RST100 Society and Leisure (offered on line for summer and in class for fall)
Central issues in defining leisure; historical, philosophical, sociological, psychological, and economic approaches to understanding leisure behavior, its meanings, social contexts, and personal and social resources.
Gen ED – UIUC Social Sciences course

RST 242 – Nature and American Culture  – New Class!!  (Fall 2013)
Appreciation and critique of cultural meanings associated with American natural landscapes. Traditional perspectives including colonial American, romantic, and science-based conservation are characterized, as well as revisionist themes aligned with gender, cultural pluralism, and societal meanings of parks and protected areas. Implications of diversity in cultural meanings toward nature are developed and provide the basis for assessing tenets of contemporary environmental policy and supporting concepts associated with community-based conservation.
Gen Ed –UIUC Western Compartv Cult course

RST 330 – Leisure and Consumer Culture
Examination of contemporary patterns and meanings of leisure in a consumer society. Understanding of the impact of consumption on expressions of identity, gender, social class, race and ethnicity.
Gen Ed – UIUC Social Sciences course , and UIUC: Western Compartv Cult course

RST 370 – Research Methods & Analysis
Educates students in principles of research design, data collection, measurement, methods of statistical analysis, techniques in summarizing data, and the interpretation and application of research findings to the field of Leisure Studies.  Gen Ed – UIUC: Quant Reasoning II course

OTHER GREAT CLASSES AVAILABLE TO YOU:

RST 130 – Foundations of Sport Management
RST 110 – Leisure Service Delivery
RST 255 – Ethical Issues in Sport

Questions?  lkpaden@illinois.edu