Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

• PRT 152: Introduction to Parks, Recreation and Tourism

PRT 152: Introduction to Parks, Recreation and Tourism

Self-paced Correspondence

This course is temporarily closed to enrollment. Introduction to the professional field of recreation by presenting the basic principles, fundamentals, and concepts of recreation as related to: recreation history and objectives, sociological and economic aspects of recreation, leadership qualities and facility provision, and settings for organized recreation in modern society.

• Instructor: Sharon Hisler, MS
• Credit-granting Institution: NC State University
• Credit Hours: 3
• Submitted Assignments: 12
• View a sample course syllabus.

Required Text

• McLean, Hurd, and Rogers, Kraus' Recreation and Leisure in Modern Society, 7th edition (2004)

Optional Texts

• Goodale and Witt, Issues in an Era of Change, 3rd edition (1991)
• Cross, A Social History of Leisure Since 1600 (1990)

You may purchase the textbooks at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

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