Requirements
All students must complete the following core courses:
| REC 10200 | Introduction to Recreation and Leisure Services | 3 |
| REC 20300 | Adventure Education and Leadership | 3 |
| REC 20600 | Leisure in Contemporary Society | 3 |
| REC 24300 | Recreation Conferences and Associations | 1 |
| REC 31000 | Foundations of Therapeutic Recreation | 3 |
| REC 36200 | Program Planning and Marketing | 3 |
| REC 38100 | Recreation Facility Design and Management | 3 |
| REC 38200 | Practicum in Recreation | 2-3 |
| REC 40500 | Research and Evaluation in Recreation | 3 |
| REC 41000 | Recreation Organization and Administration | 3 |
| REC 46200 | Recreation Senior Seminar | 3 |
| REC 48200 | Internship in Recreation | 3-12 |
Basic Skills Courses:
Students may apply 3 credit hours of basic skills courses toward the electives in any Recreation Administration emphasis area. This would include any 3 credit hour combination of the following courses:
and approved REC Special Topics courses.
Recreation Professional Exam
Students majoring in recreation administration must take the recreation professional exam during their final semester on campus to complete the degree requirements. The recreation professional exam is administered in:
Areas of Emphasis
In addition to the REC core courses, students seeking a degree in recreation administration must complete one of the following areas of emphasis: community recreation management, outdoor recreation management, sport and fitness management, general recreation.
Community Recreation Management Emphasis
24 credit hours
Required courses:
One of the following:
| EXS 30000 | Sport and Fitness Administration | 3 |
| MGMT 26032 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| NPA 35000 | Management of Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| PE 34900 | Organization and Administration of Health and Physical Education | 3 |
| PS 33500 | Public Administration | 3 |
One of the following:
and six credit hours from the following options:
and approved REC Special Topics courses.
Outdoor Recreation Management Emphasis
24 credit hours
Required courses:
One of the following:
One of the following:
and seven credit hours from the following options:
and approved REC Special Topics courses.
Sport and Fitness Management Emphasis
24 credit hours
Required courses:
and six credit hours from the following options:
and approved REC Special Topics courses..
General Recreation Emphasis
24 credit hours
The general recreation emphasis is fulfilled when a student completes 24 credit hours of coursework selected from among the following departments, selected based on the students interests and career goals: accounting (ACCT), art (ART), American studies (AST), biological sciences (BSC), criminal justice (CJ), Christian ministries studies (CMS), communications (COM), dance (DAN), Earth sciences (ESC), education (EDU), exercise science (EXS), health fitness sciences (HFS), human resource management (HRM), management (MGMT), management information systems (MIS), marketing (MRKT), music (MUS), nonprofit administration (NPA), physical education (PE), public administration (PS), psychology (PSY), recreation administration (REC), sociology (SOC), sport management (SPMGT), social work (SW), and/or theater (TA). Selection of courses should be in consultation with the student’s advisor and may all be in one discipline or several. It is strongly recommended to complete a minor in one of the disciplines above for partial fulfillment of the general recreation emphasis.