Curriculum

Curriculum overview

How the MSBA–HTM curriculum is structured

The MSBA–HTM curriculum combines an MBA-level business core with specialized hospitality and tourism coursework. Across 10 courses (30 credit hours), you’ll build fluency in finance, accounting, marketing, statistics, and organizational behavior while tailoring your degree toward the areas of hospitality that matter most to your career.

Courses are taught by a mix of research-active faculty and industry professionals, giving you direct exposure to emerging technologies, analytics tools, and management practices shaping hospitality, tourism, and events today.

Program structure at a glance

Total: 30 credit hours (10 courses)

5 MBA-level business core courses (15 credit hours)
5 hospitality and tourism electives (15 credit hours)

Within your electives, at least 50% of your coursework (3 of 5 courses) must be HTM-prefixed courses. You may mix and match electives or intentionally cluster them into specialization areas such as analytics and revenue management, international strategy, entrepreneurship, or events and experience management.

MBA-level business core (15 credit hours)

These five courses establish the analytical and managerial foundation for advanced work in hospitality and tourism.

Hospitality & tourism electives (15 credit hours)

Choose five electives (with at least three HTM-prefixed courses) to build depth in leadership, analytics, revenue management, global strategy, entrepreneurship, real estate, events, and more.

Curriculum

How the MSBA–HTM curriculum is structured

Program structure at a glance

MBA-level business core (15 credit hours)

ACIS 5104 – Fundamentals of Accounting

BIT 5724 – Managerial Statistics

FIN 5024 – Principles of Finance

MGT 5314 – Dynamics of Organizational Behavior

MKTG 5104 – Marketing Policy and Strategy

Hospitality & tourism electives (15 credit hours)

HTM 5424 – Human Resource Management

HTM 5984 – Active Intentional Leadership

MGT 5814 – Entrepreneurial Leadership

HTM 5444 – Financial Management in the Hospitality Service Industries

HTM 5574 – Revenue Management for Hospitality Services

HTM 5984 – Hospitality Real Estate Management

BIT 5594 – Web-Based Applications and Electronic Commerce

HTM 5564 – Information Technology and Business Analytics in Hospitality and Tourism

MGT 5804 – Strategic Leadership in Technology-Based Organizations

HTM 5024 – International Service Management

HTM 5534 – Competitive Strategies in the Hospitality Industry

MGT 5784 – International Management

MKTG 5704 – International Marketing Strategy

HTM 5454 – Hospitality and Tourism Marketing

HTM 5474 – Event Management

HTM 5514 – Contemporary Problems in the Hospitality Industry

HTM 5614 – Current Issues in Travel and Tourism Management

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