YEAR FOUR SEMESTER TWO
| COURSE TITLE | CODE COURSE | T | P | C |
| Core Courses | ||||
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STM 402
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Site Selection in Tourism | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| STM 404 | Tourist Destinations Management | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| STM 406 | Hospitality Management II | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| STM 400 | Project/Dissertation II | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Electives: | Select Two Electives From This Section | |||
| STM 408 | Agro-Tourism | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| STM 410 | Strategy for International Markets | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| STM 412 | Gender, Leisure and Tourism Development II | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| STM 414 | Human Resource Management in Tourism II | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 18 | 11 | 18 | |
| Total Credits For Year Two | 36 | 23 | 36 |
STM 402: Site Selection in Tourism (T3 P1 C3)
The course aims at exposing students to the criteria for the selection of appropriate sites for tourism. They are also to be taught the nature of such sites and factors that enhance their development and sustainability. They are also to be exposed to the identification of such sites on topographical maps and the cultural and legal implications in acquiring such sites.
STM 404: Tourist Destinations Management (T3 P1 C3)
This course introduces students to the patterns and characteristics of the supply of tourism resources that makes a place a tourism destination. The morphology of destination areas and the concept of carrying capacity and the socio-cultural and environmental impact of tourism; tourism and development planning; government organizations; accommodations; transportation; intermediaries (tour operators) natural and man-made attractions.
STM 406: Hospitality Management II (T3 P1 C3)
This part of the course deals with the functional areas of hospitality facilities. Areas covered are: Human resource management; marketing management; operational procedures of front desk executive functions, housekeeping, hotels and banqueting, conferencing etc.
STM 408: Agro-Tourism (T2 P1 C2)
This course introduces students to concepts of bio-tourism or agro-tourism, economic and socio-cultural consequences of bio-tourism, traditional life of farmers and tourism, agriculture and tourism, agro-political challenges regionalism and tourism; the farmer as preservers of the landscape in the developing world tourism and culture.
STM 410: Strategy for International Markets (T2 P1 C2)
This course introduces students to the principles that guide the entry and performance in international markets. The course focuses on alternative international servicing strategies; selection of mode of international market entry; collaborative arrangements; international marketing strategies; positioning strategies; international promotion and marketing Communication; information Communication technologies (ICTs) and international marketing.
STM 412: Gender, Leisure and Tourism Development II (T2 P1 C2)
The second part of the course deals with the application of gender analysis to particular areas of development such as industrialization, agrarian change, health, housing, employment, transport, structural adjustment programmes and environmental change. Various approaches to making policy more gender aware and reducing inequality are appraised.
STM 414: Human Resource Management in Tourism II (T2, P1, C2)
The course concentrates on key activities of human resource management in tourism – analyzing and staffing jobs, training and development, compensation and employee and labour relation in the tourism industry.
STM 490: Dissertation (Project Work) (T0 P0 C6)
All students would be required to write dissertations under supervision during their final year of study. Dissertation topics would cover all aspects of culture and tourism development aimed at enhancing deeper understanding of the prospects, problems and challenges of the tourism industry to offer suggestions and recommendations for policy formulation, reform, and development.