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Semester-by-Semester Overview
PROGRAM OF STUDY

Semester-by-Semester
Overview

Three semesters of structured learning: a common core, a choice of two specializations, and a master’s thesis. Designed to fit alongside your professional life.

3 Semesters
2 Specializations
Distance Learning
€3.500

1st

Common Core

Required courses for both specializations – the foundations of strategic tourism and hospitality management.

2nd

Specialization

You choose a specialization – Strategic Tourism Development or Hospitality Management – with required and elective courses.

3rd

Master’s Thesis

Completion of a master’s thesis – original research on a topic within your specialization.

C = compulsory course
Ο = Optional course
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1st

1st Semester

Required courses for both specializations
Tourism Economics and Revenue Management in Tourism Enterprises (ΤΡ0066)
C
Management of Tourism Organizations and Hospitality Enterprises (ΤΡ0067)
C
Air Transport and Cruise Management (ΤΡ0068)
C
Social Research Methods in Tourism (ΤΡ0069)
C
Institutional and Legal Framework in Tourism (ΤΡ0081)
O
Sociology and Anthropology of Tourism (ΤΡ0071)
O
Course outline (soon) (pdf)
E-Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Tourism Organizations and Hospitality Enterprises (ΤΡ0078)
O
Festival and Special Event Development and Management (ΤΡ0083)
O
2nd

2nd Semester

Common required courses, specialization-specific courses & electives
REQUIRED FOR BOTH SPECIALIZATIONS
Development and Management of Special and Alternative Forms of Tourism (ΤΡ0073)
C
Course outline (soon) (pdf)
Marketing of Tourism Destinations and Hospitality Enterprises (ΤΡ0080)
C
SPECIALIZATION A · STRATEGIC TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Tourism Development, Strategy and Policy (ΤΡ0074)
C
Planning and Management of Sustainable and Resilient Tourism Destinations (ΤΡ0075)
C
SPECIALIZATION B · HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Human Resource Management in Hospitality Enterprises (ΤΡ0076)
C
Accounting and Finance for Hospitality Enterprises (ΤΡ0077)
C
ELECTIVE COURSES FOR BOTH SPECIALIZATIONS
Strategy and Management of Family and Small-to-Medium-Sized Enterprises (TP0084)
O
Operations and Crisis Management in Hospitality Businesses (TP0085)
O
Cultural Heritage Planning and Management (TP0082)
O
Course outline (soon) (pdf)
Tourism, Environment, and Climate Change (TP0086)
O
Detailed information on research projects, principal investigators and publications for each laboratory is updated regularly.

From Research to Your Master’s Thesis

The research activity of the laboratories feeds directly into the courses and master’s theses of the 3rd semester. You choose a topic that interests you and develop it alongside experienced researchers.