PL 376 - Planning for Sustainable Tourism

• DRAFT Syllabus for Spring 2007 and DRAFT Schedule (Both Under Construction)
  
  
• NEW for For Spring 2007:
  • The class is no longer cross-listed as PRM 378
  • No Textbooks will be required for the class -- all reading material will be available through the class website
  • New Topic: In addition to the Tourism Impacts focus from the last semester, we will also be covering Tourism and Social Media (including blogging, audio and video podcasting, social networks, virtual worlds, and Ajax applications)
  • International Collaboration: There is a possibility that we will be doing some collaborative work with a university class in Melbourne, Australia toward the end of the semester.
    
    
• Students will not be able to access the class in WebCT until sometime on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 (for Spring 2007)
  
  
• Student Comments from previous offerings of this class.
  
  
• Urban (Public) Planner #36 Best Jobs in America - CNN, 2006 (note that planning job growth in planning in Arizona is booming!!!)
  
  
• Questions? - please email me at: Alan.Lew@nau.edu
  

ALSO OF POTENTIAL INTEREST:

• Check out my Geography for Travelers Blog/Podcast
• Certificate in International Tourism Management
  This course will be a core requirement in the proposed International Tourism Management certificate program offered by the NAU Hotel and Restaurant Management School, Parks and Recreation Management Program and Geography and Public Planning Department over the WWW.