Recreation
and Leisure Studies
Academic Requirements
The major in recreation and leisure studies consists of at least 31 hours and
provides two option areas: Outdoor
Education/Camp Administration and Therapeutic
Recreation
All students will take a core consisting of REC. 220,221,300,406 and three
hours of elective within the curriculum. The internship will provide an experiential
opportunity for the application of theory and practice with practitioners in
the field of leisure services.
Recreation/Leisure Department Site
Theory Requirements:
Therapeutic
Recreation Option
(Students wishing to be certified with the National Council
of Therapeutic Recreation Certification should design their coursework directly
with the department chair.)
Co-requisites
- PSY 111 Introduction of Psychology - 3
- BIOL 103 Introduction to Biology - 4
- BIOL 181 Anatomy and Physiology - 4
Total: 11
Theory Requirements
- REC248 Foundations of Therapeutic Recreation - 3
- REC303 Methods and Materials of Therapeutic Recreation
- 3
- REC412 Seminar: Issues in Therapeutic Recreation -
3
- RECxxx Applied laboratories (as approved by dept.
chair) - 7
- Core requirements (see above) - 15
Outdoor Education/Camp Administration
Option Co-requisites
- BIOL 215 Local Flora and Vegetation - 3
- REC102B Backpacking - 1
- XXXxxx (4-hr. science course with environmental emph-
4
Total: 8
Theory Requirements
- REC301 Methods & Materials for Camps & Outdoor Educ.
..........................3
- REC 240 Administration of Organized Camps ............................................
...3
- REC 227 Outdoor Leadership Training .........................................................
3
- REC 266 Outdoor Living Skills .....................................................................
2
- REC 401 Natural Resources Management ....................................................
3
- REC 411 Seminar: Recreation and Leisure ....................................................
2
- REC 412 Seminar: Recreation and Leisure ....................................................
1
- Core requirements (see above) .....................................................
..............15
Total: 32
Minors
A minor in recreation and leisure studies requires 14 hours of courses numbered
211 or above, including REC 220, REC 221, and REC 411. The remaining 6 hours
may be selected from any REC courses, with at least 2 hours and not more than
5 taken in activity labs. Note: no more than 8 hours of HRSM courses may be
counted towards graduation.
Recreation and Leisure Studies Course Descriptions
- REC 102A Initiatives/REC 102B Backpacking (1, F&S)
- Physical skills and carry-over values of recreational activities. Place
of recreation and leisure in Christian Life (also meets PHED 102 requirement.)
- REC 109 Highlander Adventure Program (Activity Lab)
(IS) (2, Special)
- Two to 3 days on the initiatives course and a 7-day trip into the wilderness.
Develop skills in rock climbing, rappelling, backpacking. Open only to incoming
first-year and transfer students. Offered 10 days before fall semester validation
(may be used to meet PHED102 requirement).
- REC 211 Ecotour in Honduras (3, M)
- Students will have a third-world experience including a service project.
Visits are made to national parks and Mayan Indian ruins. Activities include
hiking, snorkeling, and attending cross-cultural classes.
- REC 212 Ecotourism in Africa (3,S)
- Students will learn to be stewards of the environment in the African context.
Hikes, camping, visits to game parks and preserves, and service projects will
be combined with lectures on the interaction with the environment, management
of resources, economic impacts of tourism on the local community infrastructure
and other issues related to God and His creation.
- REC 218 Winter Ski Outing (Activity Lab) (1, Special)
- Downhill and recreational skiing skills developed at a major resort area.
Techniques equal to one's ability will be taught. Offered during break, before
spring semester (also meets PHED 102 requirement).
- REC 220 Recreation, Leisure and Society (3, F)
- History, philosophy, and practice of leisure in contemporary society. Theories
of leisure, recreation, and play. Students will develop a personal philosophy
of leisure.
- REC 221 Introduction of Leisure Service Delivery
Systems (3, S)
- History of parks and recreation movement in the U.S.; agencies which provide
recreation opportunities, and their roles in recreation and leisure in society;
planning and managing programs and resources from a client-oriented perspective.
- REC 227 Outdoor Leadership Training (3, F&S)
- Outdoor leadership, in activities such as initiatives, ropes course, rock
climbing, and environmental awareness, using skills in judgment, decision-
making, problem solving, and basic rescue techniques.
- REC 228 Trip Experience (1 to 3, M)
- As arranged (may be used to meet PHED 102 requirement).
- REC 240 Administration of Organized Camps (3, F00)
- Principles and techniques used in organized camp administration; the role
of camping in the development of personality. Staff and program development.
- REC 248 Foundations of Therapeutic Recreation (3,
F00)
- Conditions which characterize and produce atypical individuals; diagnosis
of strengths and weaknesses of the individual; prescription of procedures
for appropriate activities. Prerequisites: BIOL 103, 181.
