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MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN TOURISM MANAGEMENT (MTM)

Course Distribution

Semester I
Course Code Course Title Units Examination
MTM 800 International Tourism Management 3 1x3
MTM 801 Tourism Policy and Planning 3 1x3
MTM 802 Sustainable Tourism 3 1x3
MTM 803 Research Methodology 3 1x3
MTM 804 Statistics 3 1x3
  Elective* 3 1x3
 
Sub-total units
18  

Semester II

Course Code Course Title Units Examination
MTM 805 Destination Management 3 1x3
MTM 806 Tourism Information Systems 3 1x3
MTM 807 Tourism Marketing 3 1x3
MTM 898 Research Proposal 2 2
  Elective* 3 1x3
 
Sub-total units
14  

Semester III

Course Code Course Title Units
MTM 808 Field Research 9
 
Sub-total units
9

Semester IV

Course Code Course Title Units Examination
MTM 899   Thesis 6  
  Electives*   3 1x3
 
Sub-total units
9 9

 

TOTAL UNITS FOR TWO ACADEMIC YEARS
50


*The Department will guide students on how to select modules from the different elective cluster series.


ELECTIVE CLUSTER SERIES

a) SERVICE MANAGEMENT

Course Code Course Title Units Examinations
MTM 809 Facilities Management 3 1x3
MTM 810 Human Resource Management 3 1x3
MTM 811 Financial Management 3 1x3
MTM 812 Strategic Management 3 1x3
MTM 813 Service Quality Management 3 1x3
MTM 814 Tourism Economics 3 1x3
MTM 815 Project Development and Management 3 1x3

b) CULTURAL TOURISM MANAGEMENT

Course Code Course Title Units Examinations
MTM 816 Culture Based Tourism 3 1x3
MTM 817 Mountain Tourism 3 1x3
MTM 818 Urban Tourism 3 1x3
MTM 819 Sports Tourism 3 1x3
MTM 815 Project Development and Management 3 1x3

c) NATURE BASED TOURISM MANAGEMENT

Course Code Course Title Units Examinations
MTM 820 Marine and Coastal Tourism 3 1x3
MTM 821 Mountain Tourism 3 1x3
MTM 822 Forest Tourism 3 1x3
MTM 823 Protected Area Management 3 1x3
MTM 824 Ecotourism 3 1x3
MTM 815 Project Development and Management 3 1x3


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