관광학계 및 관광업계의 관광관련 특수대학원 교육과정에 대한 인식 비교

A comparison of views on the curricula issues of special tourism programs in graduate school between academy and industry

Conducting an empirical analysis, this study compared the views on the curricula issues of special tourism programs in graduate school between academy and industry. Research findings showed that, though not statistically significant, two groups emphasized the importance of industry career as one of entrance qualifications. Regarding students’ entrance purposes of the program, academy placed higher importance on raising the education level through obtaining master’s degree than industry. On the current focus of graduate curricula, academy emphasized more research methodology and information technology than industry, while industry emphasized more tourism policy than academy. Moreover, two groups expressed different views on the fact that non-tourism major students in undergraduate schools should take prerequisite courses before regular classes in graduate school and that current curricula made contribution to the development of industry. For classes reinforced in the future, two groups showed different responses in information area, tourism PR, cultural tourism, tourism facilities, tourism education, tourism transportation, and tourism law. This study concludes with the implications of graduate curriculum development.