ABSTRACT

Many of the leading hospitality and tourism degree programs around the globe are nested within business schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). These programs offered within AACSB business schools include various formats such as undergraduate majors, concentrations, and minors involving specialized hospitality courses as well as general business courses in their core requirements. This study reviews the undergraduate curricula of all 43 AACSB accredited programs worldwide to identify variance in course offerings. Along these lines, this study finds that several general core business courses are offered more frequently inside the U.S. in comparison to curricula outside the U.S.; similarly, several specialized hospitality and tourism courses are more commonly offered outside the U.S. It is hoped that educators preparing students for careers in this field will find this benchmarking data useful in their own program development efforts within colleges of business.

摘要

全球许多领先的酒店和旅游学位课程都嵌套在由高级商学院协会 (AACSB) 认可的商学院内。AACSB 商学院提供的这些课程包括各种形式，例如本科专业、专业和未成年人，其中涉及专业酒店课程以及核心要求中的一般商业课程。本研究回顾了全球所有 43 个 AACSB 认证课程的本科课程，以确定课程设置的差异。沿着这些思路，本研究发现，与美国以外的课程相比，美国国内更频繁地开设了几门通用核心商业课程；同样，一些专业的酒店和旅游课程在美国以外更常见