Recreation Administration, Emphasis in Outdoor Resource Management, B.S. in Applied Arts and Sciences

All candidates for a degree in applied arts and sciences must complete the graduation requirements listed in the section of this catalog on “Graduation Requirements .”

The major in recreation administration must be planned with an emphasis in outdoor resource management, recreation systems management, or sustainable tourism management.

A minor is not required with this major.

Emphasis in Outdoor Resource Management

Preparation for the Major

(26 units)

RTM 101 - Recreation and Tourism Management Units: 3
RTM 107 - Recreation Programming and Leadership Units: 4
RTM 284 - Supervised Field Work Units: 3
BIOL 100 - General Biology Units: 3
or
BIOL 101 - World of Animals Units: 3 But not both.
GEOG 102 - People, Places, and Environments Units: 3
GEOG 104 - Geographic Information Science and Spatial Reasoning Units: 3
GEOL 100 - Planet Earth Units: 3
GEOL 101 - Dynamics of the Earth Laboratory Units: 1
PSFA 100 - Sustainable Self-Development Units: 3
or
PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology Units: 3 But not both.

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement

See “Graduation Requirements ” section for a complete listing of requirements.

Passing the Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 10
or
RTM 396W - Writing in Recreation Settings Units: 3 But not both with a grade of C (2.0) or better.

Major

A minimum of 51 upper division units to include

OCEAN 320 - Oceans of Change Units: 3
RTM 304 - Leisure and Tourism Units: 3
RTM 305 - Wilderness and the Leisure Experience Units: 3
RTM 351 - Recreation Therapy and Special Populations Units: 3
RTM 404 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Tourism Units: 3
RTM 469 - Administration and Operation of Recreation and Tourism Agencies Units: 3
RTM 470 - Global Sustainable Tourism Management Units: 3
RTM 485 - Outdoor Recreation Planning and Policy Units: 3
RTM 487 - Environmental and Cultural Interpretation Units: 3
RTM 489 - Outdoor Leadership and Adventure Programming Units: 3
RTM 498 - Internship in Recreation and Tourism Management Units: 6 or 12 (12 units)

Nine Units Selected from

RTM 468 - Marketing, Financing, and Assessment in Recreation and Tourism Management Units: 3
RTM 483 - Outdoor Education and Camp Administration Units: 3
RTM 484 - Directed Leadership Units: 3
RTM 496 - Experimental Topics Units: 1-4
ANTH 402 - Dynamics of Biocultural Diversity Units: 3
BIOL 315 - Ecology and Human Impacts on the Environment Units: 3
BIOL 327 - Conservation of Wildlife Units: 3
GEOG 370 - Conservation Science and Policy Units: 3
GEOG 570 - Environmental Conservation Practice Units: 3
GEOG 572 - Land Use Analysis Units: 3
GEOG 575 - Geography of Recreational Land Use Units: 3
GEOL 301 - Geology of National Parks and Monuments Units: 3
PHIL 332 - Environmental Ethics Units: 3 also listed as
SUSTN 332 - Environmental Ethics Units: 3
REL S 376 - Nature, Spirituality, Ecology (D) Units: 3 (or other upper division courses may be substituted with approval of the adviser)