Ph.D Program in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management (HRIM)
This advanced graduate program is designed for individuals who wish to become hospitality researchers and/or professors at the college and university level. Students’ programs are individualized to ensure that, in addition to a mastery of the scope of knowledge in their respective disciplines, they also have the ability to complete significant research in a focused hospitality management area.
Program Prerequisites
- The equivalent of a Master’s degree with an undergraduate or graduate degree in HRIM
- A minimum of 1-2 years of hospitality work experience
General Requirements:
- HRIM 590 (Colloquium) - sequence of 3 semester seminars (1 cr each)
- HRIM 585 (Seminar in HRIM) - an in-depth exploration of hospitality research issues and research literature (prerequisites: HRIM 503 (or equivalent) and 6 credits of statistics beyond STAT 500, 5th semester standing)
- HRIM 503 - Research Methods in HRIM (3 credits)
Statistics and Quantitative Methods:
Minimum of 15 credits
- HRIM 586 - Research Methods and Evaluation in HRIM (3 credits) - advanced graduate hospitality research methods and design (prerequisite: HRIM 585)
- 12 credits of quantitative and statistical analysis at the graduate level
Designated HRIM concentration area
Minimum of 18 credits
Designated outside supporting area
Minimum of 12 credits
- The student must select a supporting area that emphasizes course work outside of the HRIM program. The student's outside committee member should represent the outside supporting area.
Dissertation
Developed with and approved by the student's doctoral committee
ADDITIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:
- All HRIM MS and Ph.D. candidates are required to present a research poster at the University Graduate Research Exhibition held in the spring semester at least once prior to their final oral defense.
- All candidates for the HRIM Ph.D. are expected to participate in all creative empirical research, research symposia, and presentations sponsored by the school. • All candidates for the HRIM Ph.D. are expected to participate in the SHM Research Roundtable each month, held each semester.
- All candidates for the HRIM Ph.D. are required to make a refereed conference presentation prior to graduation.
- All candidates for the HRIM Ph.D. must submit an article to a refereed journal before sitting for the comprehensive exam.
- All candidates are required to demonstrate a high level of competence in the use of the English language. Competence in English is assessed for all students prior to admission into the program via their written application statements, their GRE/GMAT test results, and the faculty phone interview. In addition, international students must take the TOEFL exam and be tested by the University prior to the first week of class of their initial semester. Students may be given provisional reading, writing, and/or Speech Communications courses depending on the outcome of their English language evaluations. These provisional course credits will not count toward the student's Ph.D. program.
Notes
- Courses may not be counted twice in any of the areas I, II, III, or IV above.
- No more than 9 credits in total of independent study coursework may be counted toward the minimum degree requirements (with no more than 6 credits of independent study counting toward the requirements of any one of areas I, II, III, or IV above).
- Any request for substitution/change in the candidate's program must be submitted in writing to the PIC and written approval must be received before the courses will be counted towards the program requirements
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