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 | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Credits | 7 | |
| Second Year | ||
| ECON 202 | *INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS | 4 |
| ST 202 | PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS | 4 |
| TRAL 354 | COMMUNITIES, NATURAL AREAS, AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM | 3 |
| Credits | 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 |
| Credits | 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 |
| Credits | 19-21 | |
| Total Credits | 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