Tourism and Hospitality Sciences

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	T	P	C
STM 201	Tourism and Recreation	3	1	3
STM 203	Global Tourism Resources	3	1	3
STM 205	Introduction to Environmental Sustainability I	3	1	3
STM 207	Theoretical Issues in Development	3	1	3
STM 209	Economics for the Tourism Sector I	3	1	3
STM 211	Tourism Policies and Law I	2	1	3
STM 213	Tourism Marketing, I
Total		17	6	17

The main objective of the course in Tourism and Recreation is to explore the range of recreational opportunities in Ghana as an attraction for tourists.  Insight into the changing dynamic concept of recreation would be explored and studied.  Traditional and formal recreational elements would also be studied. Students would be involved in practical work to better understand the dynamics of recreation and tourism.

 

This course will introduce students to the delimitation, classification, and appraisal of the Tourism Resources of the various regions of the world.  This will be based on regional as well as specific tourism resources. The specific regions of the world that possess resources for cultural, safari, archaeological (treasure Hunt), historical and other special interest tourism and recreation would be studied and analyzed. The regional approach will be adopted in the discussions.

 

The course examines the theories of sustainability of the environment in the context of the individual and institutional efforts. The course would discuss among other; the theories of the environmental resource exploitation; principles of inter-generational equity; sustainable energy systems and sustainability indices ascertainment.

 

This course uses various theories to examine development from environment and development perspectives of social and political theory. The politics and social theories of development, gender, environment, and development approaches are also considered. The main theoretical focus of the course is on understanding the social and political institutions regulating interactions between society and the natural environment at local and national levels in the developing world. 

  

This module seeks to introduce students, ab initio, to the economics of the consumer, the firm, the industry and the domestic economy. Whilst the course is primarily concerned with the micro foundations of economics thinking it will demonstrate the applicability of these to the macroeconomic environment. The module will emphasize the importance of efficiency, rationality and time and opportunity cost to economic thinking and show how these ideas may be applied to decision-making contexts.

 

The course introduces students to the principles of Tourism Law. The principal aim is to enable students to understand and appreciate laws governing the tourism industry. Students will be introduced to the legal fundamentals of the tourism industry, law of contract and the tourism industry, civil rights and the tourism and hospitality businesses and the principle of negligence in the tourism and hospitality industry.

 

This course takes students through the basic principles necessary to identify tourism market niches and segments and develop strategies to achieve strategic marketing goals. The course introduces students to the understanding of marketing mix in tourism. The study involves a critical look at the role of marketing in tourism organizations; the marketing concepts; marketing strategy; the marketing management process and the historical development of tourism.