Recreation and Tourism Studies Degree Programs

Undergraduate

The Recreation and Tourism Studies (RTS) Program is housed within the Human Movement Sciences Department, one of six departments in the Darden College of Education.  The RTS Program is designed to prepare students with the skill, the knowledge, and the ability to pursue a professional career in the Managed Recreation Industry. The RTS Program offers both a major and a minor in (1) recreation and tourism management (2) therapeutic recreation. Each student major receives a management-based core curriculum complimented by their choice of a selected career emphasis area: (a) therapeutic recreation, (b) recreation and tourism management.

Minor

Two minor programs are offered within the Recreation and Tourism Studies program. Both choices include a total of 15 credit hours. A minor is offered in recreation and tourism management as well as a minor in theraputic recreation.