Recreation Leadership and Management

Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Michigan, United States

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Parks, recreation, sports, adventure education, fitness, working with you in alternative settings, leisure services is the profession which challenges, allows for trying new and innovative ideas while working with people of all ages and making a difference through leisure activities/businesses in peoples’ daily lives at the community, state and national levels.

The Recreation Leadership and Management (RLM) program, accredited by the National Recreation and Parks Association/American Alliance of Leisure and Recreation (NRPA/AALR) Accreditation Council, is a four-year professional curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Science degree. Professional preparation and service learning are used to develop leadership competencies for facilitating physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual growth of the leisure participant through recreational activities. Students receive management training that enables the graduate to efficiently and effectively perform leisure services marketing, finance and management-level functions.

Professional competencies are developed within the four programming concentration that students may select from:

Corporate Fitness/Wellness Programming

Leisure Service Programming

Outdoor Adventure Education Programming or

Sports Management

Points of Pride

Nationally accredited program

Service learning approach to classroom projects

Focus on classroom hands-on-applications

Individual attention and semester-by-semester advising

Small class sizes

Technology application across curriculum

Participation in professional conferences, field trips and projects

Integrated teaching methods

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The four specialized concentrations in RLM provide each student the opportunity to develop skills and expertise in their area of interest. All of the concentrations require additional courses in facilities management, marketing, communication and management. In addition, each student has the opportunity to pursue elective credit hours to strengthen personal goals.

Corporate Fitness and Wellness area includes courses in personal training prescription, nutrition, exercise physiology, health promotion and fitness testing leading to work in the commercial health club, private corporation fitness/health promotion programs, or fitness programs provided by commercial-corporation wellness, public-MWR or non-profit YMCA.

Leisure Services area includes courses in programming, park and facility management, commercial recreation, tourism planning, community education and non-profit youth service strategies to be employed by park and recreation departments, youth and service agencies, commercial recreation/tourism/resort businesses.

Outdoor/Adventure Education concentration includes adventure-based skill classes (canoeing, rock climbing, ropes-course facilitation), expedition leadership basic outdoor skills and methodology of outdoor education leading to working in resident outdoor/environmental education centers, youth campus, youth at risk alternative education settings, or private guiding and team building businesses.

Sports Management concentration provides studies in recreational sport marketing, legal and risk management issues, sport administration and contemporary issues of sport leading to employment in campus recreation and intramurals, management of sport facilities/complexes, recreation for prison system, or commercial sports entertainment.

Admission Requirements
Every student who enters the RLM program as a freshman must meet the minimum standard requirements set by Ferris State University admissions for high school GPA and score on the ACT or SAT. Transfers may be admitted with an associate degree and GPA of 2.00 or GPA of 2.00 with at least 47 credits.

Graduation Requirements
Each student will complete two academic supervised work experiences, field experience (150 hours) and an internship (600 hours) as part of their 36hour professional core. To qualify for the final internship, the student must have a 2.0 GPA overall and complete all required professional core and emphasis concentration coursework, except for the internship RMLS 491, with a 2.5 GPA.

In addition, all seniors will be required to prepare a student portfolio representative of their coursework and professionally related volunteer, service learning and work experiences. This will be presented to the faculty and select practitioners for review prior to internship.

A final graduation clearance will review the student�individual record for a 2.0 overall GPA and 2.5 in the professional core and emphasis concentration following completion of the internship and the required 128 hours of course work. ...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Phone:800 4-FERRIS

School Address:

1201 S. State Street, Big Rapids, Michigan 49307, USA

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