Recreation Management and Policy: Recreation Administration M.S.

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Program Overview

The Recreation Administration option prepares professionals with advanced knowledge and skills to plan and administer recreation services. Postgraduate employment opportunities include directors of municipal recreation programs, YMCAs, resort programs, camps, campus/intramural sports, fitness centers, youth services agencies, and sports and recreation facilities as well as outdoor recreation planners for the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and state park systems. New specializations are available in adaptive sports through our partnership with Northeast Passage (www.nepassage.org), or in campus recreation through our partnership with UNH Campus Recreation (http://campusrec.unh.edu/).

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Contact

Patricia J. Craig

Associate Professor

Website: RMP Dept website

Associate Professor

Department of Recreation Management & Policy
Hewitt Hall, 4 Library Way
Durham, NH 03824

Phone: (603) 862-2391

Curriculum & Requirements

Requirements for the Program

Degree Requirements

The 30-credit Recreation Administration option consists of required and elective coursework. In consultation with a faculty adviser, students will select either a thesis or non-thesis track. Full-time students typically take two years to progress through the RA option degree requirements. If a student takes leveling courses, they may need to complete more than two years. Part-time students typically complete the program in three years.

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Required Core Competencies		12-13
RMP 800	Concepts of Recreation and Leisure	3
RMP 806	Recreation Administration and Organizational Behavior	3
RMP 998	Special Topics (Research Methods)	3
Select one of the following Graduate-level stats' courses
SW 962	Data Analysis and Statistics	3
EDUC 881	Introduction to Statistics: Inquiry, Analysis, and Decision Making	4
Elective Courses		12-15
Select courses (4 courses/12 credits for the thesis option or 5 courses/15 credits for the non-thesis option with at least one elective from RMP):
RMP 811	Recreation Resource Management	3
RMP 820	Adaptive Sports and Recreation Facilitation	3
RMP 830	Camp Administration and Leadership	3
RMP 850	Aging, Advocacy, and Active Learning	3
RMP 860	Program Administration in Recreational Sport	3
RMP #868	Theories of Youth Development	3
RMP 870	Management and Design of Recreation and Park Facilities	3
RMP 872	Law and Public Policy in Leisure Services	3
RMP 875	Entrepreneurial and Commercial Recreation	3
RMP 912	Non-Profit Administration and Leadership	3
RMP 924	Fund Development and Grantwriting	3
RMP 964	Graduate Internship	3
RMP 970	Teaching Practicum	3
RMP 980	Independent Study	1-3
Capstone Course (choose 1 track)
Thesis Track:
RMP 899	Master's Thesis (I & II, 3 credits each)	6
Non-Thesis Track:
RMP 995	Colloquium Seminar	3
RMP 980	Independent Study	3

Example of electives outside of the department (not all-inclusive list):

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
ADMN 832	Exploration in Entrepreneurial Management	3
ADMN 852	Marketing Research	3
ADMN 952	Organizations, Leadership, and Environments	3
ADMN 953	The Social Power of Leadership in the 21 Century	3
ADMN 956	Managerial Decision Making	3
ADMN 960	Marketing/Building Customer Value	3
ADMN 970	Economics of Competition	3
ADMN 982	Creating Winning Strategies	3
HMP 900	Introduction to the Health Services Industry	3
HMP 812	Health Analytics	4
KIN 802	Health Content and Youth Risk Behaviors	4
KIN 831	Inclusive Teaching Through Sport	4
KIN 841	Social Issues in Contemporary Sports	4
KIN 840	Athletic Administration	4
KIN 843	Sport Marketing	4
KIN 865	Advanced Topics in Coaching	4
KIN 880	Psychological Factors in Sport	4
KIN 882	Therapeutic Applications of Adventure Programming	4
KIN 881	Inclusion in Physical Education	4
KIN 883	Pysch Factors of Adventure Ed	4
KIN 884	Historical Foundations of Outdoor Experiential Education	4
KIN 885	Program Models and Evaluation in Outdoor Education	4
PHP 900	Public Health Care Systems	3
PHP 902	Environmental Health	3
PHP 904	Social and Behavioral Health	3
PHP 905	Public Health Administration	3
PHP 907	Public Health Policy	3
PHP 924	Policy and Practice of Community Health Assessment	3
PHP 930	Climate Change and Health	3
PHP 938	Health Education and Promotion	3
PHP 940	Health and the Built Environment	3
PHP 920	Social Marketing	3
PHP 922	Public Health Economics	3
RAM 805	Ecotourism: Managing for the Environment	4
RAM 867	Social Impact Assessment	4
RAM 877	Topics in Community Planning	4
SOC #988	Medical Sociology: Health, Healing, and Society	4
SOC 880	Social Conflict	4
SW 840	Implications of Race, Culture, and Oppression for Social Work Practice	3
SW 814	Introduction to Addiction: Assessment and Intervention	3
SW 897	Special Topics in Social Work and Social Welfare	2 or 3