RPTM 410
Marketing of Recreation Services (3) Theoretical/practical application of marketing/advertising strategies in the development/delivery of recreation services.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
fifth-semester standing or above
RPTM 415
Commercial Recreation Management (3) Planning, developing, and managing profit-oriented recreation opportunities.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
RPTM 210 andRPTM 410
RPTM 425
Principles of Interpretive Materials (3) Principles, practices, application of non-personal interpretive activities common to natural/cultural history, including exhibits, audio-visual and illustrative materials.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
RPTM 325
RPTM 430
Environmental Education Methods and Materials (3) Methods and materials for developing, implementing, and evaluating environmental education programs within formal and non-formal educational settings.
Effective: Summer 2011
Prerequisite:
AEE 100 orRPTM 325
RPTM 433W
Program Evaluation and Research in Recreation Services (3) Systematic, structured problem-solving process for decision making in recreation and parks. Research techniques/evaluation procedures; quantitative, qualitative methodologies; deductive, inductive reasoning.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
RPTM 356 3 credits in statistics
RPTM 435
Recreation Facilities Planning and Management (3) Planning and management of selected facilities with empahsis upon maintenance, activity, and support provisions.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
fifth-semester standing or above
RPTM 440
Adventure-based Programming and Administration (3) Utilization of wilderness/backcountry environments and participant challenge; history, models, theories; survey of organizations; program design, administration; and issues.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
or concurrent:RPTM 330 orRPTM 356
RPTM 460
Political and Legal Aspects of Recreation Services (3) Role of local, state, federal government in provision of recreation services. Legislative and judicial systems.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
RPTM 101
RPTM 470
Recreation and Park Management (3 Management of recreation and park services in public/non-profit settings; planning, budgeting fiscal development, resources allocation, decision- , making, computer applications.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
RPTM 320
RPTM 480
Senior Management Seminar (1) Current management issues will be examined relative to professional management strategies, ethics, and leadership in leisure services.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
sixth-semester standing in RPTM
RPTM 494H
Senior Honors Thesis (1-6 per semester/maximum of 6) Senior Honors Thesis
Effective: Summer 2011
RPTM 495A
Internship in Recreation Services (12) Meet educational objectives through participation in organized practical experience; direct observation and professional supervision in full-time work experience.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
RPTM 394 ; seventh-semester standing; 300 hours practical experience; and a 2.0 grade-point average; current and valid certification in advanced first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
RPTM 495B
Internship in Golf Management (1-4) Observation and participation under supervision in golf operations in public, private, municipal, or military settings.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
RPTM 395B ; 2.00 cumulative grade point average; current and valid certification in advanced first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
RPTM 495C
Internship in Golf Management (1-4) Observation and participation under supervision in golf operations in public, private, municipal, or military settings.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
RPTM 495B ; 2.00 cumulative grade point average
RPTM 495D
Internship in Golf Management (1-4) Observation and participation under supervision in golf operations in public, private, municipal, or military settings.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite:
RPTM 495C ; 2.00 cumulative grade point average
RPTM 496
Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 2005
RPTM 497
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2005
RPTM 497A
Social and Environmental Sustainability: Applications in the Tourism Industry (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
RPTM 497A
Social and Environmental Sustainability: applications in the Tourism Industry (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
RPTM 497C
RPTM 497C - Outdoor Consortium (2) The purpose of the Outdoor Recreation Consortium is to provide students with hands-on exposure to outdoor recreation resources management in a major National Park that is facing complex challenges.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
RPTM 497D
RPTM 497D - Peer Mentoring (2) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
RPTM 497G
Golf Operations (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
RPTM 497I
Canoeing Leadership (2) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
RPTM 497J
Peer Mentoring (2) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
RPTM 497K
Administration of Golf Operations III (2) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
RPTM 498
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2006
RPTM 498D
Backpacking Leadership (2) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
RPTM 498F
Rock Climbing Leadership (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
RPTM 498G
Player Development/Tournament Golf (2) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
RPTM 498G
Player Development/Tournament Golf (2 per semester/maximum of 16) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
RPTM 498K
Advanced Golf Instruction and Business (2) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
RPTM 499
(IL)
Foreign Studies (1-12 per semester/maximum of 12) Foreign Studies in RPTM.
Effective: Summer 2012
Prerequisite:
RPTM 199
RPTM 501
Leisure Studies Foundations (3) This course provides general background knowledge about the literature and research methods central to the field of leisure studies.
Effective: Spring 2008
RPTM 510
Tourism Behavior: An interdisciplinary Approach (3) An exploration of the various approaches that have been taken in the social sciences to understand tourism behavior.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite:
3 credits in statistics; 3 credits in behavioral science
RPTM 525
Behavioral Patterns of the Outdoor Recreationist (3) Patterns of time and space use; user characteristics; meaning of participation; facilitation of environment-use enhancement.
Effective: Spring 2008
RPTM 527
Social Psychology of Leisure (3) Application of the methods, constructs, and theory of social psychology to the study of leisure, outdoor recreation, and therapeutic recreation.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite:
PSYCH 420, SOC 403
RPTM 530
Research Methods in Leisure Studies (3) Research techniques, including methods, research design, techniques for data collection, as applied to relevant problems in the leisure studies field.
Effective: Spring 2008
RPTM 533
Leisure Studies, Surveys, and Appraisals (3) Advanced procedures related to leisure, recreation, and park research.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite:
RPTM 530 ; 3 credits in statistics
RPTM 540
Public and Private Recreation Lands and Waters (3) Public and private roles and interactions, allocation of resources, use policies, open space concepts, private enterprise developments, legal controls.
Effective: Spring 2008
RPTM 545
Philosophical and Social Bases of Leisure (3) Philosophical and social bases of leisure; analysis of critical issues of leisure for philosophical and social implications.
Effective: Spring 2008
RPTM 560
Administrative Problems of Leisure Service Organizations (3) Special problems of recreation and park departments; legal powers and liability; departmental organization, financing, personnel policies, and staff development.
Effective: Spring 2008
RPTM 570
Conceptual Bases for Therapeutic Recreation (3) Issues in the application of concepts in therapeutic recreation from a multidisciplinary perspective; evaluation and research.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite:
R P M 477
RPTM 596
Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 2008
RPTM 597
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Spring 2008
RPTM 597A
Foundations of Tourism (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different opics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
RPTM 597C
Leisure and Culture (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
RPTM 600
Thesis Research (1-15) No description.
Effective: Spring 2008
RPTM 601
Ph.D. Dissertation Full-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Spring 2008
RPTM 602
Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester/maximum of 6) Supervised experience in teaching and orientation to other selected aspects of the profession at The Pennsylvania State University.
Effective: Spring 2010
RPTM 610
Thesis Research Off Campus (1-15) No description.
Effective: Spring 2008
RPTM 611
Ph.D. Dissertation Part-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Spring 2008
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