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Registration for spring 2013 courses is underway. Open enrollment for non-matriculated students begins November 26th. Four new TAH courses are being offered for Spring, including introductory courses for three of the six degree concentrations. In addition, 11 courses from six other departments and programs at USM will meet various requirements of the BA in Tourism & Hospitality. Scroll down to see all course offerings for Spring 2013 by TAH major requirements.

New TAH Courses

The Tourism and Hospitality program is offering four new courses in Spring 2013. They include 200-level introductory courses to three of the program's six concentrations, in the areas of sustainable tourism, cultural tourism, and tourism product development. Students will be introduced to key concepts in these concentrations and be able to apply what they learn to a variety of class assignments and community service learning projects.

Also being offered is TAH 300, Global Issues in Travel & Tourism, which looks at a broad range of environmental, social, economic, cultural and ethical issues related to the global tourism industry. Students will examine case studies from locations where tourism is well-established, such as Venice and New Orleans, as well as places where it is emerging, like the Himalayas, with local populations now feeling its impacts.

Descriptions of these and other TAH classes can be found in the course descriptions section.

Courses from Other Programs

In addition to its own courses, the BA in Tourism & Hospitality draws upon several other programs, departments and schools at USM, whose courses provide students with an interdisciplinary perspective on the travel industry and the business side of hospitality. Scheduling for these courses is done by their respective departments, who also set course prerequisites. For descriptions of non-TAH courses, please see MaineStreet or the current USM undergraduate course catalog.

Spring 2013 Courses by BA Requirement

Major Requirement

TAH 301 – Global Issues in Travel & Tourism [required of all majors]

Concentration A. Tourism Products and Promotion

TAH 211 – Tourism Product Development [required for concentration]

BUS 260 – Marketing [elective]

BUS 364 – Professional Selling [elective]

Concentration B. Managing in Tourism and Hospitality

ACC 110 – Financial Accounting Information for Decision Making [elective]

BUS 200 – Introduction to Business [elective]

BUS 340 – Managing Organization Behavior [elective]

Concentration C. Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality

TAH 231 – Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality [required for concentration]

ESP 275 – Energy Use & Societal Adaptation [elective]

ESP 308 – Global Environmental Problems & Sustainability [elective]

Concentration D. Tourism Development and Planning

TAH 211 – Tourism Product Development [required for concentration]

TAH 261 – Introduction to Cultural Tourism [elective]

Concentration E. Nature-Based Tourism & Ecotourism

ESP/REC 223 – Nature Based Tourism [required for concentration]

ESP 203 – Environmental Communication [elective]

REC 218 – Wilderness Emergency Rescue [elective]

TAH 231 – Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality [elective]

Concentration F. Cultural, Arts and Heritage Tourism

TAH 261 – Introduction to Cultural Tourism [required for concentration]

HTY 360 – History of Maine [elective]