Department of Parks, Recreation & Hospitality Administration

Recreation & Park Administration Program

Interpretation Emphasis

The Interpretation Emphasis prepares students to lead communications about nature, culture, and history related to parks, recreation areas, museums, or other organizations in which they work.  Students are required to minor in Anthropology, Biology, or History.

Curriculum

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this program.

•  Freshman

  Fall		Spring
  ENGL 1013 Composition I1	3	ENGL 1023 Composition II1	3
  U.S. History/Government1	3	Mathematics1	3
  GEOL 1014 Physical Geology	4	BIOL 1014 Introduction to Biological Science	4
  RP 1001 Orientation to Recreation and Park Administration	1	COMS 1003 Introduction to Computer Based Systems	3
  RP 1013 Principles of Recreation and Park Administration	3
  Total Hours	14	Total Hours	13

•  Sophomore

  Fall		Spring
  PSY 2003 General Psychology	3	Social Sciences1	3
  COMM 2003 Public Speaking	3	LBMD 2001 Introduction to Library Resources	1
  RP 2003 Recreation Programming	3	RP 2013 Landscape Planning and Design	3
  Elective	3	RP 2033 Recreation Leadership	3
  		Elective in Minor2	3
  Total Hours	12	Total Hours	13

•  Junior

  Fall		Spring
  Fine Arts & Humanities1	3	RP 3043 Work Experience	3
  RP 3013 Inclusive Recreation	3	RP 3063 Outdoor Education	3
  RP 3033 Commercial Recreation	3	RP 3403 Financing Recreation and Parks	3
  RP 3034 Site Planning and Design	4	Elective in Minor2	7
  RP 3093 Interpretive Methods	3
  Total Hours	16	Total Hours	16

•  Senior

  Fall		Spring
  Fine Arts & Humanities1	3	ANTH/HIST/MUSM 4403 Interpretation/Education through Museum Methods	3
  RP 4013 Recreation and Park Administration	3	HA 4001 Internship Preparation	1
  RP 4103 Recreation Law and Policy	3	RP 4023 Research Methods	3
  RP/HA 3113 Human Resource Management in Parks, Recreation, and Hospitality Administration	3	RP Major Elective3	3
  Elective in Minor2	3	Elective in Minor2	5
  Total Hours	15	Total Hours	15
  Senior  9th Semester
  Fall
  RP 4114 Internship4	4
  RP Major Elective3	2
  Total Hours	6

   

¹See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".
²Students must minor in Anthropology, History or Biology. See Departmental Advisor.
³Students must select from the following list of RP courses: RP 1993 Basic Forest Firefighting, RP 3023 Camp Administration,RP 3053 Natural Resource Management and Planning, RP/ HA 3133 Tourism Planning, RP 3993 Wildland Fire Practices in Natural Resource Management, RP 4042 Field Seminar in Interpretive Methods, RP 4053 Water Resources Development,RP/HA 4093 Resort Management, RP 4951-4 Undergraduate Research in Recreation and Park Administration, RP 4991-3 Special Problems and Topics.
⁴Internship must be completed in last semester after all coursework has been completed.