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HTM-3484: Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism

Description: A study of both historic and current impacts of tourism on family, community, culture, government, globalization, and the environment at the domestic and international levels. The course uses a sustainable tourism framework to examine the complex ways in which tourism both affects and is affected by modern society worldwide. Includes topics such as eco-tourism, volunteer tourism and space tourism.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 23

Average GPA: 3.77 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 72.61%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.60%

Kristin Lamoureux202375.5%17.7%5.2%0.3%0.3%1.1%3.6713
Charis N Tucker202493.7%5.8%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.934
Joelle M Soulard202096.9%3.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.973
Staff Hajarrahmah202492.0%8.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.901
Dini Hajarrahmah202481.2%18.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.781
Leah E Coffey202486.7%11.6%0.0%1.7%0.0%0.0%3.821

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Summer I 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Winter 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W