Recreation Major

This course explores recreation, its meaning, value, and conduct in a variety of contexts. It is structured to help students develop a formal philosophy of recreation, appreciate the historic and contemporary value of recreation in a variety of societies, and explore the potential of recreation as a vocation.

Instruction and practice are provided to build skill in designing, developing, and leading activities and events.

In this course, attention is given to the following elements of project design and development: writing mission statements, conducting needs and interest assessments, writing goals and objectives, scoping projects and determining constraints, garnering upper management and community support, working with volunteers, managing projects and reporting results.

Consideration is given to developing effective leadership styles, decision making and problem solving, handling organizational conflicts, maintaining production and work involvement, and building relationships.

Taken for two to ten credits in recreation.

Designed to assist students in locating, interpreting, synthesizing, and presenting research based information. Meets the general education writing intensive requirement.

The aim of this course is to engage the student to contemporary theories and concepts about nutrition. This will include diet and exercise, pathology of eating disorders, and the effect of diet on emotional, mental, and spiritual health. At the end of the course, the student will have acquired and discussed a number of current issues and be able to have an informed and logical view. Meets the general education non-laboratory science requirement.

This course is designed to deal with all the human body systems as to structure and function. Material covered is intended for those planning to teach biology in high school or enter the allied health professions, and to meet the needs of students majoring in physical education. Required of all physical education majors and biology majors in secondary education. (Two lectures and two hour labs per week.)

A study of the general effects of exercise on specific body systems and organs. The course also provides the student with the fundamental knowledge of exercise physiology and how it applies to the practical problems that occur on the athletic field or in the gymnasium.

Designed to help prepare the student to meet certification requirements of the American College of Sports Medicine for Fitness Instruction rating. The course includes the following areas of study: applied exercise physiology, exercise programming, emergency procedures, basic electrocardiography, health appraisal, and testing techniques, exercise leadership, program administration, human behavior, gerontology, functional anatomy and kinesiology and risk factor identification.

A study of human motion as related to scientific muscle and joint actions involved in motor skills and exercise as it affects the human organism.

An introduction to the history, principles, and practice of news writing. Extensive experience in basics of newsgathering and reporting. Emphasis on "hard" news and "beat" writing. Cross listed with COM 226.

A writing course exploring journalistic, expository forms, and stylistic techniques appropriate for periodical publications and their diverse audiences. Cross listed with COM 227.

There are many career options in recreation (e.g. event management in sports, program directors in YMCAs, camps, prisons, and health promotion directors in corporations). In this course, students will develop and execute a plan for professional development through readings in a specific self-selected career option.

This applied skills course is intended for people going into professional, rather than academic, post-graduate work. It applies those skills learned in foundational courses to specific professional situations such as proposal writing, staff briefings, and charting of financial information. Meets the general education writing intensive requirement. 

Nature and purpose of accounting; basic accounting concepts and procedures, double entry bookkeeping, methods of processing, summarizing and classifying financial data; balance sheets and income statements.

Learn basic through advanced computer concepts with an emphasis on both the personal computer and enterprise computing.  Topics include hardware, application and system software, the Internet and world wide web, communications, e-commerce, societal issues, high tech ethics, database management, information systems, career opportunities, and technology trends.

An introduction to the history, principles, and practice of news writing. Extensive experience in basics of newsgathering and reporting. Emphasis on "hard" news and "beat" writing. Cross listed with COM 226.

A writing course exploring journalistic, expository forms, and stylistic techniques appropriate for periodical publications and their diverse audiences. Cross listed with COM 227.

There are many career options in recreation (e.g. event management in sports, program directors in YMCAs, camps, prisons, and health promotion directors in corporations). In this course, students will develop and execute a plan for professional development through readings in a specific self-selected career option.

This applied skills course is intended for people going into professional, rather than academic, post-graduate work. It applies those skills learned in foundational courses to specific professional situations such as proposal writing, staff briefings, and charting of financial information. Meets the general education writing intensive requirement. 

Develops a systematized body of managerial thought suitable to all business situations through understanding of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling functions.