100-Level Courses
RMYL 123 : Introduction to Outdoor Recreation Activities.
(2:1:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Participation in a variety of outdoor activities. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 123 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 189 : Careers in Recreation.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Field trips to exemplary leisure service and therapeutic recreation agencies. Facility operations, design, management techniques and philosophy, marketing, and accessibility. |
| NOTE: | Fee. Renamed RecM 489 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 199R : Academic Internship: Practicum.
(.5-3:1:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Internship or cooperative education experience evaluated by supervisor and posted on student's transcript |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 199R beginning Fall 2012. |
200-Level Courses
RMYL 223R : Outdoor Skills Leadership.
(2:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | In-depth approach to leadership skills in selected outdoor specialty areas, including camping, hiking and survival, basic backpacking, winter camping, mountain biking, fly-fishing, sailing, river recreation, rock climbing, family outdoor recreation, and outdoor therapeutic recreation skills. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 223 beginning Fall 2012. |
: Camping Skills.
: Basic Backpacking.
: Fly Fishing.
: Wilderness Trek.
: Winter Camping.
: Hiking and Survival.
: Mountain Biking.
: Family Outdoor Recreation.
: Sailing.
: River Recreation.
: Outdoor Therapeutic Recreation Skills.
: Rock Climbing.
: Ski Instructor.
RMYL 244 : Introduction to Youth Leadership.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic youth development and leadership theories applied to understanding adolescents' behavior, programming healthy developmental activities, and providing meaningful learning experiences through recreation. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 344 beginning Fall 2012. |
300-Level Courses
RMYL 301 : Family Recreation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Exploring the role of family recreation in building successful families. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 301 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 306 : Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Leading in nonprofit organizations using effective administrative practices; financial issues; history and development of nonprofits; organizational structure; membership requirements, fund raising, and marketing. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 306 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 307 : Accessible Recreation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Making the recreation/leisure experience accessible to all people. Applications and implications of ADA in recreation/leisure settings. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 460 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 320 : Program Management.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 189 & RMYL 304 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Designing, implementing, and promoting leisure service programs and events. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 420 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 370 : Introduction to Therapeutic Recreation.
(3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 304 & RMYL 307 & PDBIO 205; or RMYL 304 & RMYL 307 & PDBIO 220 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Philosophy, agencies, professional organizations, services, programs, practices, and disability groups related to therapeutic recreation. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 470 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 371 : Event Planning.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Understanding the role and responsibilities of meeting and event planners; identifying trends in the industry; designing, planning, and implementing a special event; preparing financial and business reports; critically evaluating events. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 371 beginning Fall 2012. |
400-Level Courses
RMYL 405 : Commercial Recreation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Entrepreneurial strategies; economic concepts applied to commercial recreation; steps of feasibility study and operations management. |
| NOTE: | For junior and senior students. Renamed RecM 405 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 421 : Experiential and Outdoor Education.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 320 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Utilizing experiential and outdoor education practices to facilitate outcome-based programs for diverse populations. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 421 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 422 : Organizing and Leadership of Outdoor Programs.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Preparing to organize and lead effective and safe outdoor and adventure programs through experiential learning opportunities. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 422 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 423 : Management of Outdoor Systems.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Social, economic, political, and resource issues related to natural resource management. Policies of federal land managing agencies. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 423 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 424 : Wilderness First Responder.
(3:1:6)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Preparing to provide basic and advanced first aid in back country settings using classroom and field instruction. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 424 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 426 : Conservation and Outdoor Leadership Training Preparation.
(3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Outdoor recreation, management, leadership, and interpretation as it prepares students physically, intellectually, and socially to participate fully in the COLT program. |
RMYL 427 : Conservation and Outdoor Leadership Training.
(5:5:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| DESCRIPTION:  | An intensive, 6-week experience developing outdoor skills, leadership, and management competencies. |
| NOTE: | Fee. |
RMYL 451 : Nonprofit Fundraising.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Understanding philanthropy and applying fundraising principles and techniques in a nonprofit organization. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 451 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 453 : Grant Writing.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Oral and written communication skills; financial issues in the nonprofit field; grant writing history; writing successful grants; needs of foundations. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 453 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 455 : Nonprofit Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Management practices in nonprofit setting; analyzing and evaluating personnel; measuring performance evaluations; articulating and appreciating volunteer motivations. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 455 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 457 : Boy Scouts of America Administration.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Administrative practices used by nonprofit settings in which volunteers and professionals give leadership. |
RMYL 471 : Assessment in Therapeutic Recreation.
(3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 189 & RMYL 370 & PDBIO 205; or RMYL 189 & RMYL 370 & PDBIO 220 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Patient assessment techniques and program plan development. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 471 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 472 : Program Dynamics in Therapeutic Recreation.
(3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 471 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Comprehensive, specific, and individual program design; assessment interviewing; documentation of patient progress and facilitation techniques; intervention strategies. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 472 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 473 : Issues in Administration of Therapeutic Recreation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 471 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Issues related to personnel/clinical supervision, standards of practice, ethical behavior, program evaluation, quality management, financing, organization, administration, leisure education, and credentialing in therapeutic recreation. |
| NOTE: | Renambed RecM 473 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 480 : Recreation Management Finance.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 320 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Understanding financial management principles and techniques; applying effective fiscal strategies to a recreational agency and business. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 480 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 481 : Recreation Services Marketing.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 189 & RMYL 304 & RMYL 320 |
| RECOMMENDED: | RMYL 480, 485. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Effectively marketing recreation programs and services by implementing appropriate marketing strategies. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 481 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 483 : Public Facility Management.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Understanding public facility management: stadium, arena, convention center, performing arts center, etc. Box office, security, staging, food service, utilities, housekeeping, crowd management, event coordination, promotion, contracts, television, lighting, sound, press relations, etc. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 430 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 485 : Management of Recreation Services.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 320 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Managing recreation services by effectively leading organizations using best management practices and principles. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 485 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 486 : Legal Liability and Risk Management in Recreation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 307 & RMYL 320 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Understanding liability issues; developing risk management plans in recreational settings. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 486 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 487 : Research and Evaluation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 320; Senior class standing. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Applying evaluation skills and techniques to recreation programs and settings to assess program effectiveness and guide future development and policy. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 487 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 488R : Advanced Training.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Advanced BSA training experiences such as Woodbadge, Camp School, JTL training, and Jamboree Leadership. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 488 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 491 : Recreation Facility Planning.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Developing facilities for public and private recreation programs. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 491 beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 496R : Academic Internship: Senior Project.
(.5-12:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | RMYL 481; Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Full-time professional internship. |
| NOTE: | Renambed RecM 496R beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 497R : Special Topics and Research.
(.5-4:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Special topics, mentored research, and learning experiences, including attending professional conferences, Study Abroad participation, and other learning experiences. |
| NOTE: | Renamed RecM 497R beginning Fall 2012. |
RMYL 499R : Honors Thesis.
(3:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | Departmental approval. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Thesis project representing independent work and reflecting highest standards of undergraduate achievement. |
| NOTE: | Must receive both departmental and Honors Program approval. Renamed RecM 499R beginning Fall 2012. |
500-Level Graduate Courses (available to advanced undergraduates)