Recreation Resource Management (Fall 2010),
Utah is home to five national parks, several national monuments and two national recreation areas. With beautifully colored red rock areas, desert landscapes, massive cliffs of granite, and a quarry that was one of the most productive sources of dinosaur fossils in the world, Utah offers varied recreational opportunities.
Availability
This program is available at the Uintah Basin Campus via the following Instruction Type(s):
Courses are delivered via state of the art video conferencing technology. Students meet at a designated time and location.
Admissions
Students must be admitted to Utah State University. For admissions requirements and information, or to complete an online application, visit www.usu.edu/admissions/applyonline.
New freshmen admitted to USU in good standing qualify for admission to this major.
Transfer students from other institutions or from other USU majors need at least a 2.5 total GPA to be admitted to the recreation resource management major in good standing. Special attention will be given to the number of, and performance in, prerequisite math and science courses.
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The Recreation Resource Management major prepares students for careers in managing outdoor recreation settings, such as public forests and rangelands, state and national parks, and wilderness areas; working in visitor centers or interpretive facilities; and working in related tourism and recreation businesses. Because these jobs require an understanding of both the land itself and the people who visit these areas, the major offers a solid foundation in both the biological and social sciences.
Courses:
In addition to fulfilling general education requirements, students must complete 71-73 credits of required coursework in the major. Among those are:
BIOL 1010: Biology and the Citizen
CHEM 1110: General Chemistry
MATH 1050: College Algebra
STAT 2000: Statistical Methods
ENVS 2340: Natural Resources and Society
ENVS 3300: Fundamentals of Recreation Resources Management
ENVS 3500: Quantitative Assessment of Environmental and Natural Resource Problems
ENVS 4000: Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
ENVS 4130: Recreation Policy & Planning
ENVS 4500: Wildland Recreation Behavior
ENVS 4600: Natural Resource Interpretation
ENVS 4920: Special Projects in Recreation Management
GEOG 1110: The Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology
WATS 2930: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
WILD 2200: Ecology of Our Changing World
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