Health & Recreational Tourism
Health and recreational tourism is a rapidly-growing practice of traveling across boarders to obtain health care and fitness. This important specialty encompasses elective procedures as well as complex specialized surgeries such as joint replacement, cardiac surgery, dental surgery, cosmetic surgeries and reproductive tourism.
Number of credits: 96
University Requirements (15 credits)
ARAB 201 |
Arab Language |
3 cr |
COMP 201 |
Computer Applications |
3 cr |
CS 201 |
Cultural Studies |
3 cr |
GHN 201 |
General Health & Nutrition |
3 cr |
ENG 201 |
Academic English |
3 cr |
Faculty Requirements (21 credits)
ENG 202 |
Advanced Academic English |
3 cr |
TOUR 100 |
Introduction to tourismology |
2 cr |
TOUR 105 |
Legislations & organizations in tourism |
2 cr |
TOUR 110 |
World travel geography |
3 cr |
TOUR 115 |
Travel agencies & tour operators |
2 cr |
TOUR 120 |
Transport (Air, land and water) |
3 cr |
PDS 201 |
Personal development skills |
3 cr |
ENG 210 |
Business communication |
3 cr |
Major requirements (38 credits)
HTOUR 230 |
General anatomy and physiology |
3 cr |
HTOUR 220 |
General biology and biotechnology |
2 cr |
HTOUR 250 |
Introduction to health tourism |
2 cr |
HTOUR 210 |
Medical tourism destination I |
3 cr |
TOUR 015 |
Third foreign languages I |
3 cr |
HTOUR 260 |
Tourism risk management |
3 cr |
TOUR 010 |
Second foreign language |
3 cr |
HTOUR 245 |
Healthy food |
3 cr |
HTOUR 225 |
Health promotion |
3 cr |
HTOUR 235 |
Sport nutrition and tourism |
3 cr |
HTOUR 240 |
Health travel formalities |
3 cr |
HTOUR 215 |
Travel Insurance |
1 cr |
HTOUR 255 |
Health, Environment and Tourism |
3 cr |
HTOUR 205 |
Health Tourism Seminar |
1 cr |
HTOUR 200 |
Health Tourism Research |
2 cr |
Concentration in Therapeutic tourism (22 credits)
HTOUR 310 |
Medical tourism destination II |
3 cr |
HTOUR 315 |
Medical tourism destination III |
3 cr |
HTOUR 320 |
Therapeutic recreation |
2 cr |
HTOUR 325 |
Alternatives medicine |
2 cr |
HTOUR 330 |
Spa and Massotherapy |
3 cr |
HTOUR 335 |
Therapeutic issues in health tourism |
3 cr |
HTOUR 305 |
Health tourism field trip |
2 cr |
HTOUR 300 |
Internship |
4 cr |