GRADUATE STUDIES IN TOURISM AND ECO-TOURISM

Tourism and eco-tourism is a growing trend world-side.  The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies offers appropriate courses in this area of study.  Other departments at SFSU offer many other allied courses.  Below is a listing of just a few courses that may provide the knowledge and skills desired by students interceded in responsible and ecotourism.  For more information contact Dr. Patrick Tierney at (415) 338-1818 or the Department at (415) 338-2030, or look at the RLS Department web page at:  www.sfsu.edu/~recdept.

 Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies Courses 

• REC 430 Ecology of Outdoor Recreation
• REC 460 Destination Recreation Resorts
• REC 520 Park and Outdoor Leisure Recreation
• REC 540 Administration of Private Recreation Enterprises
• REC 605 Theories and Provision of Eco-Tourism Services and Facilities
• REC 710 Research Methods in Recreation and Leisure

 Allied Courses Offered By Other Departments: 

• BUS 875   Business Management, Ecology and Environmental Leadership
• BIOL 550 Conservation Biology
• ECON 550  Economics of Energy and Enviornment
• GEOG 751  Environmental Management
• SS 736  Third World Modernization
• MRTG 869  Internet Marketing
• IR 735  Seminar on Global Environmental Policy
• IBUS  International Environmental Policy
• GEOG 648  Management of National Parks and Natural Areas
• MKTG 888 Product Development and Management
• GEOG 600 Environmental Problems, Solutions