hospitality and tourism discipline. Free elective courses (6 credit hours) are developed to strengthen research techniques or topic knowledge important to the development of the dissertation. The remaining credit hours (18) will consist of dissertation courses. Students must pass the candidacy and comprehensive exams prior to conducting their doctoral dissertation research proposal.

Required Courses and Dissertation
Hospitality Administration Core Courses	(3) GHL 8310 (3) GHL 8320	Teaching Methods in Hospitality Management Guided Research in Hospitality Industry
Research Methods	(3) GHL 8304 (3) GHL 8305	Qualitative Design in Hospitality Administration Grantsmanship and Technical Writing
Data Analysis	(3) GHL 8303 (6) Two Approved Data Analysis Courses From Outside or Inside the College	Multivariate Analysis in Hospitality Administration
Seminar	(1) GHL 8188	Colloquium
Dissertation	(3) GHL 8398 (3-9) GHL 8X99	Doctoral Dissertation Research Proposal Doctoral Dissertation Research

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