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This course is designed to help currently employed, full-time recreation practitioners who have a minimum of five years direct experience as a programmer (or equivalent level) become more intentional and more effective in their professional practice. Key concepts in the course include experiential...

Students investigate the role recreation practitioners play in the development of wellness in individuals, organizations, and communities. Students assess their own wellness and create personal plans for behavioural changes to contribute to a balanced lifestyle. Building on this personal experience...

The recreation field has a rich history of theory and practice. In this course, students examine the advanced foundations of leisure theory and recreation practice. Students explore key topics within the history, psychology, philosophy, and sociology of leisure, and they consider their implications...

Using community development and project management approaches, students plan, organize, deliver, and evaluate a community event. They create an event manual that documents all functional areas of the event planning, delivery, and evaluation.Registration in this course is restricted to students...

Students examine the theory and practice of enthusiastic, respectful, effective leadership in recreation. Students analyze concepts and skills that can enhance positive change in groups, teams, and organizations. Students also examine self-awareness, values, diversity, and creativity as they apply...

Responding to the increase of arts and culture programming in the field of recreation, it is important for recreation professionals to hold a theoretical understanding for community cultural development (CCD) from community assessment, to funding models. In this class, students develop necessary...

Students investigate and analyze recreation systems in a chosen community, ranging from health to local tourism. Using systems theory as a framework and best practices research, students explore recreation-related systems and compare and contrast them to recreation systems in other communities...

Students investigate key aspects of professionalism in the management of recreation. Students explore the characteristics of human services professionals and then apply those characteristics to the practice of recreation leadership. Using contemporary, recreation-based case studies, and building on...

Students analyze the planning process for recreation facilities including designing a needs assessment plan, interpreting needs assessment data, and exploring the impacts of organizational governance on facility resources. They apply evaluative tools to measure the performance of a recreation...

In this capstone course, students complete a community recreation-based project in an organization. Students work closely with assigned instructors who supervise the projects, provide advice, and evaluate students' performance. Through this course, students will link their academic studies to real...