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Recreation and Leisure Services

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Dr. Dale Connally
RLS Program Director
Department of HHPR
One Bear Place #97313, 76798-7313
(254) 710-4004

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General Program Description

While the Recreation and Leisure Services program gives special attention to preparation in the areas of outdoor and church recreation, the thirty-nine semester hours of concentration in recreation education, along with sports skills and recreation certification courses, constitute strong preparation for practitionership in almost any recreation and leisure services delivery system. These might include such programs as are found in municipal recreation, churches, industrial and corporate recreation, private club recreation, military recreation, shipboard recreation, youth serving agencies, camps, and many others. The contributions of recreation to the broad concept of wellness in the areas of mental and emotional health through stress management, along with the contributions to physical fitness through vigorous active program elements, identify leisure services as a major player in the maintenance of human life as well as a provider of enjoyment for its hosts.

Degree Requirements (125 semester hours)
  1. Minimum (36 hours advanced total with at least 18 hours in residence)
  2. Minimum (60 hours in residence, including the last 30 hours)
  3. No course may be taken pass-fail.
Basic Requirements for Recreation and Leisure Services Major (56 semester hour)
  1. ENG 1302, 1304, 2301 and one course from 2304 or 2306 (12 hours)
  2. History: two courses from 1305, 1306, 1307, 2365, 2366 (6 hours)
  3. SOC 1305 or 1306 (3 hours)
  4. PSC 2302 (3 hours)
  5. REL 1310 and 1350 (6 hours)
  6. MTH 1301 or 1315 (3 hours)
  7. CSI 1302, 1303 or ISY 1305 (3 hours)
  8. CSS 1301 or 1302 (3 hours)
  9. Laboratory Science (8 hours)
  10. THEA 1206, ART 1200 or MUS 1220 (2 hours)
  11. EDP 3324 (3 hours)
  12. HED 1145 required and three activity HP classes (4 hours)
    Note: HP 1178 recommended for students planning to take WSI (HP 1233), and HP 1159 is required for students planning to take RLS 1235.
  13. Chapel (2 semesters)
RLS Required Courses (39 semester hours)
RLS 1396, 2388, 2389, 3302, 3382, 3396, 4391, 4392, 4393, 4396, 4V94
HP Sport Skills Series (2 semester hours)
Choose from HP 2100, 2101, 3131, 3132, 3133, 3134, 3136
Recreation Certification Courses (4 semester hours)
  1. RLS/HP 1202 (Required)
  2. Select from RLS/HP 1233 or RLS 1235 (spring only)
Restricted Electives for each Track (12-13 semester hours)
Choose one track:
  1. Church Recreation Track (REL 2480, RLS 4395, RLS 3301 or 2301, REL 4398 or 4396)
  2. Outdoor Recreation Track (RLS 2301, 3301, 4301, HP 3346)
Other Electives (12 semester hours)
No HP Activity Classes. Choose from the following areas: accounting, adaptive human performance, art, biology, child and family studies, earth science, environmental studies, geology, health, human performance, recreation and leisure services, management, marketing, psychology, religion, social work, sociology, special education; other areas approved by advisor.

General Studies in HHPR

See description under "Interdivision Degree Programs."

Recreation & Leisure Services 4-year Course Plan