The Natural Resource Tourism curriculum emphasizes courses in tourism management, marketing and planning, natural resources, business, entrepreneurship, and social science to develop appropriate skills for work in recreation and tourism enterprises. The department works closely with several natural resource-focused Colorado resorts and private tourism enterprises.
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Effective Fall 2022
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUCC | Credits | ||
| BUS 150 | Business Computing Concepts and Applications | 3 | |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 |
| MATH 117 | College Algebra in Context I (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| MATH 118 | College Algebra in Context II (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| MATH 124 | Logarithmic and Exponential Functions (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| NRRT 193 | New to the Major Seminar | 1 | |
| Political Science Elective – Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| American Government and Politics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| State and Local Government and Politics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||
| Current World Problems (GT-SS1) | 1C | ||
| International Relations (GT-SS1) | 1C | ||
| Comparative Government and Politics (GT-SS1) | 1C | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 6 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 7 | |
| Total Credits | 29 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| ACT 205 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 | |
| BUS 205 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Business | 3 | |
| NRRT 231 | Principles-Parks/Protected Area Management | 3 | |
| NRRT 270 | Principles of Natural Resource Tourism | 3 | |
| RRM 101 | Hospitality Industry | 3 | |
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
| STAT 201 | General Statistics (GT-MA1) | 1B | 3 |
| Guided Electives (see list below) | 7 | ||
| Total Credits | 28 | ||
| Junior | |||
| MGT 305 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 | |
| MKT 305 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 3 | |
| NR 320 | Natural Resources History and Policy | 3 | |
| NR 377 | Pre-Internship | 1 | |
| NRRT 320 | International Issues-Recreation and Tourism | 3 | |
| NRRT 376 | Human Dimensions Research and Analysis | 3 | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Public Relations | |||
| Public Communication in Natural Resources | |||
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |
| Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | 1C | 3 | |
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |
| Guided Electives (see list below) | 3 | ||
| Total Credits | 31 | ||
| Senior | |||
| NRRT 330 | Social Aspects of Natural Resource Management | 3 | |
| NRRT 372 | Tourism Promotion | 3 | |
| NRRT 442 | Tourism Planning | 4B,4C | 3 |
| NRRT 460 | Tourism Event and Conference Planning | 3 | |
| NRRT 470 | Tourism Impacts | 4A | 3 |
| NRRT 471 | Starting and Managing Tourism Enterprise | 3 | |
| NRRT 487 | Internship | 5 | |
| Guided Electives (see list below) | 9 | ||
| Total Credits | 32 | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||
Guided Electives List (20 credits)
| Code | Title | AUCC | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGRI 270/IE 270 | World Interdependence-Population and Food (GT-SS3) | 1C | 3 |
| ANTH 100 | Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3) | 3C | 3 |
| ANTH 310 | Peoples and Cultures of Africa | 3 | |
| ANTH 329 | Cultural Change | 3 | |
| AREC 340/ECON 340 | Introduction-Economics of Natural Resources | 3 | |
| AREC 346/ECON 346 | Economics of Outdoor Recreation | 3 | |
| E 403 | Writing the Environment | 3 | |
| GR 100 | Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2) | 3C | 3 |
| GR 320 | Cultural Geography | 3 | |
| HIST 100 | Western Civilization, Pre-Modern (GT-HI1) | 3D | 3 |
| HIST 101 | Western Civilization, Modern (GT-HI1) | 3D | 3 |
| L*** XXX (any foreign language course) | |||
| LAND 110 | Introduction to Landscape Architecture | 3B | 3 |
| NR 319 | Geospatial Applications in Natural Resources | 4 | |
| NR 322 | Intro. to Geographic Information Systems | 4 | |
| NR 323/GR 323 | Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation | 3 | |
| NR 422 | GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management | 4 | |
| NR 440 | Applications in Conservation Planning | 3 | |
| NRRT 350 | Wilderness Leadership | 3 | |
| NRRT 351 | Wilderness Instructors | 3 | |
| NRRT 431 | Integrated Planning for Conservation | 3 | |
| PHIL 345 | Environmental Ethics | 3 | |
| PSY 100 | General Psychology (GT-SS3) | 3C | 3 |
| PSY 315 | Social Psychology | 3 | |
| PSY 316 | Environmental Psychology | 3 | |
| SOC 100 | Introduction to Sociology (GT-SS3) | 3C | 3 |
| SOC 105 | Social Problems (GT-SS3) | 3C | 3 |
| SOC 320 | Population-Natural Resources and Environment | 3 | |
| SOC 341 | Sociology of Rural Life | 3 | |
| SOC 362 | Social Change | 3 | |
| Other advisor approved guided electives course | |||
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | X | 1A | 3 | |
| MATH 117 | College Algebra in Context I (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| MATH 118 | College Algebra in Context II (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| MATH 124 | Logarithmic and Exponential Functions (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| NRRT 193 | New to the Major Seminar | 1 | |||
| Political Science Elective (See concentration requirements tab.) | 3 | ||||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BUS 150 | Business Computing Concepts and Applications | 3 | |||
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 4 | |||
| AUCC 1B (Quantitative Reasoning) and CO 150 must be completed by the end of Semester 2. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 13 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| ACT 205 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 | |||
| NRRT 231 | Principles-Parks/Protected Area Management | X | 3 | ||
| NRRT 270 | Principles of Natural Resource Tourism | X | 3 | ||
| RRM 101 | Hospitality Industry | X | 3 | ||
| Guided Elective (See concentration requirements tab.) | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BUS 205 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Business | 3 | |||
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |||
| STAT 201 | General Statistics (GT-MA1) | 1B | 3 | ||
| Guided Elective (See concentration requirements tab.) | 4 | ||||
| Total Credits | 13 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| Semester 5 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| MGT 305 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 | |||
| NR 320 | Natural Resources History and Policy | X | 3 | ||
| NR 377 | Pre-Internship | 1 | |||
| NRRT 376 | Human Dimensions Research and Analysis | 3 | |||
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |||
| Guided Elective (See concentration requirements tab.) | 3 | ||||
| ECON 202 must be completed by the end of Semester 5. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| MKT 305 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 3 | |||
| NRRT 320 | International Issues-Recreation and Tourism | 3 | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| Public Relations | |||||
| Public Communication in Natural Resources | |||||
| Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | 1C | 3 | |||
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| NRRT 330 | Social Aspects of Natural Resource Management | 3 | |||
| NRRT 442 | Tourism Planning | 4B,4C | 3 | ||
| NRRT 471 | Starting and Managing Tourism Enterprise | 3 | |||
| Guided Electives (See concentration requirements tab.) | 6 | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| NRRT 372 | Tourism Promotion | X | 3 | ||
| NRRT 460 | Tourism Event and Conference Planning | X | 3 | ||
| NRRT 470 | Tourism Impacts | X | 4A | 3 | |
| NRRT 487 | Internship | X | 5 | ||
| Guided Elective (See concentration requirements tab.) | X | 3 | |||
| The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 17 | ||||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||||