College of Health and Human Performance

Recreation, Parks and Tourism

The department offers programs designed to prepare students as professionals in the fields of commercial recreation and hospitality management, ecotourism, leisure services management, natural resources recreation management, recreation program delivery, therapeutic recreation, and travel and tourism planning.

Satisfactory completion of courses in one of these areas will lead to a Bachelor of Science in Recreation. The curriculum prepares students to develop, manage and deliver leisure services to a variety of populations in diverse settings and provides a foundation for students to pursue graduate studies.

By graduation, students will have obtained competencies and skills sufficient to take the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification and/or the Certified Leisure Professional examination to become a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist or a Certified Leisure Professional.

To earn the Bachelor of Science in Recreation, courses must be completed successfully in general education, recreation core courses, related professional courses and cognate courses. An approved full semester internship is required upon completion of all coursework.

Cognate Courses

In each option, cognate courses are require; the number of hours varies according to specializtion. These courses must be selected from a list of courses by option. Courses taken that do not match the selected option will not be accepted to fulfill degree requirements. Contact the department's academic advising office for a cognate course list. Suggested programs of study for all options are presented below.

Recreation, Parks and Tourism - Commercial Recreation & Hospitality Management

Commercial Recreation and Hospitality Management courses and training focus on the knowledge and skills necessary to administer and manage commercial and entrepreneurial leisure service businesses. Hospitality Management courses focus on organizing and planning events and conferences.

To remain 'on track' for this major you must meet the following critical tracking criteria. The critical tracking courses appear in bold.

Semester 1:

  • 2.0 UF GPA required for sems 1-5
  • Complete 1 of the 8 critical tracking courses (PSY2012, SYG2000, ECO2013, MAR3023, MAN3025, (ENC2210 or AEE3033C), (EDF3110 or DEP3053), (SPC2600 or AEE3030C)

Semester 2:

  • Complete 2 additional critical tracking courses

Semester 3:

  • Complete 3 additional critical tracking courses

Semester 4:

  • Complete all 8 critical tracking courses

Semester 1

Credits

SYG 2000 Principles of Sociology (GE-S)

3

Mathematics (GE-M)

3

Humanities (GE-HI)

3

Physical or Biological Science (GE-P or B)

3

Composition (GE-C)

3

Total

15

Semester 2

 

PSY 2012 General Psychology (GE-S)

3

ENC 2210 Technical Writing (GE-C) or AEE 3033C Writing for Natural and Agricultural Resources

3

Mathematics (GE-M)

3

Humanities (GE-HI) or Physical/Biological Science (GE-P/B)

3

Physical or Biological Science (GE-P/B)

3

Total

15

Semester 3

 

ECO 2013 Macroeconomics (GE-S)

3

EDF 3110 Human Growth & Development (GE-S) or DEP 3053 Developmental Psychology (GE-S)

3

MAN 3025 Principles of Management (GE-S)

4

Electives

5

Total

15

Semester 4

 

SPC 2600 Introduction to Public Speaking or AEE 3030C Oral Communication

3

MAR 3023 Principles of Marketing (GE-S)

4

Elective

3

Cognate Courses

5

Total

15

Semester 5

 

LEI 3140 Philosophy & History of Recreation (GE-H)

3

LEI 3400 Recreation Programming and Leadership

4

LEI 3843 Commercial Recreation

3

LEI 3836 Hospitality Management

3

Cognate Course

2

Total

15

Semester 6

 

LEI 3180 Trends in Leisure Services

3

LEI 4501 Legal Aspects of RPT

3

LEI 3832 Special Events /Mtg. Planning

3

LEI 3921 Field Experience

3

LEI 3705 Lei. Svcs. For People w/ Disabilities

3

Total

15

Semester 7

 

LEI 4540 Management and Supervision of Leisure Facilities and Personnel

4

LEI 4570 Revenue Resources Management

3

LEI 4880 Evaluation of Leisure Services

3

Cognate Courses

5

Total

15

Semester 8

 

LEI 4940 Internship in Leisure Services

15
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