Program Overview

Tourism, Hospitality, and Recreation Management (2025-Present)

The Tourism, Hospitality, and Recreation Management program is offered by the College of Health and Human Development, Recreation and Tourism Management. This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year: 2025 Tourism, Hospitality, and Recreation Management, B.S.

Program Structure

The program is structured into four years, with each year divided into two semesters. The total units required for the degree are 120.

Year 1: 1st Semester

• RTM 278 (meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement) | 3 units
• GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) | 3 units
• GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning | 3 units
• GE Area 3A Arts | 3 units
• GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 units
  • Total | 15 units

Year 1: 2nd Semester

• RTM 202/L | 3 units
• RTM 204 | 3 units
• Recreation and Tourism Management Elective | 3 units
• GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication | 3 units
• GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking | 3 units
  • Total | 15 units

Year 2: 1st Semester

• RTM 300 | 3 units
• RTM 304 | 3 units
• GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science | 3 units
• GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity | 1 unit
• CARQ American History Campus Requirement | 3 units
• Elective | 2 units
  • Total | 15 units

Year 2: 2nd Semester

• RTM 302 | 3 units
• RTM 303 | 3 units
• Recreation and Tourism Management Electives | 3 units
• GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government | 3 units
• GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 units
  • Total | 15 units

Year 3: 1st Semester

• RTM 403 (meets GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) | 3 units
• Recreation and Tourism Management Elective (RTM 352 recommended) | 3 units
• GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) | 3 units
• GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 units
• Elective | 3 units
  • Total | 15 units

Year 3: 2nd Semester

• RTM 314 | 3 units
• Recreation and Tourism Management Electives | 6 units
• GE Upper Division Area 3B Humanities | 3 units
• GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 units
  • Total | 15 units

Year 4: 1st Semester

• RTM 490 | 3 units
• Recreation and Tourism Management Electives | 6 units
• Electives | 6 units
  • Total | 15 units

Year 4: 2nd Semester

• RTM 494C | 3 units
• RTM 494C | 3 units
• Recreation and Tourism Management Elective | 3 units
• Electives | 6 units
  • Total | 15 units
  • OVERALL TOTAL UNITS | 120 units

Additional Requirements

One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.