Tourism Management (Academic Minor)
The business of destinations — operations, marketing, sustainability and culture — whatever your major.
Tourism Management equips you with a thorough understanding of the tourism industry, covering operations, marketing, sustainability, cultural insight and management. The minor prepares you for careers across tourism-related sectors with skills in destination planning, customer service and responsible practice.
18
Total credit hours
6
Required core hours
12
Elective hours you choose
All
Majors welcome
Why This Minor
Tourism is one of the largest employers in the world, and Memphis sits at the center of a destination economy built on music, food, sport, conventions and river heritage. Hotels, attractions, festivals, convention and visitors bureaus, parks and arenas all need people who understand how visitors make decisions and how destinations are planned, marketed and managed responsibly.
The minor pairs well with majors across the University — business, marketing, sport management, hospitality, communications, geography, anthropology, foreign languages, parks and recreation, and more. You build industry-specific knowledge alongside your major and graduate with a credential that signals you can work in a visitor-facing, destination-driven field.
Coursework spans the full picture of the industry: commercial recreation and travel, hospitality and leisure marketing, sustainability, culinary tourism, international and global hospitality, sport tourism, visitor management and cross-cultural perspectives.
Courses you're already taking may count. Several of the core and elective options are also required or elective courses in hospitality, sport and leisure management and related majors. Check with your academic advisor — overlapping coursework can reduce the number of additional hours you need to complete the minor.
Coursework
The minor is 18 semester hours: six hours of required core courses and 12 hours of tourism management electives.
Required Core Courses (6 credit hours)
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SLS 3104 | Commercial Recreation and Tourism | 3 |
| HPRM 4320 or SLS 4500 |
Hospitality Services Marketing or Sport and Leisure Marketing |
3 |
SLS 3104 is required. You then complete either HPRM 4320 or SLS 4500 to finish the six-hour core.
Tourism Management Electives (12 credit hours)
Choose four courses from the list below for a total of 12 hours.
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HPRM 3800 | Sustainability in Hospitality and Sport Management | 3 |
| HPRM 4000 | Culinary Tourism | 3 |
| HPRM 4400 | International Hospitality | 3 |
| HPRM 4401 | Management of Tourism | 3 |
| HPRM 4800 | Global Hospitality and Tourism | 3-6 |
| SLC 4301 | Business of Sport Tourism | 3 |
| SLC 4689 | Fandom in Sport and Entertainment | 3 |
| SLS 4001 | Park and Recreation Visitor Management | 3 |
| SLS 4135 | Sport and Culture: Global Perspectives | 3 |
| SLS 4165 | Sport and the Global City | 3 |
| SLS 4175 | International Perspectives in Sport Management | 3 |
HPRM 4800 Global Hospitality and Tourism carries 3-6 credit hours depending on the experience; your elective hours must total at least 12. Prerequisites, course restrictions and current offerings are listed in the University Catalog.
Careers
Graduates with a tourism management background move into destination and visitor-facing roles across the public, private and nonprofit sectors:
Convention and visitors bureausDestination marketingHotels and resortsAttractions and museumsFestivals and eventsSport tourismParks and outdoor recreationCulinary and food tourismCruise and travel operationsTour operations and guidingEconomic and community developmentSustainable tourism planning
View this minor in the University Catalog
Ready to declare? Talk with your academic advisor about adding the Tourism Management minor to your plan of study, and review current course offerings and prerequisites in the University Catalog.