Program Overview

Economics for Environment, Culture and Tourism

Overview

The Economics for Environment, Culture and Tourism program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the economic, social, and environmental aspects of tourism and culture. The program aims to equip students with the theoretical frameworks and interpretative models necessary to analyze the role of tourism and culture in the globalized economy.

Curriculum

The program consists of a range of courses that cover topics such as:

• Local development, culture and environment
• Territorial analysis for environment and culture
• Circular economy and climate change
• Environmental economics
• Economics of institutions
• Models for tourism flows
• Economy and strategy of SMEs
• Socio-demographic data and indicators for sustainable development
• Tools and techniques for spatial and environmental data analysis
• Tourism law and land governance
• GIS and visual laboratory
• Euro-project design laboratory
• Final exam

Course Details

• Local Development, Culture and Environment: This course provides students with the theoretical frameworks and interpretative models of economic development and contemporary capitalism. Students will explore the role of tourism and culture as key sectors of the globalized economy, analyzing the social, environmental, and territorial impacts generated by their development.
• Territorial Analysis for Environment and Culture: This course aims to provide theoretical and methodological knowledge for the critical analysis of territory, focusing on its environmental and cultural dimensions. Key categories such as territory, landscape, cultural heritage, and environment are explored as essential frameworks for territorial analysis.
• Circular Economy and Climate Change: This course provides students with knowledge of the relationships between natural resources, productive activities, and sustainable development from a circular economy perspective. By the end of the course, students will be able to evaluate environmental policies and understand the value of responsible behavior.
• Environmental Economics: This course aims to provide an overview of the most relevant topics in environmental economics. After analyzing the structural causes of environmental degradation, the course addresses the sustainable management of resources and the analysis of economic control instruments available to policymakers.
• Economics of Institutions: This course illustrates the crucial role that institutions play in the functioning of the economic system. Students will learn to identify situations in which self-interested behavior leads to outcomes that are worse for everyone and to select institutions that can ensure better outcomes for all.
• Models for Tourism Flows: This course provides students with knowledge of models for tourism flows.
• Economy and Strategy of SMEs: This course aims to provide the theoretical foundations for understanding entrepreneurship as a subjective characteristic of small business owners and as a process of creating new entrepreneurial ventures.
• Socio-Demographic Data and Indicators for Sustainable Development: This course provides analytical methods, measurement tools, and conceptual frameworks useful for understanding and measuring ongoing demographic changes and assessing their social, economic, and environmental sustainability.
• Tools and Techniques for Spatial and Environmental Data Analysis: This course provides students with knowledge of tools and techniques for spatial and environmental data analysis.
• Tourism Law and Land Governance: This course provides students with knowledge of tourism law and land governance.
• GIS and Visual Laboratory: This course provides students with practical skills in GIS and visual laboratory techniques.
• Euro-Project Design Laboratory: This course provides students with knowledge of euro-project design laboratory techniques.
• Final Exam: This course provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the program material.

Optional Courses

Students can choose from a range of optional courses, including:

• History of energy transition
• French language for cultural and environmental cooperation
• Economic history of tourism
• Three-dimensional modeling

Three-Dimensional Modeling

The three-dimensional modeling course provides students with the opportunity to acquire 9 CFU from the following exams:

• History of energy transition
• French language for cultural and environmental cooperation
• Economic history of tourism