100-Level Courses
RECM 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 |
200-Level Courses
RECM 223R : Outdoor Skills Leadership.
(2:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| 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. |
: 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.
300-Level Courses
RECM 300 : Creating a Good Life through Recreation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bus M 241 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Considering foundational recreation concepts and contemporary issues. Exploring professional opportunities in recreation. |
RECM 306 : Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Leading in nonprofit organizations using effective administrative practices; financial issues; history and development of nonprofits; organizational structure; membership requirements, fund raising, and marketing. |
RECM 330 : Hospitality Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introducing hospitality management; integrating with venue and experience management; considering foundational principles, best professional practices; exploring professional opportunities. |
RECM 344 : Youth Development.
(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. |
RECM 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. |
400-Level Courses
RECM 404 : Principles of Recreation Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | I SYS 100 & I SYS 102 & ECON 110 & ACC 200 & BUS M 201 & BUS M 241 & RECM 300 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Overview of theories, philosophies, and rationale for recreation, experience, and venue management. |
| NOTE: | If you are taking this course to satisfy the Nonprofit Management minor requirement, you do not need to have the prerequisites completed. |
RECM 405 : Commercial Recreation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Entrepreneurial strategies; economic concepts applied to commercial recreation; steps of feasibility study and operations management. |
| NOTE: | For junior and senior students. |
RECM 420 : Events and Experience Management.
(3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | I SYS 100 & I SYS 102 & ECON 110 & ACC 200 & BUS M 201 & BUS M 241 & RECM 300 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Equipping students with a variety of program planning methods and skills, emphasizing designing and implementing recreation programs and experiences; the fundamental concepts of event planning. |
RECM 421 : Experiential and Outdoor Education.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 404 & RECM 420 & RECM 430 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Utilizing experiential and outdoor education practices to facilitate outcome-based programs for diverse populations. |
RECM 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. |
RECM 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. |
RECM 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. |
RECM 430 : Venue Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | I SYS 100 & I SYS 102 & ECON 110 & ACC 200 & BUS M 201 & BUS M 241 & RECM 300 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Understanding aspects of venue management (crowd management, capital improvement, booking, rental rates, housekeeping, event coordination, promotion, contracts, signage, second experience, press relations, box office, etc.); applying to public and private recreation venues. |
RECM 435 : Advanced Venue Management.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 404 & RECM 420 & RECM 430 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Examining more closely additional aspects of venue management (sponsorship, premium seating, ticketing, event production, food and beverage, crisis and emergencies, merchandise, professional membership) applying to public and private recreation venues. |
RECM 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. |
RECM 453 : Grant Writing.
(2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Oral and written communication skills; financial issues in the nonprofit field; grant writing history; writing successful grants; needs of foundations. |
RECM 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. |
RECM 460 : Inclusion and Disabilities in Therapeutic Recreation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | I SYS 100 & I SYS 102 & ECON 110 & ACC 200 & BUS M 201 & BUS M 241 & RECM 300 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Making recreation / leisure services available to all populations. Analyzing implications of the Americans with Disabilities Act in recreational settings. Preparing recreation providers with knowledge and practical experience to enable them to include people from populations that have historically been underserved. |
RECM 470 : Introduction to Therapeutic Recreation.
(3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | I SYS 100 & I SYS 102 & ECON 110 & ACC 200 & BUS M 201 & BUS M 241 & RECM 300 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Philosophy, agencies, professional organizations, services, programs, practices, and disability groups related to therapeutic recreation. |
RECM 471 : Assessment in Therapeutic Recreation.
(3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 460 & RECM 470 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Patient assessment techniques and program plan development. |
RECM 472 : Program Dynamics in Therapeutic Recreation.
(3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 471 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Comprehensive, specific, and individual program design; assessment interviewing; documentation of patient progress and facilitation techniques; intervention strategies. |
RECM 473 : Issues in Administration of Therapeutic Recreation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 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. |
RECM 480 : Recreation Management Finance.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 420 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Understanding financial management principles and techniques; applying effective fiscal strategies to a recreational agency and business. |
| NOTE: | If you are taking this course to satisfy the Nonprofit Management minor requirement, you do not need to have the prerequisite completed. |
RECM 481 : Recreation Services Marketing.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 420 & RECM 489 |
| RECOMMENDED: | RecM 480. 485. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Effectively marketing recreation programs and services by implementing appropriate marketing strategies. |
RECM 485 : Management of Recreation Services.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 420 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Managing recreation services by effectively leading organizations using best management practices and principles. |
RECM 486 : Risk Management in Recreation.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 404 & RECM 420 & RECM 430 & I SYS 201 & M COM 320 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Overview of the legal process, legal issues, and risk management considerations regarding the jurisprudence to U.S. civil law as they relate to recreational experiences and venues. |
RECM 487 : Evaluation for Recreation Managers.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 404 & RECM 420 & RECM 430 & I SYS 201 & M COM 320 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Acquiring and applying evaluation knowledge and skills to manage quality and effectiveness of recreation services and experiences. |
RECM 489 : Careers in Recreation.
(1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 404 & RECM 420 & RECM 430 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Exploring careers available in recreation, experience, and venue management, therapeutic recreation, and nonprofit organizations. |
| NOTE: | Fee. |
RECM 490 : Senior Capstone.
(3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 486 & RECM 487 & ORG B 321 & BUS M 361 & BUS M 390 & MANEC 387 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Synthesizing business and recreation coursework applying to case analysis solving problems for recreation, venue, and experience organizations; developing business plans and establishing nonprofit organization plans; encouraging innovation. |
RECM 496R : Senior Internship.
(.5-12:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | RECM 486 & RECM 487 & ORG B 321 & BUS M 361 & BUS M 390 & MANEC 387 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Full-time work experience in a recreation or therapeutic recreation agency under the supervision of a recreation or venue management professional or a certified therapeutic recreation specialist. Applying academic skills and knowledge to solve problems and stimulate innovation. |
RECM 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. |
RECM 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. |
500-Level Graduate Courses (available to advanced undergraduates)