Description

Welcome to Park and Recreation Resource Management (formerly Outdoor Recreation Management). Electives in this area of the Recreation and Park Management Concentration focus on skills needed for working with agencies that provide opportunities for outdoor recreation (e.g., the Forest Service), agencies that manage natural resources (e.g., the National Park Service), and agencies that plan for and manage outdoor recreation experiences and resources (e.g., the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Planning Division). Students take courses in Ecology of Resource Areas, Environmental Interpretation and Outdoor Education, and Experiential Education in Outdoor Recreation Settings. Park and Recreation Resource Management electives are:

RPTA 34 – The Outdoor Recreation Experience
RPTA 148 – Experiential Education in Outdoor Recreation Settings
RPTA 149 – Developing and Programming Adventure Experiences
RPTA 150 – Ecology of Resource Areas
RPTA 151 – Visitor Management in Recreation Areas
RPTA 153 – Environmental Interpretation and Outdoor Education

Please note that these electives are typically offered once every third semester. Students in the Recreation and Park Management Concentration need 18 units of electives, which is generally six courses. Electives in this concentration can be freely exchanged between electives in Community Recreation Management; Park and Recreation Resource Management; and Commercial Recreation, Tourism and Hospitality Management. There are also several general electives offered by the department. If you would like to take Therapeutic Recreation Concentration electives, please see your advisor.

“…I’ve realized that being at school gives you the kind of understanding of how to do research and critique things that are going on around you a lot more than you would get just from experience on the job.”

Lia Robertson is a recent RPTA graduate. Her cocentration was Recreation and Park Management with an emphasis in Park and Recreation Resource Management. Check out her video slideshow.

Internships

Recreation and Park Management requires 600 hours of pre-internship and a 400 hour internship. Students in Park and Recreation Resource Management take advantage of the outdoor focus and find internships in locations throughout the state of California with National Parks, the US Forest Service, California State Parks, Bureau of Reclamation and other agencies that manage outdoor lands.

The New Seven Wonders of Nature
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the New Seven Wonders are all man-made, architectural destinations. Now there is a world vote to select the New Seven Wonders of Nature. You have seven votes.

Love the Great Outdoors?
Here in RPTA we love big open spaces. The people at State Parks do also, and California State Parks Foundation is sponsoring a photo contest with the grand prize winner annouced in January 2009. Click here for contest rules.

Contacts

For more information on Park and Recreation Resource Management, please contact Dr. David Rolloff or Dr. Kath Pinch.