Recreation and Park Management Major
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 = 3
- PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
- BS Science-related course requirements = 0
- Major Option = 62
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 107
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 18
- 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 Core Requirements (32 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- REC 251, Computer Applications in Tourism and
Recreation - 3 hours
- REC 353, Facilities in Recreation, Tourism and
Sport - 3 hours
- REC 354, Programming in Sport, Recreation, and
Tourism - 3 hours
- REC 375, Leadership in Recreation, Sport and
Tourism - 3 hours
- REC 444, Issues in Recreation and Leisure - 3
hours
- REC 475, Volunteer Practicum - 2 hours
- REC 477, Internship - 12 hours
- PE 430, Organization and Administration in
Recreation, Sport and Tourism - 3 hours
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- B. Rec & Park Management Comprehensive Options (30 hours required)
- Take the requirements for any ONE option:
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- 1. Recreation Management (30 hours required)
- Take the following as part of General Studies requirements:
- MATH 102, College Algebra - 3 hours
- Students with sufficient mathematics preparation may enter
the mathematics program at a higher level.
- 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 352, Outdoor Adventure Education - 3 hours
- REC 453, Therapeutic Recreation for Special
Populations - 3 hours
- REC 485, Tourism and Recreation Research - 3
hours
- 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
- PE 429, Marketing in Sport, Recreation and Tourism
- 3 hours
- BMGT 355, Organizational Behavior - 3 hours
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- 2. Natural Resources Park Management (30 hours required)
- Take the following as part of General Studies requirements:
- MATH 102, College Algebra - 3 hours
- Students with sufficient mathematics preparation may enter
the mathematics program at a higher level.
- BIOL 107GS, General Zoology - 4 hours
- BIOL 104GS, General Botany - 4 hours
- 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 352, Outdoor Adventure Education - 3 hours
- REC 453, Therapeutic Recreation for Special
Populations - 3 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
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- 3. Travel/Tourism (30 hours required)
- Take the following as part of General Studies requirements:
- BIOL 315GS, Human Ecology - 3 hours
- ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics,
Microeconomics - 3 hours
- GEOG 104, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
- Take all of the following:
- REC 155, Dimensions of Tourism - 3 hours
- REC 355, Travel Behavior - 3 hours
- REC 356, Selected Topics in Travel and Tourism -
6 hours (minimum of 2 courses)
- REC 455, Tourism Planning and Development - 3
hours
- REC 485, Tourism and Recreation Research - 3
hours
- PE 429, Marketing in Sport, Recreation and Tourism
- 3 hours
- BMKT 336, Tourism Marketing - 3 hours
- ECON 380, Tourism Economics - 3 hours
- GEOG 350, International Tourism - 3 hours
11 May 2006
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