Department Introduction
Features
Faculty and Staff
Curriculum
Admission
Features
- In order to increase the practical capability of students, students of DTLHM will take compulsory courses (9 credits, 720 hours) in the first semester of senior year, arrange internships in domestic tourism, leisure and hospitality industries, or apply for overseas internships (such as Japan, Thailand).
- The department has signed and partnered with The Lalu Hotel Group to create a Management Trainee Program. Junio-year students will be allowed to apply for the program and upon completion, employment at graduation is also guaranteed.
- Many professional seminars and panel discussions with industry leaders and experts will be held throughout the year to enhance our students ‘industry and career knowledge base.
- Various classes to enhance our students ‘language abilities‘ are offered to aid our students to become even more skilled and internationalized. Our goal is to help students develop both the understanding of theory and practical work experience so that they could become the best in the field.
Education Objectives and Core Competence
The Department of Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (referred to as TLHM) is in response to the development trend of the tourism, leisure and hospitality industry to cultivate high-quality human resources and industrial management talents required for industrial development and upgrading.
Education Objectives |
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For Undergraduates |
For Graduates |
| Cultivate Professional and Practical Talents | Cultivate Research and Business Management Talents |
| Learn Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management Knowledge | Learn Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management Knowledge |
| Foster Diversified Integration and Innovative Thinking. | Foster Diversified Integration and Innovative Thinking. |
| Nurture International Perspective and Industrial Concern | Nurture the capability of Strengthening International Competitiveness and Industrial Concern. |
Core Competence |
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| For Undergraduates | For Graduates | ||
| Capability | Description | Competence | Description |
| Communication and Presentation | Able to Express Organized and Structural Opinions. | Research and Thinking | Understand and Analyze the Unsolved Problems in the Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Industry through Observation, Interviews, and various research tools. And reasonably explain the causes of various research problems, and Come up with Specific Solutions. |
| Practical and Operational | Understand How to Execute the “How’s” and “Why’s”, as well as Apply Knowledge into work sites. | Communication and Presentation | Able to Express their Thoughts and Opinions on things in an Organized, Methodical, and Clear manner, and to Communicate with others, to Enhance Mutual Understanding, and to Form a Consensus. |
| Planning and Innovative | Able to Analyze Trends, Integrate Resources, Design Projects and Execute Plans with Creativity | Planning and Practical | Able to Analyze the Situation, Integrate Resources, Design and Execute Plans and to Display Creativity and Ingenuity to Increase Added Value. |
| Leadership and Decision-Making | Able to Determine, Analyze, Set goals and Take risks and to Work as a Team and Guide members to work towards the same goals. | Leadership and Control | Able to judge, Analyze, Set goals, Take risks, and Make Decisions about the Theory or Practice of Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Industries or Fields and to Work closely with others in a team and Lead partners towards actual goals. |
Curriculum Planning
Curriculum Planning |
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| Tourism and Leisure Group | Hospitality Management Group |
Graduates |
| “Management Concept & Skills” is the primary focus of our curriculum. In order for our students to have a firm grasp of leadership and management related ideology, over 40 credits of the curriculum will be centered on management-related coursework. Another competitive advantage here is we offer both masters and doctorate classes. Classes are divided into two sub group as described in the following. Understanding that the tourism and leisure industry values practical hands-on work experience, the group’s focus is on helping students obtain these work skills. Students can select Tourism, Leisure or Events as either their primary or secondary Concentration. | “Management Concept & Skills” is the primary focus of our curriculum. In order for our students to have a firm grasp of leadership and management related ideology, over 40 credits of the curriculum will be centered on management-related coursework. Another competitive advantage here is we offer both masters and doctorate classes. Classes are divided into two sub group as described in the following. The Hospitality group’s focus is also on practical work experience and skills. Students can select Hospitality Management, Restaurant Management as either their primary or secondary concentration. | The core competency of the program is tourism, leisure and hospitality management professional education, with an emphasis on theoretical and practical application. Therefore, research methods and practical application are both emphasized in required course curriculum. When designing elective courses, we focus on the current relevant trends of the industry and provide “Tourism and Leisure Management ”, “Hospitality Management”, and “Innovation and Start Up Business Management”. |
Career Development
Career Development | |||
For Undergraduates | For Graduates | ||
Domestic or Foreign Graduate School | Leisure, Tourism, and Hospitality-Related Graduate School | Domestic and foreign doctoral programs | Leisure, Tourism, and Hospitality-Related Doctoral Programs |
Tourism Management and Marketing Planning | Airlines, Travel Agencies, Amusement Parks, Tourist Factories Cultural and Creative Enterprises, Exhibition Companies, Planning companies Marketing Department of a Business or Non-Profit Organization | Tourism and leisure management | Airlines, Travel Agencies, Amusement Parks, Tourist Factories Cultural and Creative Enterprises, Exhibition Companies, Planning companies Marketing Department of a Business or Non-Profit Organization |
Catering Management and Hotel Management | Restaurant, Baking, Drinking Hotels, B&Bs, Coffee Industry | Hospitality Management | Restaurant, Baking, Drinking Hotels, B&Bs, Coffee Industry |
Business management industry, non-profit organization Social enterprises, other industries | Circulation Industry, Business Service Industry Non-profit and Non-Governmental Organizations, Legal Entities Social Enterprise | Government office Teaching and research | Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications and its affiliated agencies Local government tourism related bureau Senior High School Vocational Tourism and Hospitality Department Educational, academic or research institutions |
Government office, teaching and research | Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications and its affiliated agencies Local government tourism related bureau Senior High School Vocational Tourism and Hospitality Department Educational, academic or research institutions | ||