Recreation Management

This pathway map will help you gain the expertise needed to:

1. Facilitate recreation using the conceptual foundations of play, recreation, and leisure throughout the human lifespan.
2. Asses the major factors involved in the delivery of leisure services in government, commercial, and nonprofit sectors.
3. Design recreation services using principles of experiential learning.
4. Apply safety guidelines and procedures associated with recreational services.
5. Analyze career opportunities in the field of recreation and leisure.
6. Demonstrate the basics of supervision including planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and evaluating.
7. Apply various operational strategies in the planning, implementing and evaluating a recreational event or program.
8. Facilitate diverse groups using the theoretical frameworks, skills and attributes characteristic of recreation management.
9. Demonstrate effective communication skills in diverse public and interpersonal settings.
10. Utilize effective customer service in the planning and delivery of recreational services.
11. Apply ethical and legal principles and protocols in the delivery of leisure and recreation services.
12. Assess problems to make sound decisions using the theoretical foundation and analytical tools associated with recreation.
13. Demonstrate the technical skills necessary for the safe participation in recreational activities in a variety of environments.
14. Develop budgets related to recreational programs.