HRTM 521 Staff Development and Training (3:3:0)

This course analyzes the leadership role played by line and staff managers in the development and training of employees/managers in the service industry. Topics covered include: Job analysis and design, job content and context, employee empowerment, appraisal systems, performance analysis, management training programs, and technology as a developmental tool. Emphasis will be placed on the application of theory in the workplace.

HRTM 523 Franchising Management (3:3:0)

This course is a study of franchising management in the hospitality industry with special emphasis on lodging and food service operations. Topics include the history of franchising, the franchising development concept, franchiser-franchisee relationships, contractual agreements, and operational arrangements.

HRTM 531 Strategic Marketing Planning (3:3:0)

This course examines the process of developing and maintaining a fit between the organization's objectives, skills and resources and its changing market opportunities. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the marketing environment so as to recognize opportunities and threats and plan accordingly. Topics will include the strategic planning process, relationship marketing, services marketing, e-commerce, yield management, branding, international marketing and destination marketing. Contemporary marketing practices will be analyzed utilizing case studies.

HRTM 541 Financial Structure and Analysis in the Hospitality Industry (3:3:0)

Analysis, problems and cases in applying financial information to management leadership executive decision making in the hospitality industry. Financial topics include: ratio analysis, working capital, budgeting, current and fixed asset management, short and long term financing, business growth and evaluation, real estate investment trusts, and other related financial topics.

HRTM 543 Issues and Trends in Domestic and International Tourism (3:3:0)

This course presents an in-depth analysis of the scope and structure of tourism domestically and internationally. Topics include: political relationships necessary for tourism, cost benefit/analysis, cultural and social impacts of tourism,cultural tourism and ecotourism, and strategies for the planning and development of tourism destinations. Examination of leading national and international destinations will be included.

HRTM 551 Contemporary Legal & Ethical Aspects of Hospitality Management (3:3:0)

This course explores the legal and ethical issues that impact today's hospitality manager. Topics include and examination of the current laws regulating the hospitality industry; social and ethical concerns associated with the industry, the synthesis of ethical and legal issues, and strategies for designing ethically driven hospitality organizations. Topics will be explored in a practical manner with case studies being the primary method of instruction.

HRTM 561 Leadership Styles in Hospitality Management (3:3:0)

This course builds on information gained by the student in EMGT 503 (Organizational leadership). Concepts of leadership and management as applied to hospitality operations will be examined through lectures, case studies and workshops. Leadership behavior of successful industry executives will be analyzed. Attention will also be given to team building, the informal organization, organizational change, and the effects of new technologies on leaders. Prerequisite: EMGT 503 or permission of instructor.

HRTM 571 Emerging Technologies in the Hospitality Industry (3:3:0)

This course is a study of the ways in which new and changing technologies affect employees, management and consumers in the hospitality industry. Topics include: property management systems, plant management systems, guest room amenities, guest services, facility design, and other related topics. On site observation and inspection are an essential component of the course.

HRTM 586 Graduate Internship (3:3:0)

This course provides the student with the opportunity to gain hands-on managerial experience in a hospitality operation. Emphasis is on the practical application of concepts and theories learned through coursework. The student is responsible for securing their placement at a site approved by the graduate coordinator. A written internship proposal is required from the student before approval for enrollment in the course. Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate coordinator.

HRTM 587 Research Project in lieu of Internship (3:3:0)

This course is designed for those students who have significant industry experience, are currently employed in the industry, or where consultation with their academic adviser deems an internship inappropriate. The project should address a contemporary issue, problem, theory or trend in the hospitality industry. A professional paper and an oral presentation are requirements of the course. Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate coordinator.

HRTM 591 Seminar in Hospitality Management (3:3:0)

This capstone course is the culminating experience for MMLstudents in the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management concentration. Current issue/problems and future trends are explored and analyzed from a national and international perspective. Particular attention is given to the effects of economic, social, political, and technological change on hospitality and tourism operations. As appropriate for a final experience, a comprehensive examination, prepared by the HRTM faculty, is a requirement of the course. Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate coordinator.

SMGT 546 Planning and Management of Sports Facilities (3:3:0)

The course is designed to provide the student with knowledge of the planning and management of facilities for school physical education, athletic, and intramural/recreational programs. Buildings, grounds, and equipment, as well as maintenance of these facilities will be discussed. Students will visit and tour a facility.

SMGT 547 Sport Business and Finance (3:3:0)

This course designed to provide the student with knowledge of the business and financial considerations of various sport enterprises.

SMGT 548 Sport Marketing (3:3:0)

The course is designed to provide the student with knowledge of sport marketing as it relates to spectator and participant. It will also give the student knowledge and understanding of the marketing considerations of various sport organizations. Fund raising applications will also be discussed.

