HOST 156 - The History of Human Movement and Travel Geography

5 Credits

This course offers students an introduction to the history of human movement through the lens of geography and leisure studies with a focus on travel, tourism, and visitor motivation and experience. World travel destinations are understood from a multi-stakeholder perspective including that of of travelers, travel agents and counselors, and destination marketing and management professionals. Topics include foundational geography concepts such as the tourist gaze, programming, sense of place, sustainability, and socio-cultural elements such as heritage, ancestry, and traditions.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Day, Online
Spring Online

Designed to Serve Any student interested in a global perspective to travel as an experience or industry.
Active Date 20260408T15:01:00

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
PLA Eligible Yes

Course Outline

Understand social and cultural customs and traditions
Appreciate the relationship between diversity and culturally taboo issues
Comprehend the relationship between two disciplines: Tourism and Geography
Leverage understandings of geography into unique travel destination planning (i.e travel agent skills)
Apply understandings of travel and geography to park and natural area settings
Understand tourism as an economic driver

Student Learning Outcomes
Perform effectively in situations whereby societal norms are different from their own.

Identify selling points for destination marketers and management organizations.

Formulate on-site tourist activities at destinations.

Accurately interpret travel itineraries from industry-standard codes.

Classify components of tourism infrastructure.

Interpret world health information from industry standard locations for tourist market segments.

Identify major destinations within spatial geography contexts on maps.