Travel Planning and Development Certificate
The Travel Planning and Development Certificate prepares you for a career in destination marketing organizations and at tourist attractions, travel businesses, and tourist leisure services. You'll analyze travel trends to better understand the patterns, principles, and management of popular tourist destinations. Depending on your interests, you'll also have opportunities to learn about visitor behavior, sports tourism, cruise line management, and other special topics. In addition to courses offered through Tourism, Conventions and Event Management, you can select from a number of speciality courses from the Kelley School of Business, the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and the Department of Kinesiology.
The Travel Planning and Development Certificate is open to all IUPUI students, regardless of major. It may be pursued as a stand-alone degree or combined with an associate's or bachelor's degree. A grade of C or better in all courses and a minimum 2.0 GPA is required.
Required Courses
- TCEM-T 107 Tourism Planning and Development
- TCEM-T 207 Tourism Policy and Sustainability
- TCEM-T 307 Tourism Marketing & Sales
- TCEM-T 382 Travel Trends and Destinations
Elective Courses (Choose 6 hours from the following courses)
- TCEM-T 234 Cultural Heritage Tourism (3 cr.)
- TCEM-G 299 Special Topics in Tourism: Tourist Behavior (3 cr.)
- TCEM-G 309 Cruise Line Management (3 cr.)
- TCEM-T 319 Sports Tourism Development (3 cr.)
- TCEM-T 483 Ecotourism (3 cr.)
- BUS-M 200 Marketing & Society OR BUS-M 300 Business Marketing OR BUS-M 371 Marketing: Integrated Experience (3 cr.)
- SPEA-V 362 Nonprofit Management and Leadership (3 cr.)
Recommended
- TCEM-C 387 Industry Internship