Recreation and Camp Administration - B.S.

Career opportunities in recreation management have expanded because of the increasing amount of recreation time discovered by society in recent years. Career options include work in such areas as church recreation, parks, playgrounds, recreation in business and industry, hospitals, nursing homes, camps, resorts, hotels, cruise ships, youth organizations, zoos, tourism, and environmental centers.

Students majoring in Recreation and Camp Administration are expected to complete 47 hours of credit, including two credit hours of internship and two credit hours of professional experience. Internships will consist of on-site experience with agencies that deliver leisure services. These may include public recreation park agencies, voluntary agencies (youth service agencies), correctional institutions, industries, recreation for the ill and disabled (including hospitals), and college unions.

Requirements (47 credits)

Required Courses

PHE-122	Active Recreation Games	1
PHE-156	Outdoor Wilderness Learning (Wise Owl Project)	2
PHE-210	Computers & Technology in Physical Education and Sport	1 to 2
PHE-230	CPR and First Aid	2
PHE-235	Professional Experience I	1
PHE-236	Professional Experience II	1
PHE-282	Motor Development	2
PHE-352	Sport Law and Risk Management	3
PHE-365	Public and Community Health	3
-	or
PHE-162	Personal Health	3
PHE-423	Adapted Physical Activity	3
PHE-480	Senior Seminar in Health and Human Performance	2
REC-160	Introduction to Recreation	3
REC-180	Campus Recreation and Intramural Sports	2
REC-240	Trip Camping in the USA	2
REC-260	Recreation Leadership and Programming	3
REC-280	Commercial and Social Recreation	2
REC-380	Camp Management	3
REC-382	Camp Counseling	2
REC-410	Recreation Internship	2
REC-450	Recreation Administration	3
REC-460	Facilities: Design, Planning, Maintenance, and Scheduling	3

PHE-210 must be taken for 2 credits.