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The graduate program in Parks and Recreation Management is planned to provide advanced preparation for administrative and supervisory level positions within a leisure services delivery system and recreational therapy services. The program includes electives which give flexibility regarding an individual’s specific career goals as a future practitioner in parks and recreation management or recreational therapy services. The Recreational Therapy track is designed to prepare direct service and administrative personnel engaged in recreational therapy service delivery.

Admission Requirements
To enter the program in Parks and Recreation Administration, a student must have a 3.0 GPA for the last 60 hours of upper-division courses, career goals and aspirations, and three letters of professional recommendation, possess a bachelor’s degree, and have appropriate undergraduate preparation in recreation or recreational therapy.

Degree Program: (30-36)
Required Core: (12)

  LEI 5510 Program Administration in Parks, Recreation and Sport 3
  LEI 5595 Seminar in Parks, Recreation, and Sports Management 3
  LEI 5605 Philosophical and Social bases of Parks and Recreation 3
  STA 6166 Statistical Methods in Research I 3
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  EDF5481 Analysis & Application 3

M.S. in Parks and Recreation Management
  Leisure Service Management Track
  Therapeutic Recreation Track