The Master of Science degree in Sustainable Tourism and Protected Area Management provides students with opportunities to engage in integrated and applied research and to acquire professional skills for the study, management, administration and planning of tourism and protected areas under the overarching concept of community sustainability. In addition to meeting the requirements of the university and of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, students must meet the requirements specified below. Students may not be admitted to both the Master of Science degree in Community Sustainability and the Master of Science degree in Sustainable Tourism and Protected Area Management. Graduate work in this thematic area focuses on understanding recreation and tourism as integral parts of communities, economies, and natural environments. Coursework, research, and outreach in this area addresses the motivations, preferences, and participation patterns of tourists and recreationists, the role of business, government, and non-government organizations that comprise and service tourism systems, the role of tourism in community development (domestically and internationally), and the interaction between tourism/recreation activities and a community and its natural, agricultural, historic, and cultural resources.