Master of Science in Recreation and Sport Management
Program Leader: Dr. Alexis McKenney
E-mail: Alexis.Mckenney@fiu.edu
Phone: 305-348-3905
Website: http://www.fiu.edu/~rt/
Brief Description of the Program:
The graduate program in Recreation and Sport Management is planned to provide advanced preparation for management and supervisory level positions within a park, recreation, sport management or recreational therapy services delivery system. The program includes electives which give flexibility regarding an individual’s specific career goals as a future practitioner in parks, recreation, sport management or recreational therapy services. The Recreational Therapy track is designed to prepare direct service and administrative personnel engaged in recreational therapy service delivery.
Admission Requirements:
To enter the program in Recreation and Sport Management, a student must have a 3.0 GPA for the last 60 hours of upper-division courses, career goals and aspirations, and three letters of professional recommendation, possess a bachelor’s degree, and have appropriate* undergraduate preparation in parks, recreation, sport management or recreational therapy.
*A student who did not complete a Parks, Recreation, Leisure or Sports oriented internship/field experience during his or her undergraduate degree curriculum will be required to take the following course during the course of study:
LEI 6922 Supervised Field Experiences in Parks
and Recreation Administration 6
Degree Program: (30-33)
Required Core: (12)
Course: |
|
Credit Hours: |
LEI 5510 |
Program Administration in Parks,
Recreation and Sport |
3 |
LEI 5595 |
Seminar in Parks and Recreation
Management |
3 |
LEI 5605
PET 5256 |
Philosophical and Social Bases of Parks
And Recreation Planning
OR
Sociology of Sport |
3
3
|
EDF 5481
|
Analysis & Application |
3
|
Recreational Therapy Track: (12)** |
LEI 5716 |
Program Planning in Therapeutic
Recreation
|
3 |
LEI 5719 |
Client Assessment, Evaluation, and
Documentation in Recreational Therapy
|
3 |
LEI 6725 |
Administrative Aspects of Therapeutic
Recreation
|
3 |
LEI 6726 |
Problems, Concepts Issues and Trends
In Therapeutic Recreation
|
3
|
Options to complete the degree:
Thesis Option: (9)
LEI 6970 Thesis: Therapeutic Recreation 6
Total Hours Thesis Option: 30
Non-Thesis Option (9)
Total Hours Non-Thesis Option: 33
**Prerequisites for the Recreational Therapy Track:
Individuals not currently certified at the professional level (CTRS) by the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification will be required to take the following content courses for completion of the Therapeutic Recreation graduate curriculum:
Introduction to Therapeutic Recreation
Disabling Conditions and T.R. Services
Recreational Therapy Interventions
Abnormal Psychology
Anatomy
Physiology
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Updated 9/14/09
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