Forging
On-Line, International Partnerships: UW-Stout's New Global
Hospitality Management Concentration
Joseph W. Holland, JD, Christine J. Clements, PhD,
and James J. Buergermeister, PhD
Department of Hospitality and Tourism, UW-Stout
The
Department of Hospitality and Tourism at UW-Stout has
recently implemented a new concentration in global hospitality
management within the existing master's degree program
in hospitality and tourism management. Creating the new
concentration presented many challenges in curriculum
design and delivery. The program is offered entirely on-line
to students who, in many cases, would not be able to pursue
their graduate studies otherwise. It has been designed
in an active learning format for persons who are presently
working in the hospitality or tourism industries. Moreover,
it is a global experience based on a curriculum that has
been developed by international educational partners.
The courses are team taught by faculty from the partner
institutions, allowing students and faculty to experience
the cultural richness collaboration between international
institutions provides. (Jan. 2000)