Sustainable Tourism Management Option
This option is available within the Tourism, Recreation, and Adventure Leadership major at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
Designed for students pursuing careers as tourism destination planners, developers, and marketers in government, non-profit, or the private sector, in both domestic and international locations. This option applies business concepts to tourism, and explains best practices for planning, developing, and managing sustainable nature-based tourism. Students understand issues of equity and justice in the context of the tourism industry, apply business and marketing principles, create marketing strategies, and explain land management goals and permit processes. They learn to plan, develop and manage sustainable nature-based tourism in a manner that integrates experiential, economic, biophysical, and social data. They explore the consequences of development of natural resources in domestic and international tourism.
Option Code: 874
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Explain the importance of tourism and recreation in natural settings for achieving societal goals, such as community development, human health and quality of life, and sustainable use of natural resources.
- Identify, analyze, and apply the best available information on science, management practices, and public preferences to address contemporary tourism, recreation, and outdoor leadership opportunities and issues.
- Make tourism, recreation, and outdoor leadership decisions within applicable laws, policies, and regulations and across cultural and national contexts.
- Communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in appropriate formats.
- Work effectively and professionally in groups, both as leaders and followers.
- Explain the principles and methods for successful supervision of employees and/or volunteers.
| First Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| FOR 111 | INTRODUCTION TO FORESTRY or MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE or NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| ECON 202 | +*INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS or +*INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS or *INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY | 4 |
| ST 202 | PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS | 4 |
| TRAL 354 | COMMUNITIES, NATURAL AREAS, AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM | 3 |
| Credits | 11 | |
| Third Year | ||
| BA 260 | FOUNDATIONS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET | 4 |
| FES 485 | *CONSENSUS AND NATURAL RESOURCES | 3 |
| GEOG 450 or SUS 304 | LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST or *SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT | 3-4 |
| FE 257 | GIS AND FOREST ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS or SURVEY OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN NATURAL RESOURCE or GISCIENCE I: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THEORY | 3-4 |
| LEAD 430 | FOUNDATIONS OF ADVENTURE LEADERSHIP or LEADERSHIP THROUGH CONVERSATIONS or INTRODUCTION TO NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| *RURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| *ANTHROPOLOGY OF TOURISM | ||
| PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT | ||
| SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| Credits | 19-22 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| BA 432 or SUS 450 | *ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, SUSTAINABILITY AND BUSINESS or SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONS | 3 |
| TRAL 457 | PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM | 4 |
| AEC 351 | *NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND POLICY or ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF FOREST WILDLAND FIRE or ECONOMICS OF RECREATION AND TOURISM | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| ^MANAGING ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | ||
| ^ENVIRONMENTAL CASE STUDIES | ||
| ^FOREST POLICY 1 | ||
| ^EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION | ||
| ^ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | ||
| ^PUBLIC LANDS POLICY AND MANAGEMENT | ||
| ^FOREST POLICY 1 | ||
| FOREST POLICY ANALYSIS | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| Credits | 16-18 | |
| Total Credits | 49-54 | |
- *
Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- ^
Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- +
Core Education course. Applies only to students admitted to an OSU undergraduate degree from Summer 2025 onwards.
- 1
FOR 460 is listed in two places but may be counted only once. If selected to meet one requirement, a different course must be selected to meet the other requirement
Option Code: 874