The Recreation Administration degree program is accredited by the AALR/NRPA (American Association for Leisure and Recreation/National Recreation and Park Association) Council on Accreditation. The faculty have chosen to utilize the Accreditation Standards from which to draw leadership competencies and student learning outcomes for students in the recreation administration degree. The faculty have identified the following student learning outcomes for the degree program:
Recreation and Tourism Management
Competencies and Student Learning Outcomes
- Human Development
- Explain the role of leisure in meeting physical, psychological, and sociological needs of the individual and community
- Apply leisure principles and practices to plan programs and manage resources for individual and community-wellbeing
- Ecosystem Management
- Analyze the values of protected landscapes to individuals and to society
- Discuss scientific, political, international, and ethical dimensions of natural landscapes with implications for protection, visitor management, and sustainable tourism
- Leadership
- Analyze and evaluate information, technology, personnel, and situations for problem-solving, decision-making, vision-setting, and application in recreation and tourism settings
- Articulate the economic, legal, social, and ethical issues surrounding the use of, and access to, recreation and tourism resources
- Community- and Coalition-Building
- Strategize collaborations among diverse stakeholders representing government, business, environment, and culture
- Communicate and mediate clearly and with a style that supports the purposes of the intended audience
- Resource Development
- Integrate economic, political, and human resources for community planning and development
- Assess the performance effectiveness of current recreation and tourism practices, procedures, and plans through the research and evaluation of objective data
