地理科学学士-可持续旅游

地理学系具有地理学学术传统的强大背景，其应用领域包括区域发展和规划，环境可持续性，气象和气候学，旅游业发展和旅游营销，地理信息系统（GIS），制图，遥感和数字图像处理。地理科学学士学位课程可教学生了解并参与周围的世界。地理学是一门解决问题的学科，其课程和资源为学生提供技术技能和人文科学视角，以为他们的终身职业做好准备。许多基础教育专业的学生将他们的专业与地理相结合，认为了解世界是小学老师可以知道的最重要的事情。<br> <br>塞勒姆州立大学的可持续旅游教育计划已获得联合国的认证-世界旅游组织，仅授予北美
The geography department offers a strong background in the academic tradition of geography with applied fields such as regional development and planning, environmental sustainability, meteorology and climatology, tourism development and travel marketing, geographic information systems (GIS), cartography, remote sensing and digital image processing. A bachelor of science in geography teaches students to understand and engage in the world around them. Geography is a problem-solving discipline whose programs and resources provide students with both technical skills and a liberal arts perspective to prepare them for life-long careers. Many elementary education students pair their major with geography believing that understanding the world is the most important thing an elementary school teacher can know.<br>The sustainable tourism education program at Salem State University has been certified by the United Nations - World Tourism Organization, an award granted to only eight other colleges in North America. This program will open students' eyes to new ideas and open the employment door to new career path opportunities. Students will examine current trends in travel and tourism, and will delve into exploring the social, cultural and environmental issues surrounding tourism. Courses will cover topical areas such as: Sustainability, Using tourism for economic development, Marketing tourism, International perspectives on tourism, Impacts of travel, Understanding local tourism initiatives, Special events, Ecotourism, and Recreation.