The Recreation Management minor empowers students from various fields to obtain essential competencies for the management of recreation, particularly in the public sector. It offers a fundamental structure encompassing skills and knowledge vital for understanding experiences and delivering recreation services. Core components include the design of recreation programs and developing assessment strategies to meet programmatic needs.

Admissions

This minor is available to all Mason undergraduate students, with the exception of those enrolled in the Recreation Management, BS with a concentration in Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Therapeutic Recreation or the Individualized Concentration.

Policies

Eight credits of coursework must be unique to the minor and students must complete all coursework with a minimum GPA of 2.00. For policies governing all minors, see AP.5.3.4 Minors.

Banner Code: RMGT

Minor Requirements

Total credits: 18

Coursework

All required 200 and 300 RMGT courses must be completed first. 

RMGT 210Recreation and Leisure in Life3
RMGT 241Practicum 13
RMGT 310Program Planning and Evaluation3
or RMGT 220 Experiential Education Theory and Application
RMGT 316Leadership and Outdoor Education3
RMGT 327Foundations of Therapeutic Recreation3
RMGT 410Administration of SRT Organizations I 13
Total Credits18
1

RMGT 241 and RMGT 410 may be taken concurrently.