Recreation and Park Management Comprehensive Option
Bachelor of Science
ED BS 2608
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- See area of specialization for General Studies requirements.
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BS Science-related course requirements = 0
- Major Option = 60-67
- This minimum range depends on the selection of GS courses in the areas of
specializations.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 105-112
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 13-20
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Recreation Leadership Comprehensive = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
- A. Rec & Park Management Comprehensive Requirements (36 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- REC 150, Foundations of Recreation, Park and Leisure - 3
hours
- REC 215, Camp Leadership, Outdoor Recreation, and
Environmental Education - 3 hours
- REC 251, Computer Applications in Tourism and Recreation
- 3 hours
- REC 353, Planning Recreation and Leisure Facilities - 3
hours
- REC 354, Recreation and Leisure Programming - 3 hours
- REC 451, Managing and Marketing Recreation, Park and
Leisure Agencies - 3 hours
- REC 453, Therapeutic Recreation for Special Populations
- 3 hours
- REC 477, Internship - 12 hours
- REC 485, Tourism and Recreation Research - 3 hours
- B. Rec & Park Management Comprehensive Specialization Areas (26-34 hours
required)
- Take the requirements for any ONE of the areas of specialization:
- 1. Therapeutic Recreation (34 hours required)
- Take one of the following as part of General Studies requirements:
- SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
- SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours
- Take all of the following:
- PE 109, Adapted Aquatics - 1 hour
- PE 360, Human Anatomy and Kinesiology - 4 hours
- PE 369, Remedial and Adaptive Physical Education - 3 hours
- PE 461, Physiology of Exercise - 3 hours
- REC 257, Principles of Therapeutic Recreation - 3 hours
- REC 357, Assessment and Treatment Planning in
Therapeutic Recreation - 3 hours
- REC 457, Trends and Issues in Therapeutic Recreation - 3
hours
- REC 475, Volunteer Practicum - 2 hours
- PSY 230GS, Human Development - 3 hours
- PSY 231, Abnormal Behavior and Society - 3 hours
- SOC 462, Sociology of Health and Illness - 3 hours
- SPED 234, Individuals with Exceptionalities - 3 hours
- 2. Management of Recreation & Leisure (26 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- PE 211, Lifeguarding - 1 hour
- PE 260GS, First Aid, Responding to Emergencies - 2 hours
- PE 328, Swimming Pool Management and Water Safety
Instructor - 3 hours (Prereq: life guarding or Red Cross Senior Life Guarding Certificate
currently in force)
- PE 425, Legal Aspects of Sport and Recreation - 3 hours
- REC 454, Evaluation Techniques in Recreation and Park -
3 hours
- REC 458, Recreation for the Aged - 3 hours
- REC 475, Volunteer Practicum - 2 hours
- BACC 250, Beginning Accounting I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102, sophomore standing)
- BMGT 355, Organizational Behavior - 3 hours
- SPCH 240, Public Speaking for Professions
and Business - 3 hours
- 3. Natural Resource & Park Management (31 hours required)
- Take the following as part of General Studies requirements:
- BIOL 107GS, General Zoology - 4 hours
- Take all of the following:
- BIOL 104GS, General Botany - 4 hours
- BIOL 307, Ecology - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 107GS)
- BIOL 330, Wildlife Conservation - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 107GS)
- BIOL 405GS, Range and Wildlife Management - 3 hours
- GEOG 300, Map Investigation - 3 hours
- GEOG 305GS, Environmental Conservation - 3 hours
- GEOG 400, Water Resources - 3 hours
- REC 352, Outdoor Adventure Education - 3 hours
- Take 3-4 hours from:
- BIOL 416, Plant Diversity and Evolution - 4 hours
(Prereq: BIOL 104GS)
- BIOL 419, Taxonomy of Grasses - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 104GS)
- GEOG 207GS, Physical Geology - 3 hours
- GEOG 256, Geology Field Study - 1 hour
- GEOG 310, Cartography - 3 hours
- REC 356, Selected Topics in Travel and Tourism - 3 hours
- Adventure Tourism
- Commercial Recreation
- Resort Management
- SFED 472, Fire Prevention, Protection and Control - 3
hours
- No more than one course from:
- GEOG 301, Geography of Soils - 3 hours
- BIOL 301, Introduction to Soils - 4 hours (Prereq: one
course in General Chemistry)
16 May 2005
20 May 2005
