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Purpose: The curriculum is designed to enable students to enter management training positions within the travel industry and to prepare industry employees to assume managerial responsibility. This includes a diversity of career opportunities in areas such as airline sales and marketing, travel agency management, cruise and tour operations, and meeting and conference planning.
Transfer Information: NVCC has formal articulation agreements for transfer to the B.S. in Business Administration-Hotel, Restaurant and Resort Management at Sierra Nevada College (Lake Tahoe, NV), and the Bachelor’s in College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada.
| Credits | ||||||
| First Year | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
| ENG | 111 | College Composition I | 3 | |||
| 1 MTH | Elective | 3 | ||||
| 2 PED | 116 | Lifetime Fitness & Wellness | 1 | |||
| STD | Elective | 1 | ||||
| TRV | 100 | Intro. to the Travel Industry | 3 | |||
| TRV | 111 | Geography of Tourism I | 3 | |||
| 3 TRV | 115 | Ground Trans., Tours, Cruises, & | ||||
| Services Planning | 3 | |||||
| HRI | 255 | Human Resources Mgt. & | ||||
| Training for Hosp. & Tourism | 3 | |||||
| 2 PED | /RPK | 1 | ||||
| SPD | 110 | Intro. to Speech Communication | 3 | |||
| TRV | 112 | Geography of Tourism II | 3 | |||
| 3 TRV | 116 | Air Travel Planning | 4 | |||
| 3 TRV | 125 | Prin./Travel Selling/Counseling | 3 | |||
| Total Credits/Semester | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Credits | ||||||
| Second Year | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
| ACC | 211 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 | |||
| 4 ___ | Social Science Elective | 3 | ||||
| 3 TRV | 211 | Airline Comp. Reserv. Sys. I | 4 | |||
| 3 TRV | 220 | Prin. of Group Travel & | ||||
| Tour Operations | 3 | |||||
| 3 TRV | 230 | Marketing & Mgt. of Travel Svcs. | 3 | |||
| 4 ___ | Social Science Elective | 3 | ||||
| TRV | 130 | Intro. to Meeting Planning | 3 | |||
| 5 TRV | 290 | Coordinated Internship or | ||||
| ___ TRV/HRI Elective | 3 | |||||
| 5 TRV | Elective | 3 | ||||
| 5 TRV | Elective | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits/Semester | 16 | 15 | ||||
Total credits for the A.A.S. Degree in Travel and Tourism = 65.
1 If you are planning to transfer to another college or university, select a math course which is equivalent to the transfer institution’s requirement.
2 The PED requirement may be met by one of the following options: PED 116, 2 cr.; PED 116, 1 cr. Plus a PED activities course, 1 cr.; or PED 116, 1 cr. Plus RPK 205, 207, 208, 216, or 225. PED 116 is offered as both a 1- credit and a 2-credit course.
3 Check course descriptions for applicable prerequisites.
4 The social science elective may be selected from the following: economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology (includes anthropology).
5 Preapproved electives can be selected from any non-required course with a TRV or HRI prefix. See your faculty advisor for alternative procedures.
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