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MS in Global Hospitality Business Degree Requirements

Required Credit Hours: 39

All MS degree candidates must complete 39 semester credit hours of graduate coursework over the course of three (3) semesters in each the three (3) designated partner locations -- Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Conrad
N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership. Graduates can choose to receive their degree from either the University of Houston or one of its partnering institutions.

The following courses are required of all students pursuing the Master of Science in Global Hospitality Business program. For a complete description of these courses, visit the University of Houston Graduate Catalog.

Core Courses Semester Credit Hours
GHL 6323 Hospitality Business Strategies in Europe, Middle East, & Africa 3
GHL 6378 Hospitality Real Estate Finance 3
GHL 7369 Hospitality Financial Assets & Planning Management 3
GHL 6382 Methods of Research in the Hospitality Industry 3
GHL 6321 Hospitality Business Strategies in Asia 3
GHL 7353 Services Management in Hospitality 3
GHL 7366 Hospitality Management Strategies 3
GHL 7334 Pricing and Revenue Management in Hospitality 3
GHL 6324 Hospitality Business Strategies in the Americas & the Caribbean 3
GHL 6317 Innovative Hospitality Technologies 3
GHL 6340 Organizational Behavior and Hospitality Leadership Strategies 3
Prescribed Elective Courses Semester Credit Hours
GHL 6397 Hospitality Market Anaysis 3
Other Courses Semester Credit Hours
GHL 6368 Career Capstone Project 3

Course Waivers and Substitutions

Above course hours cannot be waived under any circumstances.