SMGT 549 Sport and the Law (3:3:0)

The focus of this course will be on legal concepts and principles related to the administration, coaching and teaching of sports. Legal issues involving personnel, facilities, equipment, transportation, medical aspects, liability and gender will be examined. Legal terminology and the court systems will be included.

SMGT 550 Sport Personnel Management (3:3:0)

This course focuses on various leadership styles, managerial communication and interaction skills and their relative effectiveness in sport organizations. Attention is directed to specific personnel tasks such as hiring, development and evaluation of sport staff, and personnel issues of current importance.

SMGT 586 Field Experience and Internship (Semester Hours Arranged)

This course is designed to provide the student with practical experience with a federal, state or private organization in some related aspect of physical education and/or sports medicine. Students will coordinate their course work acquired at East Stroudsburg University with specific field experience. This program will be supervised by a member of the SMGT Department. Prerequisite: Permission of the Department.

POLS 514 Seminar in Local Government (3:3:0)

This seminar will provide students with an opportunity to examine the operation and concerns of local government in detail. The focus will be on the challenges caused by rapid population growth and economic development. Students will examine the juxtaposition of local government in the American system, the adaquacy of local government structures, land-use policy, taxing practices, and environmental and social issues. There will be interaction with local government officials.

POLS 516 Administrative Law (3:3:0)

Administrative Law is concerned with the administrative agencies. It studies the powers of agencies, the limits on their powers, the rules that bind agency action, and the remedies available to those injured by administrative power. For the purpose of this course, administrative law is the law governing the creation of, powers of, and limitations upon public bureaucracies, not the regulations they produce.

POLS 518 Political Communications (3:3:0)

This course explores the role of the news media in both domestic and international politics. This course is designed to be accessible to both Political Science and Communications students. An emphasis is placed upon recent research and the exploration of current topics in this area.

POLS 528 Comparative Policy Analysis (3:3:0)

This seminar concentrates on the theory, techniques, and content of a body of research broadly concerned with factors that determine the variation in patterns of public policy across jurisdictions and over time. Students read materials that focus on how cultures, economic systems, and political institutions differ and how these differences affect public policies.

POLS 535 Inter-Government Relations (3:3:0)

This course examines the distribution of powers between the federal government and the states. It includes a review of the historic development of American federalism as well as its current trends and conflicts. Emphasis in the course is placed on evaluating the administrative processes that bind federal, state, and local governments together.

POLS 537 Problems in Public Administration (3:3:0)

This course is a survey and analysis of the major contributions in traditional and contemporary organization theory; examination of decision making, leadership, and human behavior in complex organization; the study of Public Administration as an integral part of the public policy process; problems in budgetary politics; and personnel administration, administrative law, and democracy in the administrative state.

POLS 540 Comparative Politics (3:3:0)

This course consists of a comparative analysis ofWestern European political systems with special emphasis upon the environmental factors that have shaped these systems and the identification of relevant categories, such as ideology and the organization of political authority, from which generalizations may be derived.

POLS 545 International Law and Organization (3:3:0)

This course is a study of rules that govern sovereign states in their legal relations with each other; historic development and current status of the law of nations. Key cases are studied to illustrate rules. It includes a survey of the development of international institutions from the 19th century public unions to the more recent specialized agencies; procedures for settlement of disputes; development of law in and outside the community of nations; and the study of international organizations as a political phenomenon of the 20th century.

POLS 562 Political Behavior (3:3:0)

This course is an examination of the formation and causes of cleavages and consensus in the political system; the study of political attitude formation, leadership performance, small group relationships; and the effects of political myth, ideology, communication and political power on these processes.

POLS 566 Public Budgeting and Finance (3:3:0)

This course treats budget as a policy instrument that sets priorities for government. Students study the politics of the budget process as well as its procedures. Attention is also given to fiscal and monetary policies and to using computer simulations in budgeting. This course provides graduates with an overview of the budgeting process from revenue sources to expenditure controls. Special emphasis is placed on systematic budgeting techniques such as ZBB and MBO. It requires each student to become acquainted with accounting techniques used in public agencies.

POLS 567 Public Personnel Administration (3:3:0)

This course explores the policies, programs, and techniques used in managing human resources in the public and non-profit sectors. It addresses issues of personnel leadership, neutrality, and accountability. It includes challenges resulting from legislation, collective bargaining, and changing demographics in the workforce.

POLS 586 Field Experience and Internship (Semester Hours Arranged)

This course is designed to provide the student with practical experience in a governmental agency or other organization with local, state, or national governmental or political concerns. Prerequisite: A minimum of 6 semester hours completed on the graduate level in political science with at least a"B"average. Enrollment in department graduate program.