Graduate Program - RPM Curriculum

RPM Curriculum (30 credits)

The program consists of ten courses requiring 30 credit hours. The program is divided into four blocks: foundations, resource management, administration and research. A fifth block, supplemental courses, includes deficiency courses (e.g. Field Experience) and courses that are not required toward the completion of the degree but enhance the student’s program (e.g. Mentorship Program).

Foundations (3 credits)

• RECR 611 Concepts and Foundations of Leisure
  

Planning & Management of Natural Resources
(3 credits)

• RECR 641 Land Use Management & Strategies
  

Administration (15 credits)

• RECR 651 Organizational Behavior and Leadership in RPM
• RECR 652 Fiscal Management in RMP
• RECR 653 Communications and Organizational Decision Making in RMP
• RECR 654 Developing Promotional Information Systems in RMP
• RECR 655 Current Management Issues in RMP
  

Research (9 credits)

• RECR 681 Research Methods and Evaluation
• RECR 683 Thesis Preparation
• RECR 700 Research Project or Thesis (3 credits)
  
  
  

Supplemental Courses

• RECR 593 Field Experience in PRRM (6 credits)
• RECR 694 Mentorship Program in PRRM (3-6 credits)
• RECR 699 Individual Research in PRRM (3-6 credits)
  

Minimum credit hours: 30