MIST - Curriculum Guide

Degree Requirements:

Course # Description Hours
**Prerequisites Application will be reviewed for potential
prerequisites related to Hospitality/Business Strategies.		  
HMGT
4860 if required.		 Hospitality
Business Strategies – may be completed prior to start of fall semester or
concurrently in beginning fall semester		 3
hours
Fall 1 @ UNT – Denton, Texas  
CMHT 5400 Research Applications 3
hours
HMGT 5530 International Sustainable Tourism 3 hours
BIOL 5100 Environmental Impact Assessment 3 hours
    Total: 9 hrs
Spring 1 @ UNT – Denton, Texas  
HMGT 5280 Hotel & Restaurant Operations 3 hours
HMGT 5540 Tourism Services Management & Marketing 3 hours
HMGT 5560 Planning & Policy in Sustainable Tourism 3 hours
    Total: 9 hrs
Fall 2 @ CATIE in Turrialba, Costa Rica (approx. Aug 25 – Nov 18)  
MIST 500 (HMGT 5531) Sustainable Natural Resource Management 3 hours
MIST 501 (HMGT 5532) Context & Challenges of Applied Sustainable Tourism Development 3 hours
MIST 503 (HMGT 5534) Seminars in Sustainable Tourism: Experiences of Successful Practitioners in Costa Rica 3 hours
    Total: 9 hrs
Spring 2 @ CATIE in Turrialba, Costa Rica (approx. Jan 17 – Apr 6)  
  Comprehensive Examinations  
MIST 502 (HMGT 5533) Environmental Policies in a Changing World 3 hours
MIST 504 (HMGT 5535) Socio-Cultural Contexts of Sustainable Tourism Development 3 hours
MIST 600 (HMGT 5536) Field/Practical/Professional Experience with Research Applications (Capstone) 3 hours
  Symposium in Sustainable Tourism Research Total: 9 hrs
    Overall Total
Hours: 36 hrs
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