Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University NMMU School of Economics Development and Tourism
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The School of Economics, Tourism and Development Studies was formally established during the years of 2005 and 2006. It was renamed in 2007 the School of Economics Development and Tourism. It currently comprises of three departments:
Department of Economics,
Department of Development Studies and
Department of Tourism
The director of the School is Prof. Hendrik Lloyd who was appointed with effect from 2007. Prof Ronney Ncwadi heads the Department of Economics, Prof Janet Cherry heads the Department of Development Studies, and Dr Shireen van Zyl heads the Department of Tourism Management.
The School of Economics Development and Tourism represents a unique and exciting initiative in South and Southern African. It brings together the disciplinary focus of Economics and the advanced interdisciplinary span of Development Studies. In addition, it provides highly relevant and vocationally rich programs in Tourism Management at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. These three departments have a special synergy that expresses itself in a range of current and pending academic programs (both undergraduate and postgraduate), as well as in relevant and leading-edge scholarly and contract research activities.
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University NMMU School of Economics Development and Tourism Departments