- REC 252 Teaching Lifetime Sports (Activity Lab) (1,
S01)
- Skills and methods of teaching. Student notebooks including methods, mechanical
analysis of skill for each sport: skiing, canoeing, archery.
- REC 266 Outdoor Living Skills (Activity Lab) (2,
S)
- Skills in using the environment for outdoor living; rope craft, fire craft,
cooking; using gear, shelters, maps, compass, campsite; selecting foods; health
and safety practices (one lecture; one 2-hour lab).
- REC 300
Program Planning and Evaluation (3, F)
- Preparation for leadership in recreation programming: leadership styles
and theory; principles and methods of program development; using fundamental
leisure philosophy and theory to assess needs, plan, develop, implement, and
evaluate recreational programs.
- REC 301 Methods & Materials for Camps & Outdoor Education
(3, F00)
- Outdoor education. Field experience in lesson planning; development of
organized camp programs, activities, structured programs (cabin, camp-fire,
work, etc.).
- REC 302 Principles of Church Recreation (3, OD)
- Overview of all aspects of church recreation. Bases for recreation in local
church; methods and designs for implementing programs; recreation activities
for churches without specialized recreation facilities.
- REC 303 Methods & Materials in Therapeutic Recreation
(3, S01)
- Pre-practicum experience. Participation in observation, needs assessment,
program planning, and leadership of special population groups in appropriate
therapeutic recreation settings.
- REC 311 Special Topics (OD)
- According to interest and demand courses will be taught relative to various
therapeutic approaches to special populations; substance abuse, deviant and
antisocial behavior disorders, youth at risk, etc. Prerequisites: REC 220.
- REC 401 Natural Resource Management (3, S)
- Investigating Christian environmental ethics; identifying and protecting
biologically sensitive areas; rehabilitating damaged areas and resources;
sound ecological practices; controlling user behavior; site problems; resource
management plans.
- REC 406 Recreation Practicum (3 to 5, OD)
- Professional field experience in the area of emphasis; the student will
relate theory to practice in a cooperative effort between agency, student,
and advisor. Permission of instructor required.
- REC 409 Seminar: Issues in Therapeutic Recreation
(3, F01)
- Leisure behavior as it affects therapeutic recreation services. Issues:
T.R.certification, accessibility, therapeutic models for special populations;
special attention to geriatric and psychiatric persons. Permission of instructor
required.
- REC 411, 412 Seminar:
Issues in Recreation and Leisure (2, S)
- Leisure behavior as it affects the natural resources and environment. Solutions
to current problems; back-country ethics; organizations working to preserve
wilderness areas and open spaces; issues in outdoor recreation as they deal
with special populations. Permission of instructor required.
- REC 191, -2; 292, -2; 391, -2; 491, -2 Independent
Study (1, 2 or 3)
- REC 496 Honors in Recreation and Leisure Studies (1,
2, or 3, OD)
Equestrian Minor
Equestrian A minor in equestrian studies requires 13
or 14 hours. Students take two of these three courses: REC 220 Leisure and Society-
3, REC 221 Introduction to Leisure Service Delivery Systems - 3, REC 411 Seminar
- 2
Students also take HRSM 224 Riding Instructor Certification
(2) plus 6 hours of equestrian studies electives (HRSM, 211 level or above).
- HRSM 113 Horsemanship I (1, F&S)
- Fundamental skills in hunt seat, dressage, and/or western riding, ac-cording
to student background or interest. Grade based on improvement in skills. One
riding lab per week; written final. (Counts for PHED 102 integrative studies
credit.)
- HRSM 223 Horsemanship II (Activity Lab) (2, S)
- Principles of horse management and other areas related to equitation studies.
Hunt-seat equitation, basic dressage, ring riding, and cross-country riding.
- HRSM 224 CHA Riding Instructor Certification (2, M)
- Camp Horsemanship Association (CHA) curriculum: CHA clinic and horsemanship
teaching certification in CHA camp programs. Teaching and equitation skills
in ring and trail riding of hunt and stock seat. Horsemanship teaching practicum.
Prereq: REC 113, 223 or permission.
- HRSM 276 Dressage (2,S)
- Philosophical and physiological building blocks of dressage, leading to
mastery of Training Level and introduction to First Level dressage; lays the
necessary foundation for effective horsemanship in all higher level disciplines.
- HRSM 323 Eventing (2, F)
- Fundamentals of dressage and introduction to eventing (three-phase horse
trials; includes dressage, cross-country galloping and jumping, stadium jumping
techniques). Prerequisite: REC 223 or permission.
- HRSM 324 Breaking and Training (1, S)
- Foundations of breaking and training the young horse. Students work with
the actual training of a young horse, utilizing classical principles, philosophy,
and methodology. Prerequisite: REC 223 or permission.
