Hospitality & Ecotourism
Grays Harbor College offers an Associate in Applied Science in Hospitality & Ecotourism in collaboration with Peninsula College. The Grays Harbor College Hospitality and Ecotourism program is designed to prepare students to work in fields that serve visitors in the region and greater peninsula. Foundation courses introduce students to hospitality, ecotourism, marketing, and human relations. Core courses expand student knowledge and skills in hotel facilities and technology, event management, marketing, ecotourism, tourism policy and planning, and accounting. Capstone courses provide practicum experience and opportunity for service learning projects with local employers. Students are required to have access to computer, internet, and browser. This degree can be completed online in entirety, but there are also many in-person and hybrid opportunities planned.