Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management
(Eco-Adventure Tourism)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The department of Tourism Management offers a flexible curriculum that
leads to a Bachelor of Science degree in eco-adventure tourism.
Students seeking to obtain an undergraduate in Eco-adventure tourism
degree are required to take a minimum of 132 semester credit hours from
the framework provided by the Department of Tourism Management.
The credit hours allocated to different levels of knowledge and skills are as follows:
|
Requirements |
Credits |
Number
8 credits |
3 credits |
2 credits |
|
|
General Courses |
42 |
18 |
- |
6 |
12 |
|
Core Requirements |
42 |
14 |
- |
14 |
- |
Concentration
(Travel and Tourism Management) |
40 |
15 |
- |
10 |
5 |
|
Major Courses |
34 |
12 |
- |
10 |
2 |
|
Electives |
06 |
03 |
- |
- |
3 |
|
Training |
08 |
01 |
01 |
- |
- |
|
Total |
132 |
48 |
01 |
30 |
17 |
Proposed Academic Curriculum
Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management
(Eco-Adventure Tourism)
Program Structure
Eco Tourism Introduction
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (GER) |
| Course abbreviation |
Subjects |
Credit hours |
| ARAB |
101 |
Arabic language I |
2 |
| ARAB |
102 |
Arabic language II |
2 |
| ARAB |
203 |
Arabic language III |
2 |
| IC |
101 |
Islamic Culture I |
2 |
| IC |
102 |
Islamic Culture II |
2 |
| IC |
203 |
Islamic Culture III |
2 |
| IC |
304 |
Islamic Culture IV |
2 |
| MATH |
101 |
Mathematics |
3 |
| COM |
101 |
Communication skills |
2 |
| ENG |
101 |
English I |
2 |
| ENG |
102 |
English II |
2 |
| ENG |
203 |
English III |
2 |
| STAT |
101 |
Business Statistics |
3 |
| PSY |
101 |
Introduction to Psychology |
2 |
| ECON |
101 |
Microeconomics |
3 |
| MIS |
101 |
Information Technology |
3 |
| MGT |
301 |
Research Methods and Data Analysis |
3 |
| ECON |
302 |
Macroeconomics |
3 |
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
42 |
| CORE REQUIREMENTS |
| Course abbreviation |
Subjects |
Credit hours |
| ACCT |
111 |
Principles of Accounting I |
3 |
| MGT |
111 |
Introduction to Business |
3 |
| MKT |
211 |
Principles of Marketing |
3 |
| MGT |
212 |
Principles of Management |
3 |
| ACCT |
212 |
Principles of Accounting II |
3 |
| FIN |
211 |
Principles of Finance |
3 |
| MGT |
213 |
Organizational Culture & Leadership |
3 |
| MGT |
214 |
Business Law |
3 |
| MGT |
215 |
Organizational Behaviour |
3 |
| MGT |
216 |
Operations Management |
3 |
| MGT |
217 |
Operations Research |
3 |
| MIS |
211 |
Principles of Management Information Systems |
3 |
| THMG |
211 |
Introduction to Tourism & Hospitality |
3 |
| MGT |
418 |
Strategic Management |
3 |
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
42 |
TRAVEL AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT
(Eco-Adventure Tourism) REQUIREMENTS
|
| Course abbreviation |
Subjects |
Credit hours |
| ETG |
312 |
Principles of eco-tourism |
2 |
| ETG |
313 |
Adventure travel |
3 |
| ETG |
314 |
Heritage and cultural tourism |
3 |
| ETG |
315 |
Entrepreneurship in eco-tourism |
3 |
| MGT |
322 |
Customer services management |
2 |
| ETG |
316 |
Field orientation, camp setup techniques |
3 |
| ETG |
317 |
Practical outdoor guiding |
3 |
| TMG |
313 |
Travel agencies operations |
3 |
| MIS |
332 |
Advanced programming |
3 |
| ETG |
431 |
Ecology and conservation |
3 |
| ETG |
432 |
Saudi Arabia environment and geology |
3 |
| ETG |
433 |
Sustainable sites and facilities |
3 |
| ETG |
434 |
Event planning in eco-tourism |
3 |
| ELE |
XXX |
Elective (see below) |
2 |
| ELE |
XXX |
Elective (see below) |
2 |
| ELE |
XXX |
Elective (see below) |
2 |
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
40 |
TRAVEL AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT
(Eco-Adventure Tourism) ELECTIVE COURSES
|
| Course abbreviation |
Subjects |
Credit hours |
| ETG |
441 |
Issues in eco-tourism |
2 |
| ETG |
442 |
Introduction to the archeology of KSA |
2 |
| ETG |
443 |
Leadership in eco-tourism |
2 |
| ETG |
444 |
Discover Saudi Arabia |
2 |
| ECON |
403 |
Tourism Economics |
2 |
| FLNG |
411 |
Foreign language |
2 |
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
12 |
| |
|
| CO-OP |
| ETG |
490 |
CO-OP TRAINING |
08 |
|
|
| TOTAL CREDIT HOUR FOR
GRADUATION |
132 |