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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...

An introduction to the study of religion emphasizing the breadth of religious belief and practice in the contemporary world. Major themes, such as ritual, belief, ethics and community, and religion and culture, are discussed.

This is an introductory survey course of the West's three primary religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This course examines the historical and social development of these religions and the various experiences of each. We will also consider modern issues and events such as the Holocaust; women...

An enquiry into the cultural roots of western Christian civilization focusing on its Jewish, Greek, Roman, and Persian antecedents and its evolution during the first four centuries of our era. Attention is given to present day issues such as biblical criticism as well as Third World political and...

This course explores religions as living traditions through field research in religious sites and with religious groups using a highly interdisciplinary interpretation of field data. The course is intended to complement the historical, textual, or comparative approach of the other courses in...