Enrollment and Training of Tourism College of Northwest Normal University

Detailed rules for awarding master's degree in tourism management

Article 1 The basic requirements for granting a master's degree in tourism management are as follows:

Those who have obtained a master's degree in tourism management must be familiar with Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, be able to adhere to the Four Cardinal Principles, persist in reform and opening up, be good at innovation, and develop morally, intellectually and physically in an all-round way; Have good professional ethics and professionalism; Familiar with the basic theory of tourism management and professional knowledge of tourism administration and tourism enterprise management; A wide range of knowledge, able to master and apply knowledge of economy, foreign languages, modern science and technology, qualitative and quantitative analysis methods and computer technology; Have high practical skills in analyzing and solving tourism management and tourism policy problems, and adapt to the needs of tourism management under the new situation of market economy and ruling the country according to law.

Article 2 Courses and requirements for the postgraduate examination of tourism management:

(A) Marxist theory course

(2) A foreign language

(3) Basic theoretical courses and specialized courses

Applicants for the master's degree in tourism management must pass the prescribed course examinations, complete the corresponding practical links, and complete the prescribed credits. Only after passing the practice can they participate in the thesis defense. If one of the required courses fails, you can apply for a make-up exam within six months. Those who fail the make-up exam cannot participate in the thesis defense.

Article 3 The topic selection of master's degree thesis in tourism management should be closely related to the management practice of tourism administrative departments and tourism enterprises, and combined with their own work, specialties and interests, so as to select topics with practical significance in tourism-related fields. The main form of the paper is thematic research, and tourism planning, consultation report, investigation report, policy evaluation, project planning, case analysis and countermeasure research can all be used as the forms of the paper. The paper should reflect the students' ability to analyze and study the practical problems of tourism management by using the theories and methods of tourism management and related disciplines.

The evaluation and defense of the dissertations of the applicants for the master's degree in tourism management shall refer to the relevant provisions of the Detailed Rules for the Granting of Masters and Doctoral Degrees in Northwest Normal University (Xishifano). 20 102).

Article 4 Postgraduates studying for a master's degree in tourism management must complete the credits specified in the training plan, pass the examination of internship practice, pass the thesis defense, and meet the following conditions before applying for a master's degree in tourism management:

1. Complete at least two tourism case studies in combination with actual links, and each case study shall be no less than 3,000 words;

2. During the study period, you must preside over or participate in at least one horizontal project of tourism planning or planning (the number of words completed is not less than 20,000 words), and there are two experts in this major or above to identify the results. After passing the appraisal, you can apply for a master's degree in tourism management with the approval of the degree evaluation sub-Committee.

A brief introduction to the enrollment of master of tourism management

In order to meet the urgent demand for tourism management professionals in China's tourism development, improve the tourism management personnel training system, innovate the tourism management personnel training mode and improve the quality of tourism management personnel training, the Ministry of Education set up a master's degree in tourism management on 20 10. The English name of the professional degree of Master of Tourism Management is "Master of Tourism Management" and the English abbreviation is MTA. The professional degree certificate of Master of Tourism Management is uniformly printed by the office of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee.

The training goal of the master's degree in tourism management is to cultivate high-level, applied and compound tourism management professionals who have good political and ideological quality and professional ethics, master the basic theoretical knowledge and management methods and skills of tourism, are familiar with the reality of tourism business, have excellent communication skills and comprehensive ability to solve practical problems, and are competent for the practical work of modern tourism.

The curriculum of Master of Tourism Management fully reflects the knowledge and quality requirements of professionals in the field of tourism management practice, highlights the characteristics of strong tourism relevance, wide radiation and complex composition, and pays attention to the cultivation of tourism management ability and professional ability. Teaching methods attach importance to team learning, case analysis, field research, professional internship and practice.

The training process of Master of Tourism Management highlights the practical orientation of tourism management and strengthens practical teaching for not less than half a year. The full-time teachers of Master of Tourism Management have strong professional practice ability and education and teaching level. Attach importance to attracting professionals in the field of tourism management practice to undertake professional course teaching and build a "double-qualified" teacher structure.

The master's degree thesis of tourism management is closely combined with the practice of tourism management, which embodies the ability of students to analyze and solve practical problems of tourism management by using the theories, knowledge and methods of tourism management and related disciplines. The types of papers can be thematic studies, investigation and analysis reports, case studies, policy studies or project design studies. Those who have completed the required credits, completed the professional practice of tourism management and passed the thesis defense will be awarded the master's degree in tourism management.

Tourism College of Northwest Normal University is a national approved MTA postgraduate training unit and the only MTA enrollment unit in Gansu Province. 20 1 1 The first MTA master's enrollment ended in the first half of 20 1 1 and the enrollment in 20 12 will start on 20110. Welcome to apply!

Brief introduction of undergraduate enrollment in tourism colleges

Tourism College is the earliest secondary college of tourism among universities in northwest China and one of the "Top 100 National Tourism Universities" of the Ministry of Education. With the development tenet of "based on discipline construction, based on teaching and serving social development", it has become an important base for tourism talent training, scientific research and intellectual service in northwest China. The college is famous for its most comprehensive tourism specialty, high level of personnel training and wide range of social services. It has successively won many honors such as "20 10-201Top Ten Tourism Colleges in China", "Advanced Unit of Gansu Tourism" Three-year Multiplication and Quality Improvement Plan "and" Advanced Unit of Lanzhou Tourism Industry in 2010 ". The college has different levels of running schools such as master's degree, undergraduate degree and junior college, and enrolls students for the whole country. At present, there are more than 300 students 1.300, and the enrollment scope covers 22 provinces and regions in China. There are four undergraduate majors in tourism management (including foreign-related tourism management, tourism English, and tourism Japanese), international cultural exchange (tourism culture direction), tourism management and service education, and hotel management. There are 1 MTA in tourism management. At the same time, graduate students in the fields of western tourism resources and culture, tourism industry development and management, cross-cultural tourism, tourism economy and tourism enterprise management are recruited. There are 50 full-time and part-time teachers in the college, including 8 professors and 0/5 associate professors. There are 4,700 square meters of dedicated laboratories and office buildings, 8 professional laboratories (including 2 laboratories with special advantages jointly built by the central and local governments), and the hardware facilities are second to none among the northwest tourism colleges. There are 22 professional practice bases in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities 14, which provide high-quality conditions for students' professional practice and build a good employment platform. The college pays attention to the improvement of students' comprehensive quality and the cultivation of professional skills, and implements the training mode of "introducing occupation into undergraduate teaching" and the "positive and negative certificate system" to cultivate applied talents with "thick foundation and wide caliber" to meet the needs of society. The training mode of foreign-related tourism and tourism English for tourism management majors is 1.5+2.5. In the first three semesters, students study the general courses of tourism management major, so that they can master the basic subject knowledge and ability of tourism management major. In the fourth semester, the professional direction is diverted, and elective courses in all directions are offered while studying professional courses. The college has undertaken more than 50 projects such as tourism planning and feasibility study, and comprehensively contracted the training tasks of middle and senior managers and tour guides in Gansu tourism industry, and trained more than 30,000 students, making outstanding contributions to local economic development.