DEPARTMENTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
To be officially admitted with professional status to the B.S. degree program in Recreation, students must:
Transfer students who have completed 56 semester hours or more at another institution must remove any of the above course or scholastic deficiencies before being admitted with professional status to the B.S. degree in Recreation.
Students must complete the university General Studies requirement and the College of Public Programs course requirements in addition to major requirements. General Studies courses may not be used concurrently toward the General Studies requirement and related requirements within the major core.
RECREATION—B.S.
The B.S. degree program in the Department of Recreation Management and Tourism centers upon the systematic study of leisure-related phenomena, including human behavior and development, resource use, environmental and social issues, and public policy. It is a professional program that features full exposure of students to a multifaceted concept of leisure and the quality preparation of these students for professional-level entry into leisure service occupations.
This multidisciplinary degree program is designed to provide the student with the competencies necessary for employment in management and program delivery positions in diverse leisure agencies such as municipal recreation and park departments, county park departments, YMCAs, YWCAs, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and other nonprofit agencies, visitor and convention bureaus, senior centers, retirement communities, resorts, and other components of the tourism/commercial recreation industry. Graduates have also been employed by state offices of tourism, state parks departments, and various federal recreation resource agencies.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
The 63-semester-hour B.S. degree program in Recreation includes 33 semester hours of major core courses (see below). Students may select from two concentrations: (1) recreation management and (2) tourism. Students pursuing the recreation management concentration can further specialize in therapeutic recreation, community and urban recreation, outdoor recreation, or nonprofit/youth agency administration (American Humanics). In addition to the core, these concentrations consist of 15 semester hours of recreation-related courses and 15 semester hours of related-areas courses. REC 330, 462, and 482 require professional status and must be taken in sequence. REC 463 is the final capstone course taken in the department.
Recreation Major Core Courses
| REC 120 | Leisure and the Quality of Life SB (3) |
| REC 210 | Leisure Delivery Systems (3) |
| REC 330 | Programming of Recreation Services L2 (3) |
| REC 350 | Promoting and Marketing Recreation Services (3) |
| REC 364 | Foundations of Therapeutic Recreation (3) |
| REC 462 | Management of Recreation Services (3) |
| REC 463 | Senior Internship (12) |
| REC 482 | Assessment and Evaluation of Recreation Services (3) |
| Total: 33 |
The tourism concentration consists of 33 semester hours of major core courses, nine semester hours of tourism-related requirements, nine semester hours of tourism options, and 12 semester hours of nonmajor related course work.
Tourism students may choose to follow either the marketing and community development track or the services track for their related course work. Information on both of these tracks is available from the academic advisor.
In both the recreation management and tourism concentrations, the related areas and directed electives course work must be selected from a departmental list of approved university courses.
Nonprofit/Youth Agency Administration: American Humanics Certificate Program. In addition to the two concentrations within the B.S. degree program in Recreation, a certificate program is offered in the area of Nonprofit/Youth Agency Administration: American Humanics. This certificate program features professional affiliation with and certification by American Humanics, Inc., the national leader in education for youth and human service agency administration. American Humanics collaborates with such agencies as the American Red Cross, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the Boy Scouts of America, Camp Fire, the Girl Scouts of the USA, Habitat for Humanity, Junior Achievement, the United Way, YMCA, and YWCA.
This program provides an academic approach featuring unique issues of voluntary, not-for-profit agency management and includes active participation by agency professionals who offer workshops, seminars, field trips, and experiential education experiences.
| REC 220 | Introduction to Nonprofit Youth and Human Service Agencies (3) |
| REC 300 | Fund Raising (3) |
| REC 310 | Volunteerism (3) |
| REC 320 | Youth and Human Service Workshops (4) |
| REC 420 | American Humanics Institute (1–2) |
| REC 430 | Managing Not-for-Profit Agencies (3) |
| Minimum total: 17 |
Additional Department Requirements. Two hundred hours of recreation leadership experience (volunteer hours) are required before enrollment in REC 463 Senior Internship. Students are not permitted to take additional course work during their senior internship placement period. Approval of internships for main campus students must be received from the Department of Recreation Management and Tourism office on the main campus.
A student must attain a grade of “C” or higher in all courses within the major, including the related area. Specific courses that may be used to fulfill the related requirements are listed in a brochure available through the department.
MINORS IN RECREATION MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM
The faculty in the Department of Recreation Management and Tourism offer two minors; one in Recreation Management and one in Tourism, consisting of REC 120 Leisure and Quality of Life, and 12 additional hours of upper-division ASU Main credits taken from a list of approved courses. Please consult the minor verification form available in the department office.
GRADUATE PROGRAM
M.S. in Recreation. The curriculum for the M.S. degree in Recreation is designed to help students achieve both academic and professional goals. Areas of concentration include outdoor recreation, recreation administration, social/psychological aspects of leisure, and tourism and commercial recreation. Students may complete a thesis or an applied project option. Information on the M.S. in Recreation is detailed in the Graduate Catalog.
Omnibus Courses: See omnibus courses that may be offered.
1998–99 General Catalog Table of Contents
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