Sustainable Tourism Management Option
This option is offered within the following major(s):
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 learn to create a business plan, apply business law principles, create marketing strategies, create financial statements, 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
| First Year | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE | ||
| NATURAL RESOURCE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO FORESTRY | ||
| TRAL 251 | RECREATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| Hours | 7 | |
| Second Year | ||
| ECON 202 | *INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS | 4 |
| ST 202 | PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS | 4 |
| TRAL 354 | COMMUNITIES, NATURAL AREAS, AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM | 3 |
| Hours | 11 | |
| Third Year | ||
| BA 260 | INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 4 |
| FES 485 | *CONSENSUS AND NATURAL RESOURCES | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| GIS AND FOREST ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS | ||
| SURVEY OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN NATURAL RESOURCE | ||
| GISCIENCE I: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THEORY | ||
| GEOG 450 | LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST | 3 |
| GEOG 451 | PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES | 4 |
| Hours | 17-18 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| AEC 454 or TRAL 432 |
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS AND POLICY or ECONOMICS OF RECREATION AND TOURISM |
3 |
| BA 432 | *ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, SUSTAINABILITY AND BUSINESS | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| ^WRITING IN AGRICULTURE | ||
| *^ENVIRONMENTAL CASE STUDIES | ||
| ^FOREST POLICY | ||
| ^EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION | ||
| GEOG 452 | SUSTAINABLE SITE PLANNING | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | ||
| ^FOREST POLICY | ||
| NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY AND LAW | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| LEGAL ISSUES IN TOURISM, RECREATION, AND ADVENTURE LEADERSHIP | ||
| TRAL 457 | PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM | 4 |
| Hours | 19-21 | |
| Total Hours | 54-57 | |
| * | Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC) |
| ^ | Writing Intensive Course (WIC) |
Plus additional free electives if necessary to meet university requirement of 180 minimum credits.
Note: FOR 460 is listed in two places but may be counted only once. If selected to meet one requirement then a different class must be selected to meet the other requirement.
Option Code: 874
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| FOR 111 or NR 201 |
INTRODUCTION TO FORESTRY or MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE |
3 |
| WR 121 | *ENGLISH COMPOSITION | 3 |
| Bacc Core Biological Science | 4 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Hours | 11 | |
| Winter | ||
| COMM 111 or COMM 114 |
*PUBLIC SPEAKING or *ARGUMENT AND CRITICAL DISCOURSE |
3 |
| FOR 112 | COMPUTING APPLICATIONS IN FORESTRY | 3 |
| HHS 231 | *LIFETIME FITNESS FOR HEALTH | 2 |
| MTH 111 | *COLLEGE ALGEBRA | 4 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| AEC 250 or ECON 201 |
*INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY or *INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS |
3-4 |
| MTH 245 | *MATHEMATICS FOR MANAGEMENT, LIFE, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES | 4 |
| Bacc Core, WR II | 3 | |
| Bacc Core, Western Culture | 3 | |
| Hours | 13-14 | |
| Summer | ||
| Work experience, volunteer, or internship | ||
| Hours | 0 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ECON 202 | *INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS | 4 |
| TRAL 353 | NATURE, ECO, AND ADVENTURE TOURISM | 3 |
| ST 201 | PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS | 4 |
| Bacc Core, Cultural Diversity | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Winter | ||
| AEC 311 | INTERMEDIATE APPLIED ECONOMICS I: PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS | 4 |
| SUS 350 | *SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | 4 |
| PAC | 1 | |
| Bacc Core, Literature and the Arts | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Spring | ||
| FW 340 | *MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN NATURAL RESOURCES | 3 |
| ST 202 | PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS | 4 |
| Bacc Core, Physical Science | 4-5 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Social Science Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15-16 | |
| Summer | ||
| Work experience, volunteer, or internship | ||
| Hours | 0 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| GEOG 450 | LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST | 3 |
| Bacc Core, Bio/Physical Science | 4-5 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 10-11 | |
| Winter | ||
| BA 260 | INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 4 |
| FES 485 | *CONSENSUS AND NATURAL RESOURCES | 3 |
| GEOG 451 | PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES | 4 |
| Hours | 11 | |
| Spring | ||
| GEOG 360 | GISCIENCE I: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THEORY | 4 |
| Select four elective courses | 12 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Summer | ||
| Work experience, volunteer, or internship | ||
| Hours | 0 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| FOR 462 or AEC 432 |
NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY AND LAW or ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
3-4 |
| GEOG 452 | SUSTAINABLE SITE PLANNING | 3 |
| Select three elective courses | 9 | |
| Hours | 15-16 | |
| Winter | ||
| AEC 454 | RURAL DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS AND POLICY | 3 |
| BA 432 | *ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, SUSTAINABILITY AND BUSINESS | 3 |
| FES 422 | RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE | 4 |
| FOR 460 | ^FOREST POLICY | 4 |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| Select four elective courses | 12 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 161-165 | |
| * | Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC) |
| ^ | Writing Intensive Course (WIC) |