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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Recreation, Sport, and Park Administration (Comprehensive) (BS)
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Major requirements
Note: three hours may double count in General Education requirements. All coursework
(including General Education Program, major(s), minor(s), if applicable), and all General Baccalaureate Degree Requirements, must be completed prior to taking
Specific General Education requirement:
Core requirements
- REC 152 - Introduction to Recreation, Sport, and Park Administration
- REC 190 - Applied Social Recreation
- REC 200 - Inclusion and Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Park Administration
- REC 211 - Principles of Outdoor Recreation
OR - REC 311 - Outdoor/Adventure Education
- REC 302 - Ecotourism
- REC 328 - Statistical Applications in Recreation, Sport and Park Administration
- REC 335 - Recreation, Sport, and Park Administration Practicum
- REC 390 - Recreation Programming
- REC 406 - Promoting Leisure Services
- REC 410 - Recreation Leadership Supervision
- REC 415 - Risk Management for Recreation, Sport, and Park Agencies
- REC 422 - Recreation Facility and Area Management
- REC 423 - Administration of Recreation, Sport, and Park Agencies
- REC 490 - Orientation to Internship
- REC 491 - Recreation, Sport, and Park Administration Internship
Three hours of skills classes, with advisor approval, from the following:
Total Credit Hours: 51-55
24 hours from one of the following emphasis areas:
Health and Wellness Promotion.
Prepares students for various opportunities in the fitness industry, health-related services, and wellness management and promotion. Courses required:
Parks and Outdoor Recreation.
Prepares students for careers in parks and outdoor recreation and outdoor education within the public or private sector in adventure recreation, outdoor recreation/education facilities, or government natural resource management agencies. Courses required:
Recreation Management.
Prepares students for careers in administering recreation services and events in the Armed Forces, municipal parks and recreation departments, campus recreation, sporting goods retail, facility management, residential camps, resort recreation, travel, tourism and hospitality industry, meeting planning, and not-for-profit organizations: at-risk youth organizations, Boys and Girls Clubs, church recreation, Scouting, and YMCA. Courses required:
Sport Administration:
Prepares students for careers in leadership opportunities in administering athletic programs, athletic teams, competitive sport camps and clinics, facilities and leagues; managing various sport entities, including Olympic training sites, municipal league programs, youth sport agencies, tournament management, sport administration and marketing, special event planning, retail sports industries, and coaching at the college or above level. Courses required:
Therapeutic Recreation:
This emphasis has been temporarily suspended and is not being offered at this time. Contact the Kinesiology Department for more information.
First Aid Proficiency:
Each major must show proficiency in First Aid and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation(CPR). Students must provide copies of their current First Aid and CPR cards/certifications to the internship coordinator prior to enrolling in REC 491 and maintain current certifications throughout the internship. Certifications can be completed by the following:
a. Complete the American Red Cross First Aid course and CPR course and obtain certification. Refer to www.redcross.org for information.
b. Complete the American Heart Association First Aid course and CPR course and obtain certification. Refer to www.americanheart.org for information.
c. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification.
Public Affairs Capstone Experience will be fulfilled by completion of:
Total Credit Hours: 78 or 82
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