Parks and Recreation Minor

Parks and Recreation Major and Minor

New freshmen, transfer students, and students from other USU majors who have at least a 2.5 total GPA qualify to enter the Parks and Recreation major or minor.

A. Required Courses (6 credits)

• PRP 1000 - Introduction to Recreation Services 3
• PRP 3000 - Designing Recreation Experiences 3

B. Elective Courses (15 credits)

Select at least 15 credits from the following courses. At least 6 of these credits must be completed in courses having a PRP prefix.

• PRP 3025 - Techniques of Experiential Recreation 3 ¹
• PRP 3050 - Evaluation of Recreation Services (QI) 3 ²
• PRP 3075 - Applications of Experiential Recreation 3 ³
• PRP 3900 - Diverse Populations 3 ⁴
• PRP 4100 - History of Leisure (CI) 3 ⁵
• PRP 4250 - Cooperative Work Experience 1-12 (repeatable)
• PRP 4500 - Management of Recreation Services I 3 ⁶
• PRP 4550 - Management of Recreation Services II 3 ⁷
• FCHD 1500 - Human Development Across the Lifespan (BSS) 3
• HEP 2000 - First Aid and Emergency Care 2
• HEP 3400 - Stress Management 3 (taught online only)
• LAEP 1030 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture (BCA) 3
• SOC 3010 - Social Inequality 3
• ENVS 3300 - Fundamentals of Recreation Resources Management 3
• ENVS 4130 - Recreation Policy and Planning 3
• ENVS 4500 - Wildland Recreation Behavior (CI) 3
• ENVS 4600 - Natural Resource Interpretation 3
• Activity Courses in Physical Education (numbered PE 1000-2000) 1-3

Note:

¹ Prerequisites: PRP 1000  and PRP 3000 .

² Prerequisites: PRP 1000 , PRP 3000 ; and STAT 1040  or a higher MATH or STAT course. Can be taken concurrently with PRP 3025 .

³ Prerequisites: PRP 1000 , PRP 3000 , PRP 3025 , PRP 3050 , PRP 3050 , PRP 4550 . Can be taken concurrently with PRP 4550 .

⁴ Prerequisite: PRP 1000  (can be taken concurrently).

⁵ Prerequisite: PRP 1000  and fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement.

⁶ Prerequisites: PRP 1000  and PRP 3000 .

⁷ Prerequisites: PRP 1000 , PRP 3000 , and PRP 4500 .