The Appalachian Development Studies program offers students a choice of four different tracks, each built on a solid core of classes designed to orient the student to Appalachia's unique history, geography, music, literature and social ways.  Tracks offered include heritage perseveration, environmental management which features a course in geographic information systems, entrepreneurship and eco tourism development.  This program was designed for the student who wants to make a difference right here at home.

Course Information

See the University Catalog for course information.

Minor

The core classes are offered as an eighteen-hour minor.

Course Information
 

Appalachian Core (21 hours)
GEOG 440	Geography of Appalachia (3)
ENGL 330	Applachian Literature (3)
HIST 370	History of Appalachia (3)*
ART 400	Appalachian Visual Art (3)*
MUSC 300	Music of Appalachia (3)*
GEOG 450	Community Development in Appalachia (3)
GEOG 498	Internship (3)*
Select one of the following four concentrations
Environmental Management (15 hours)
BIOL 370	Land Use and Environmental Analysis (3)
ENVS 410	Appalachian Environmental Problems and Ecological Solutions (3)*
ENVS 420	Geographic Information Systems (3)*
ENVS 400	Appalachian Ecology (3)*
Elective (3)	300/400 level science course or GEOG 300 Environmental Geog. (3)
Entrepreneurship (15 hours)
MGMT 300	Management Theory (3)
MKTG 300	Marketing Theory (Prerequisites ECON 211 and 212) (3)
ECON 440	Managerial Economics (Prerequisites ECON 211 and 212 (3)
MGMT 440	Entrepreneurship (3)
Elective course (3)	300/400 level business, economics, finance or management
Heritage Preservation (15 hours)
HIST 320	History of Tennessee (3)
HIST 390	Issues in Collection Management (3)
HIST 480	Historical Methods (3)
HIST 490	Museum Interpretation (3)
HIST 498	Internship in Museum Studies (3) (Does not substitute for GEOG 498)
Eco and Heritage Tourism Development (18 hours selected from the above three tracks (Heritage Preservation, Entrepreneurship and Environmental Management)
*New courses

Internship Opportunities

Internships are required to graduate.  They are arranged with the student's career choice in mind.  For instance, if the student is interested in the Park Service, an internship will be arranged at the Cumberland Gap National Park. 

Internship Sites

Claiborne County Courthouse
Claiborne County Chamber of Commerce
The Wilderness Trail Corridor Alliance
The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
The Museum of Appalachia
The Cumberland Gap National Park
Big Stone Gap State Park

Career Opportunities

Depending on the area of concentration, graduates may elect careers in natural resource management, tourism and recreation based occupations at the local, county, or state level as well as in various organizations in the private sector, including municipal and county Chambers of Commerce. Those graduates with interests in heritage preservation may also find employment as a state or national park ranger, an archivist, museum curator or in secondary teaching, provided that all education courses are taken and the Praxis exam is successfully passed.