Hospitality and Tourism Analytics, Graduate Certificate
Get (Hospitality and Tourism) Analytical
Data Analytics field remains one of the most resilient and sought-after areas for
hospitality and tourism professionals. A certificate in Hospitality and Tourism Analytics
is designed to produce professionals who can convert data repositories into actionable
insight for better decisions to enhance effectiveness and efficiency in the Hospitality
and Tourism businesses.
This certificate will help to gain high-level strategic thinking and analytical skills
in the areas of revenue management and business analytics. Specifically, this certificate
will help to apply information systems as tools in forecasting, revenue management,
customer-relationship management and other issues in Hospitality and Tourism-related
businesses. Skills gained will ultimately enable students to build competencies for
advancing career to upper-level managerial positions. Those enrolled in the graduate
certificates will be able to transfer the credit hours to the MS in Hospitality and
Tourism Management degree at a later date.
Coursework
Required courses (6 credit hours):
HTM 5503 Big Data Analytics in HTM
HTM 5263 Applied Revenue Management in HTM
Elective (6 credit hours - select two of the following):
HTM 5323 Hospitality and Tourism Financial Management
BAN 5511 Web Analytics and Digital Marketing
BAN 5521 GIS Applications in Marketing Analytics
BAN 5551 Optimization Applications in Marketing Analytics
BAN 5561 Customer Lifetime Value Models in Marketing
MKTG 5733 Introduction to Marketing Analytics
MKTG 5743 Advanced Marketing Analytics
BADM 5513 Fundamentals of Business Analytics
MSIS 5673 Descriptive Analytics and Visualization
MSIS 5623 Information and Network Technology Management
MSIS 5633 Predictive Analytics Technologies
MSIS 5643 Advanced Database Management
MGMT 5543 Human Resource Analytics
Admissions requirements and deadlines
For fall admission, application must be complete by July 1 of the same year.
For spring admission, application must be complete by December 1 of the prior year.
All transcripts from bachelor degree studies as well as a CV/resume must be submitted
by the deadline in order to be reviewed for admission. Applications that are incomplete
at the deadline will not be reviewed. This application does not require recommendation letters, purpose statement or entrance exams such as the GMAT
or GRE.