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Doctor of Philosophy

Emphasis: Hotel and Restaurant Management

The Department of Nutrition and Food Science, a unit in the College of Human Sciences, offers graduate studies leading to a doctoral degree with emphasis in Hotel and Restaurant Management, HRMT. The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program is offered to students interested in developing research skills beyond the Master’s level and is focused on an academically oriented career. The PhD program places a strong emphasis on methodology and the scientific process and equips students with the skill set necessary to make significant contributions in the chosen research field.

PhD students are provided one-on-one research supervision at the graduate faculty level and unique insight into the corporate inner-workings of The West Paces Hotel Group (WPHG), the HRMT program’s delivery partner. Doctoral students are encouraged to interact with the WPHG senior leadership team and to identify other possible research partnerships, in order to develop projects that are ground-breaking and theoretically challenging from an applied perspective.