Park and Recreation Management
The Park and Recreation Management program focuses on enhancing the quality of people's lives by helping them participate in challenging and satisfying recreational activities in beautiful settings. Students acquire professional management skills that can be applied in a wide variety of facilities and programs around the world. For more information about this major visit the Park and Recreation Management website.
Careers
If you can picture yourself in a rewarding professional career in management, working with people and resources in outdoor and recreational settings, then see yourself as a Park and Recreation Management major. Career possibilities include:
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National and state park forests provide opportunities for recreation professionals interested in conservation and resource management.
Commercial settings offer thousands of positions in such settings as theme parks, health/fitness spas, racquet clubs, and hotels.
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Military recreation supports 250,000 full-time employees with 10,000,000 users at 900 locations within the United States and 350 overseas locations. Positions as programmers are available on all types of military bases - Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine.
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Municipal parks and recreation departments offer approximately 3,000 positions in programming as many of their recreational offerings are sports related.
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Resort/tourism settings provide specialized opportunities to include facility management, programming and operation.
- YMCA's/YWCA's - At the 2,200 Y's in the United States there are approximately 4,000 job opportunities in positions such as sports coordinators and program directors.
Special Opportunities
Through class practica, projects, internship opportunities, and field experiences, the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies helps you apply what you learn when - and where - you learn it. Indiana University and local communities offer the following recreational opportunities and living laboratories that will give you firsthand experience:
- Bradford Woods Outdoor Center: The 2,500-acre leadership and development center offers adventure recreational and leadership programs, challenge-based therapeutic programs, environmental education programs, and more.
- Bloomington Parks and Recreation: This municipal setting offers a comprehensive array of recreation programs for all age groups in the community.
- Hilltop Garden and Nature Center: One of the oldest children's gardens in the United States, the center provides academic courses, youth and family gardening programs, and leadership experiences to students.
Degree Requirements
Bachelor of Science in Recreation
Major in Park and Recreation Management
124 credit hours with a minimum 2.0 GPA required for graduation
Admissions
A student seeking admission to the Recreation and Park Management major within the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies is required to complete the online application and submit it to the department office in HPER 133. The application may also be pick-up in HPER 133.
Contact
Coordinator: Dr. Sarah Young
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