Outdoor Recreation Leadership and Management Major

This major is for students who expect to pursue a career or graduate work in leisure services, outdoor recreation, protected area management or related fields. The program provides an academic foundation that meets professional standards in leisure studies, in general, and outdoor recreation, in particular. It also provides varied opportunities to develop additional competencies for more specialized entry-level positions in leisure and outdoor recreation settings. The learning environment uses both traditional and experiential learning strategies in a small-scale setting. Graduates may be self-employed or find employment in interpretive or outdoor education centers, organized camps, resorts, outfitters and guide services, colleges, adventure programs, county and city recreation and parks departments, state and federal land and water resource management agencies, and a variety of nonprofit organizations and businesses related to the field of outdoor recreation.

Students majoring in outdoor recreation leadership and management must achieve a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher in all major core courses.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Health and Human Performance, School of department page.

For related information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos058.htm

Total Credits Required

129.5-132

Liberal Studies	30-40
Health Promotion Requirements	2

Required Courses for Health Promotion
HP 200 Physical Well Being	1
HP 270A Swimming - Beginning or	1
HP 270B Swimming - Intermediate (1 cr.) or
HP 271A Swimming - Lifeguard Training (1 cr.) or
HP 271B Swimming - WSI (1 cr.) or
HP 272A SCUBA - Beginning (1 cr.) or
HP 272B SCUBA - Advanced (2 cr.)


Required Courses in Major	56.5-57

Major Core	43
RE 110 Introduction to Leisure and Recreation	2
RE 155 Outdoor Living Skills	2
RE 250 Education in Outdoor Settings	3
RE 251 Adventure Activities, Facilitation and Group Behavior	3
RE 261 Leadership and Pedagogy in Leisure Services	3
RE 270 Outdoor Recreation Resources, Behavior and Values	3
RE 356 Wilderness Stewardship	2
RE 362 Program Design in Leisure Services	3
RE 371 Protected Area Management	3
RE 381 Interpretation I: Foundations and Guided Services	4
RE 382 Interpretation II: Self-Guided Media	3
RE 410 Leisure Through the Ages	2
RE 461 Management and Supervision of Leisure Services	4
RE 467 Evaluation/Research in Leisure Services	3
RE 482 New and Portable Media in Interpretation	3

Professional Development Seminars	1-1.5
RE 191 Professional Development Seminar I	0.5
RE 291 Professional Development Seminar II	0.5
RE 391 Professional Development Seminar III	0.5
Students must enroll in one of the above every two semesters until graduation; RE 391 may be repeated.

Internship/Plan of Study	12
RE 492 Internship	12
Or approved program of study; courses can be any prefix but must be 300 level or higher.

Professional Assessment Seminar	0.5
RE 491 Professional Assessment Seminar	0.5


Other Required Courses	13-15
AIS 101 Introduction to Information Resources (1 cr.) or	1-2
AIS 435 Research Using Digital Information Resources (2 cr.)
MKT 230 Introduction to Marketing or	4
MKT 430 Services Marketing (4 cr.)
SO 208 Methods of Social Research I (4 cr.) [Div V] or	4
GC 235 Quantitative Methods (4 cr.) or
MA 171 Introduction to Probability and Statistics (4 cr.) [Div V] or
PY 305 Psychological Statistics (4 cr.) [Div V]
HL 242 Emergency Health Care (2 cr.) Certification Required or	2-3
RE 352 Wilderness First Responder (3 cr.) Certification Required
RE 357 Teaching of Canoeing or	2
HL 430 Grant Writing for Health Educators (2 cr.) or
RE 172 Introduction to Wildland Firefighting (3 cr.) or
RE 358 Teaching of Rock Climbing (2 cr.) or
Two ORLM adviser approved HP courses

*See the “Course Descriptions” section of this bulletin for major and minor course prerequisites, particularly RE 371, RE 381 and RE 382, before selecting liberal studies and world cultures courses.

This major does not require a minor, but does require 18 credits of electives/minor/cluster minor.

Bulletin Year: 2014 - 2015 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.