The Department offers a unique and innovative degree in sustainability as applied to the tourism industry. Our distinctive degree covers the fundamental areas of tourism management, but goes much further, taking students into the long-term future of the industry and its place in society. In this program you will examine the key principles of sustainability, and apply them to environmental and tourism issues in a practical way. This will provide you with a solid background in understanding, developing, and applying sustainability criteria, and in understanding the business aspects of tourism. In coursework, you will cover all aspects of management relevant to tourism. Lectures, seminars, individual study, collaborative research, and field studies at home and abroad will develop your critical analytical abilities and qualitative and quantitative research skills, among the most important skill sets that employers want.