College of Business
Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality – (MS)
Program Purpose
The Master of Science in Sustainable Tourism (MS-ST) is a multidisciplinary degree program focusing on the critical issues of sustainability within the world’s largest industry, tourism. It is designed to provide educated leadership to assist with the stabilization, expansion, and effective management of tourism businesses and the furthering of effective public policy at all levels of government to ensure that tourism contributes to economic vitality in balance with preserving environmental and community attributes.
The degree program will provide a strong foundation for career advancement, future doctoral studies, and executive and senior level positions within the many and varied public, private, and nonprofit tourism entities. In addition the (MS-ST) program will serve recent graduates from undergraduate programs at both ECU and across North Carolina, an outstanding graduate degree program opportunity in tourism, most specifically, sustainable tourism.
Learning Outcomes
Communicate (Presentations)
Students will present a professional quality presentation to others.
Communicate (Written)
Students will recognize and create effective written communication, imparting appropriate attention to the audience, context, format, and documented evidence.
Lead
Students will model effective teamwork/interpersonal skills in order to achieve a goal in the context of a team project.
MSSTH CORE Knowledge
Students will demonstrate general/core knowledge relevant to sustainable tourism and hospitality.
Think
Students will apply a systematic approach to critical thinking in order to identify problems/issues and evaluate potential solutions in sustainable tourism and hospitality.
Value
Students will evaluate triple bottom line concepts in sustainable tourism and hospitality.