Department of Parks, Recreation & Hospitality Administration

Recreation & Park Administration Program

Natural Resource Emphasis

The Natural Resource Emphasis prepares students to manage large parks, natural areas, and associated visitor facilities. Planning and management of land and water resources to provide outdoor recreation opportunities.

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	Social Sciences1	3
  CHEM 1113 Survey of Chemistry and CHEM 1111 Survey of Chemistry Laboratory or GEOL 1014 Physical Geology	4	BIOL 2124 Principles of Zoology or BIOL 2134 Principles of Botany	4
  RP 1001 Orientation to Recreation and Park Administration	1	Mathematics1	3
  RP 1013 Principles of Recreation and Park Administration	3	COMS 1003 Introduction to Computer Based Systems	3
  Total Hours	14	Total Hours	16

•  Sophomore

  Fall		Spring
  PSY 2003 General Psychology	3	COMM 2003 Public Speaking	3
  Fine Arts & Humanities1	3	RP 2013 Landscape Planning and Design	3
  LBMD 2001 Introduction to Library Resources	1	RP 2033 Recreation Leadership	3
  RP 2003 Recreation Programming	3	Approved Elective2	4
  RP Major Elective3	4
  Total Hours	14	Total Hours	13

•  Junior

  Fall		Spring
  Fine Arts & Humanities1	3	RP 3043 Work Experience	3
  RP 3013 Inclusive Recreation	3	RP 3053 Natural Resource Management and Planning	3
  RP 3033 Commercial Recreation	3	RP 3063 Outdoor Education	3
  RP 3034 Site Planning and Design	4	RP 3403 Financing Recreation and Parks	3
  RP 3093 Interpretive Methods	3	Approved Elective2	3
  Total Hours	16	Total Hours	15

•  Senior

  Fall		Spring
  HA 3013 Hospitality Marketing and Sales	3	RP/HA 3113 Human Resource Management in Parks, Recreation, and Hospitality Administration	3
  RP 4013 Recreation and Park Administration	3	HA 4001 Internship Preparation	1
  RP 4063 Park Operations	3	RP 4023 Research Methods	3
  RP 4103 Recreation Law and Policy	3	RP 4053 Water Resources Development	3
  		RP Major Elective3	1
  		Approved Elective2	3
  Total Hours	12	Total Hours	14
  Senior  9th Semester
  Fall
  RP 4114 Internship4	4
  RP Major Electives3	2
  Total Hours	6

¹See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".
²See Departmental Advisor or select from the following list:
BIOL 1014 Introduction to Biological Science, BIOL 1114 Principles of Biology, BIOL 2124 Principles of Zoology, BIOL 2134 Principles of Botany, or any 3000 or 4000 level BIOL course
FW 2003 Elements of Fish and Wildlife Management, or any 3000 or 4000 level FW course
GEOL 1014 Physical Geology or GEOL 3153 Environmental Geology, AGEG 3203 Soil, Water and Forest Conservation
AGPS 1024 Principles of Plant Science, AGPS 1033 Introduction to Forestry or AGPS 3244 Plant Pathology, AGSS 2014 Soils
FW/GEOG 2833 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
³Choose from the following RP courses: RP 1993 Basic Forest Firefighting, RP 3763 Introduction to Turfgrass Management, RP 3793 Turfgrass Pest Control, RP 3993 Wildland Fire Practices in Natural Resource Management, RP 4043 Field Seminar in Interpretive Methods, RP 4991 Special Problems and Topics, RP 4992 Special Problems and Topics, or RP 4993 Special Problems and Topics.
⁴Internship must be completed in last semester after all coursework has been completed.