Curriculum

Curriculum Requirement

To ensure a smooth transition from semester to semester, it is required that you meet with a faculty advisor each semester prior to registration. Faculty advisors are available for one-on-one personalized advising. After your initial advisement session, you may choose to work with any of the following full-time faculty in the department:

Core Courses (36 units)

Course Title Units
RTM 278 Recreation & Leisure in Contemporary Society

3

RTM 202/L Planning Programs & Events for the Recreational Experience

2/1

RTM 204 Foundations of Therapeutic Recreation & Special Population

3

RTM 300 Recreation & Community Development

3

RTM 302 Dynamics of Leadership in Recreation and Human Services

3

RTM 303 Promotion of the Recreation Experience

3

RTM 304 Entrepreneurial Ventures in Recreation & Human Services

3

RTM 314 Hospitality and Customer Service (Leisure Aspects of the Hospitality Industry)

3

RTM 403 Evaluation Research in Recreation & Human Services

3

RTM 490 Challenges in Leisure Services Seminar (Capstone Course) 

3

RTM 494-1/2 Senior Internship (Capstone Course)

3/3

 

Total

36

Elective Courses (24 units at a minimum)

Course Title Units
  Select at least 18 elective units from the following  
RTM 251 Recreation and the Natural Environment

3

RTM 280 Organizing Campus Recreation and Sport

3

RTM 305 Dynamics of Early Childhood Play

3

RTM 306 Leadership Coaching

3

RTM 310/L Adventure Recreation and Human Relations and Lab (2/1) 2/1
RTM 330 Women, Leisure and Ethnicity in the U.S

3

RTM 351 Practices of Outdoor and Environmental Education

3

RTM 352 Play and Human Potential (Also UDGE)

3

RTM 353/L Literature of the Wilderness Experience

3

RTM 402 Models of Play, Recreation & Leisure  
RTM 405 Play and Exceptional Child

3

RTM 406/L Enhancing Childhood Activity

3

RTM 414 Food and Beverage Management

3

RTM 415 Leisure and Aging

3

RTM 424 Meeting and Convention Management

3

RTM 434 Accommodation Management

3

RTM 444 Nonprofit Orgs and Fund Dev in Leisure/Human Svcs

3

RTM 452/L Outdoor Recreation Leadership and Lab

3

RTM 480 Recreational Tourism

3

RTM 481 Principles of Sustainable Tourism

3

  Up to 4 elective units may be selected from the following  
RTM 151 A Backpacking

2

RTM 151 B Rockclimbing and Mountaineering

2

RTM 151 C Winter Mountaineering

2

RTM 151 D Flatwater Boating

2

RTM 151 E Whitewater Boating

2

RTM 151 F Survival

2

RTM 151 G Challenge/Rope Course

2

RTM 151 H Caving

2

RTM 265 Water Skiing and Wakeboarding

2

RTM 267/L Sailing

2

  Up to 3 elective units may be selected from the following  
RTM 398 A Supervised Indiv. Project

1

RTM 498 A Field Asgn and Report

1

RTM 498 B Field Asgn and Report

2

RTM 499 A-C Independent Study

1/2/3

Note: Up to 6 elective units may be selected in career-related courses outside the department subject to the approval of a Departmental Advisor.

Required:

  • American Red Cross First Aid Certification
  • American Red Cross C.P.R. Certification

Internship Packet is available in Moodle (RTM Advisement)

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