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LEI 6578: Advanced Marketing for Recreation, Parks, and
Tourism (3) Prereq: LEI 6895. Examination of multidimensional
marketing functions common to complex recreation, park, and
tourism organizations. Emphasis on strategic planning in marketing
and its use by recreation, parks, and tourism organizations. Class
project in tourism marketing helps develop more in-depth
understanding and appreciation of application of marketing to local
agency.
LEI 6834: Ecotourism (3) Examination of tourism development in
hospitality and tourism industry. Emphasis on planning and impacts
to area. Case studies used to understand planning and development
issues in various destinations worldwide emphasizing how tourism
policy affects destination.
LEI 6837: Tourism Planning and Development (3) Examination
of development in hospitality and tourism industry. Case studies
used to understand planning and development issues in various
destinations around the world. Emphasis on impact of tourism policy
on area.
LEI 6838: Sport Tourism (3) Analysis of the interconnectedness
of sport and tourism for behavioral, historical, economic,
management, marketing, environmental, and policy perspectives.
LEI 6839: Heritage Tourism (3) Theory, practice, history,
terminology and current issues of cultural heritage tourism planning
and management. Basic survey of cultural and heritage
components: motives and behaviors of heritage tourist attractions
(museums, arts, festivals/events, and landscapes), interpretation,
economics, and policies.
LEI 6895: Tourism Theory and Concepts (3) Analysis of
theories, concepts, and issues related to tourism. Topics include
sociocultural impacts of tourism, tourist roles, definitions of tourism,
tourist motivations, issues of inequality, terrorism and tourism, sex
tourism, and tourism and urban regeneration.
LEI 6903: Readings in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism (1-3;
max: 6) Prereq: Intended for master's students. Selected
independent, in-depth readings on a specific topic. Readings will be
supervised and evaluated. S/U.
LEI 6905: Directed Independent Study (1-5; max: 10)
Individual projects under faculty guidance.
LEI 6910: Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
LEI 6931: Special Topics in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism (1-
3; max: 6) Prereq: Intended for master's students.
LEI 6935: Seminar in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism (3; max:
6) Prereq: Intended for master's students. Discussion of research
topics, including contemporary issues in recreation, parks, and
tourism. S/U.
LEI 6940: Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
LEI 6944: Practicum in Leisure Studies (1-6; max: 6)
LEI 6971: Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U.
LEI 6XXa: Marketing in Hospitality/Tourism(2) Provide
marketing analysis of the hospitality and tourism industry, covering