Requirements
All students must complete the following core courses:
| NPA 30300 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| REC 10200 | Introduction to Recreation, Sport and Tourism | 3 |
| REC 20300 | Adventure Education and Leadership | 3 |
| REC 20600 | Leisure in Contemporary Society | 3 |
| REC 21400 | Cultural Tourism | 3 |
| REC 24300 | Professional Associations and Conferences | 1 |
| REC 31000 | Inclusive and Therapeutic Recreation | 3 |
| REC 31200 | Sports and Society | 3 |
| REC 35000 | Tourism and Commercial Recreation | 3 |
| REC 36200 | Program Design and Event Management | 3 |
| REC 38100 | Recreation Facility Design and Operation | 3 |
| REC 38200 | Practicum in Recreation, Sport and Tourism | 2-3 |
| REC 40500 | Research Methods in Recreation, Sport and Tourism | 3 |
| REC 41000 | Recreation Organization and Administration | 3 |
| REC 46200 | Recreation Senior Seminar | 3 |
| REC 48200 | Internship in Recreation, Sport and Tourism | 3-12 |
Basic Skills Courses:
Students may apply 3 credit hours of basic skills courses toward the electives in any emphasis area listed below. 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, Sport, and Tourism Management 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 must complete one of the following areas of emphasis: outdoor and adventure education, sport and fitness management, therapeutic recreation, general recreation.
Outdoor and Adventure Education Emphasis
12 credit hours
Required courses:
Two of the three classes below:
Sport and Fitness Management Emphasis
12 credit hours
Required courses:
Therapeutic Recreation Emphasis
12 credit hours
Required courses:
General Recreation Emphasis
12 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, sport, and tourism management (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.