Minor in Travel and Tourism Studies
(18 hours*)
Program Requirements
- Complete the following:
*GEOG 120 : Geography and World Affairs.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Honors also. Independent Study also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of the world, stressing geography of major political regions. |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
GEOG 347 : Tourism: A Conceptual Framework.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Geog 100 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introduction to tourism as a field of study; four elements of tourism: dynamic, service, functional, and consequential. |
GEOG 348 : Tourism: Patterns and Analysis.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Geog 100 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Patterns in domestic and international tourism; interrelationship between geography and tourism in understanding the patterns and their impact. |
- Complete two courses from the following:
BUS M 241 : Marketing Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Independent Study also. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Marketing's role in society and the firm, marketing opportunities, the consumer market, and management of marketing mix. |
HIST 369 : Travel and Tourism in America.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Odd Yrs. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | The history of travel and tourism in America to the present. Themes include changing technology, consumerism, nationalism, and social identities in contructing the tourist experience. |
RECM 371 : Event Planning.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Understanding the role and responsibilities of meeting and event planners; identifying trends in the industry; designing, planning, and implementing a special event; preparing financial and business reports; critically evaluating events. |
RECM 404 : Principles of Recreation Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | I SYS 100 & I SYS 102 & ECON 110 & ACC 200 & BUS M 201 & BUS M 241 & RECM 300 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Overview of theories, philosophies, and rationale for recreation, experience, and venue management. |
| NOTE: | If you are taking this course to satisfy the Nonprofit Management minor requirement, you do not need to have the prerequisites completed. |
- Complete one regional course from the following:
GEOG 245 : Geography of Utah.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Exploring geography of Utah. Topics include land forms, climate, agricultural and recreational economics, historical migration, Mormon cultural landscape, ethnic patterns, and rural-urban contrasts. |
GEOG 250 : United States and Canada.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Analysis of the natural environment, historical development, cultural patterns, economic systems, and political structures of geographic regions. |
GEOG 265 : Russia and the Former Soviet Union.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Physical features, resources, political issues, economy and industries, population concerns, and role in world affairs. |
*GEOG 271 : Middle East.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Physical and cultural geography of Southwest Asia and North Africa, emphasizing the cultural mosaic, geopolitics, environment, and resources of the region. |
GEOG 272 : East Asia.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Region of monsoon Asia and its basic human (demographics, nations and ethnic groups, settlement patterns, religious beliefs, transportation and communication systems, political structures), and physical geographic characteristics (land forms, physiography, climatic characteristics, and natural resources). |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
GEOG 285 : Africa South of the Sahara.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Geographical analysis focusing on resource management, political issues, development, environmental problems, economic development, and urban-rural change; case studies from selected countries. |
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.