Minor in Nature and Heritage Tourism
The minor in Nature and Heritage Tourism requires 22 semester credit hours. Nature and Heritage Tourism is the most rapidly growing segment of the overall tourism industry. The minor in Nature and Heritage Tourism concentrates on planning, development and management of nature and heritage tourism activities that have a strong learning content.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| GEO 2301 | Our Dynamic Earth | 3 |
| GEO 2110 | Our Dynamic Earth Laboratory | 1 |
| GEO 4322 | Interpretive Environmental Geography | 3 |
| GEO 4326 | Parks and Protected Places | 3 |
| NHT 4301 | Planning and Development of Nature and Heritage Tourism | 3 |
| NHT 4302 | Internship in Nature and Heritage Tourism | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Choose 6 hours from the following: | 6 | |
| Agricultural Business Management | ||
| Holistic Range Management | ||
| Agricultural Marketing and Sales | ||
| Soil Pedology, Physics, and Chemistry | ||
| Soil Fertility, Health, and Regenerative Practices | ||
| Agricultural Resource Economics | ||
| Advanced Cultural Theory | ||
| World Prehistory | ||
| Latin American Cultures | ||
| Archaeology of the Southwest | ||
| Archaeology of Texas’ Ancient Cultures | ||
| Mexican American Culture | ||
ANTH 3332 | ||
| Archaeology of Mesoamerica | ||
| Archaeology of North America | ||
| Rise of Civilization | ||
| Archaeological Field School | ||
| Wildlife and Recreation: Impact, Policy, and Management | ||
BIO 4305 | ||
| Field Biology of Plants | ||
| Ichthyology | ||
| General Ecology | ||
| Natural History of the Vertebrates | ||
| Ornithology | ||
| Mammalogy | ||
| Wildlife Management | ||
| Herpetology | ||
| Southwestern Studies I: Defining the Region | ||
| Southwestern Studies II: Consequences of Region | ||
| Literature of the Southwest | ||
| Geography of Europe | ||
| Geography of Latin America | ||
| Geography of the United States and Canada | ||
| Natural Resource Use and Management | ||
| Geography of North Africa and the Middle East | ||
| Geography of Texas | ||
GEO 3332 | ||
| Geography of East Asia | ||
| Oceanography | ||
| Maps and Mapmaking | ||
| Geography of the Southwest | ||
| Regional Field Studies | ||
| Environmental Management | ||
| River Basin Management | ||
| Landscape Biogeography | ||
GEO 4328 | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Field Methods | ||
| Introduction to Geology | ||
| Historical Geology | ||
| Sedimentation and Stratigraphy | ||
| Topics in Field Geology | ||
| The U.S. - Mexico Border and Borderlands | ||
| Introduction to Public History | ||
HIST 3368L | ||
| Texas History | ||
| Latina/o/x Histories | ||
| Management of Organizations | ||
| Principles of Marketing | ||
| Canoeing | ||
| Beginning Scuba | ||
| Advanced and Master Scuba Diving | ||
| Underwater Photography | ||
| Introduction to Recreation and Sport Management | ||
| Introduction to Outdoor Recreation | ||
| Recreation and Sport Facility Operations and Management | ||
| Evaluation of Recreation and Sport Programs | ||
| Outdoor Recreation Programming | ||
| Sociology of Sport | ||
| Total Hours | 22 | |
