Doctorate in Global Hospitality Leadership
Online
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
The Doctorate in Global Hospitality Leadership (DGHL) is designed for professionals and executives interested in expanding their careers in applied research in hospitality businesses, leading to career growth and acquiring opportunities related to teaching, consulting, and senior leadership roles. DGHL will also prepare current educators and university administrators to achieve tenure-track faculty and leadership positions in colleges and universities.
Candidates in the Doctorate in Global Hospitality Leadership (DGHL) will take courses in cohorts, focusing on real-world research applications and engaging in dissertation requirements. This will be achieved without discontinuing and disrupting their professional careers, as classes in this degree program are 100% online.
The DGHL program is a 3-year, professional and non-residential program. Students take three courses per semester (spring and fall). In the third year, students will focus on their dissertations. The number of credits required to earn the degree is 54.
The DGHL program is designed for professionals with extensive industry experience and educators who either already hold a master of science degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management or have a similar advanced degree.
Curriculum
Courses Include:
- Current Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Global Hospitality Industry
- Principles of Research Methods and Design
- Quantitative Data Analysis
- Teaching Methods I
- Theories in Hospitality
- Research Colloquium I
- Advanced Hospitality Quantitative Analysis
- Qualitative Data Analysis
- Research Colloquium II
- Strategic Decision-Making in Hospitality Management
- Hospitality Project and Program Development, Assessment and Sustainability
- Research Colloquium III
- Teaching Methods II
- Dissertation Research Proposal (Independent Study)
- Doctoral Seminar on Global Hospitality Leadership
- Dissertation I
- Dissertation II
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
All scholarship recipients must:
- Maintain a cumulative and semester grade point average of 3.0
- Maintain full-time enrollment status each semester
- Declare Global Hospitality Leadership as a major
- Complete at least one Global Hospitality Leadership course each semester
- Agree to adhere to the University's Academic Honesty Policy
- Attend a mandatory scholarship orientation session
English Language Requirements
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