COURSE CURRICULUM

The Tourism Management program offers a well-rounded curriculum designed to develop essential skills and industry knowledge across four years. In Year 1, students take foundational courses including Introduction to Tourism, Tourism Industry Sectors, and Introduction to Communication in Business, complemented by humanities and sciences context credits, electives, and geography options such as Globalization and World Systems or Geographies of Identity and Meaning. Year 2 advances with courses in research design and methodology, professional communication, entrepreneurship or information systems, marketing basics, general marketing management, and electives, building a solid business and tourism foundation. Year 3 continues with qualitative and quantitative research methods, a Human Geography and Tourism Studies Field Course, additional tourism credits, and options including entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, human resources management, or information systems, along with electives to deepen understanding of tourism’s complex dynamics. In Year 4, students complete advanced tourism credits alongside courses in accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, management, marketing, organizational behavior, or operations, paired with elective courses to tailor their studies to specific interests. This comprehensive program equips students with analytical, communication, and business skills essential for success in the evolving tourism industry, emphasizing sustainability and practical experience to prepare graduates for diverse career opportunities in tourism management and related sectors.