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Tourism Administration

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Academic Program

The MTA program is comprised of 36 credit hours. Students can complete the program with full-time study in one and a half to two years, or within 3 years if studying part-time. There are 3 areas of concentration from which to choose or students may design their own individualized concentration. The curriculum is as follows:

Required Core Courses (3 courses, 6 credits)

  • TSTD 249
  • TSTD 251
  • TSTD 270
  • Economic, Cultural and Environmental Aspects of Tourism
  • Statistical Applications in Tourism/Hospitality Management
  • Travel and Tourism Research

Concentration Courses (4 courses, 12 credits)

Students choose one area of concentration.

Event and Meeting Management (4 courses, 12 credits)

  • TSTD 276
  • TSTD 277
  • TSTD 278
  • TSTD 279
  • Risk Management for Event & Meeting Industry
  • Event Management
  • Conference and Exposition Management
  • Event Entertainment Management

Sport Management (4 courses, 12 credits)

  • TSTD 264
  • TSTD 265
  • TSTD 266
  • TSTD 267
  • Sport Marketing
  • Sport Law: Contracts and Negotiations
  • Sport and Event Facility Management
  • Sport Media and Communications

Sustainable Destination Management (4 courses, 12 credits)

  • TSTD 260
  • TSTD 261
  • TSTD 262
  • TSTD 263
  • Tourism Development
  • Tourism Planning
  • Tourism Policy Analysis
  • Tourism Marketing

Individualized Studies (4 courses, 12 credits)

Students may develop alternative concentrations with specialized focus areas that include International Hotel Management, Ecotourism, Cultural-Heritage Tourism, and Travel Marketing.

Required Capstone Courses (2 courses, 6 credits)

  • TSTD 283
  • TSTD 297
  • - OR -
  • TSTD 299
  • TSTD 300
  • Practicum
  • Advanced Topical Studies
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  • Thesis Seminar
  • Thesis Research

The School of Business also offers a distance version of the MTA degree: the Accelerated Master of Tourism Administration (AMTA) program offers the same world-class graduate education, but is packaged to meet the needs of working professionals who cannot attend classes at the Washington, D.C. campus. For more information, visit http://nearyou.gwu.edu/tourism/index1.html for information on the AMTA program.