Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

• PRT 152: Introduction to Parks, Recreation and Tourism

PRT 152: Introduction to Parks, Recreation and Tourism

Self-paced Online and Correspondence

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 for the correspondence course.
• View a sample course syllabus for the online course.

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 the Higher Grounds bookstore 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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