2020-2021 Spring Edition 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Spring Edition [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Travel and Tourism Certificate of Achievement


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The Travel and Tourism Certificate of Achievement program is designed to prepare students for careers in the travel agency industry. The program stresses the following: ticketing and reservations, major tourist areas and resorts, fares and routes, tour promotion, and planning including airline computing and cruise itineraries. The program covers all aspects of travel including air, cruise ships, rail, and car. Students completing this certificate will be prepared for occupations as: Travel Counselors, Meeting Planners, In-house Travel Consultants, Reservation Sales Agents, and Ticket Agents.

Program Student Learning Outcomes


Students who complete this program will be able to:

  • Support their choice of cruise itineraries presented in a written form based on the standards of the industry, use a predetermined criteria checklist and compare cruise features and benefits, both tangible and intangible, as well as price, value and individual preference.
  • Build a Passenger Name Record (PNR) in the airline computer training strand of the program.
  • Identify geographic locations.

REQUIRED COURSES

Course ID Title Units
TOUR 250   Introduction to the Exciting World of Travel & Tourism 3
TOUR 252   World Destinations and Resorts-Western Hemisphere 3
TOUR 253   World Destinations-Europe 3
TOUR 254   World Destinations-Pacific, Asia, Africa, Middle East 3
TOUR 255   Selling Dreams - The Travel Industry 3
TOUR 257   Tours and Cruises 3
TOUR 259  * Airline Computer Training 2
TOUR 260  * Advanced Airline Computer Training 2
CWE 180  * Co-Op-Ed Travel Management 1

TOTAL UNITS FOR THE CERTIFICATE


23

*Course has a prerequisite, corequisite, limitation, or recommended preparation; see course description.  

 

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