This core course provides PhD students with a topical foundation in hospitality and gaming management research. It introduces students to basic academic theories and concepts relating to hospitality and gaming management. Students will also learn more about current research in these areas. These knowledge will be critical for students to engage in future high-level hospitality and gaming research. They lay the foundation for the generation of more advanced knowledge in this field.

Students who have undertaken this course will be able to: • Understand the basic theories and concepts related to hospitality and gaming research. • Understand the current state of research in hospitality and gaming management • Articulate these knowledge to a group of audience. • Apply learned theories and concepts when conceptualizing a new academic research in hospitality and gaming management.