Graduate Program - RPM Curriculum

This page contains two items:

1. RPM Curriculum
   This area includes a listing of the required courses in the program.
   
   
2. Study Plan
   This area includes information about the study and a download Study Plan worksheet.

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

Student Study Plan
When you enter the program, the graduate coordinator completes a study plan for you. Due to the unique nature of the program, the required courses in the program are already established.

A footnote, students are allowed to transfer up to nine credits of graduate courses into the program.You can download the Student Study Plan on the right. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download the information.

Student Study Plan