B.S. in Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Therapeutic Recreation
This option helps prepare students to plan, conduct and evaluate recreational activities in a variety of clinical and community settings serving persons with disabilities. An emphasis is placed upon meeting the needs of individuals through treatment, leisure education and recreation participation.
Graduates of this program typically go on to work in hospitals, rehabilitation agencies, assisted living facilities, psychiatric facilities, correctional facilities and voluntary agencies that provide services to persons with disabilities.
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Recommended Academic Plan
Semester-by-semester academic plans recommend in table form the courses students might schedule each semester as they pursue a particular degree.
The plans: Identify normal academic progress, course offerings, and recommended course sequencing; Assist students and advisers in planning academic schedules, registrars and departments in planning course offerings, and registrars and deans in determining when students should change campus; Help students to anticipate the academic workload and courses needed to earn a degree, and to schedule appropriate prerequisites; Serve as tools to help advisers learn the curriculum.
Semester scheduling recommendations for all baccalaureate majors can also be found in the University Bulletin.
