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(HHS 350) Wellness and Event Tourism

A course exploring the study of wellness and event tourism. This includes its history and development, how to manage market wellness & event tourism, the international industry of event tourism, and the development of wellness destinations. This course will provide a unique international pathway for students to share core knowledge in health and human science with potential hands-on event tourism management opportunities.

Credit Hours 3.0 Lecture
Prerequisites None
Offered Fall, winter
Programs Health and Human Science (BS), Health and Human Science Minor

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

  1. Communicate effectively their knowledge of health tourism to serve other people with professional-like work experiences.
  2. Understand the industry of health tourism and learn how to analyze, market, and brand health tourism in different geographical areas.
  3. Understand the importance of well-being and incorporate health promotion/disease prevention/treatment strategies for specific populations as they relate to health tourism.