Check out these great Recreation, Sport and Tourism courses for FALL 2015:
RST 100- Society and Leisure (CRN 43096) Tuesday & Thursday 12:30-1:50pm
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. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in SPRING 2014 for a UIUC Social Sciences course
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. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in SPRING 2014 for a UIUC Social Sciences course
RST 110 – Leisure Service Delivery (CRN 43099) Monday & Wednesday, 3:00-4:40pm
Introduces students to the concepts, principles, and practices related to the provision of leisure services; description of the various fields of professional practices and basic elements of leisure service systems such as budgeting, planning, staffing, and characteristics of client populations.
Introduces students to the concepts, principles, and practices related to the provision of leisure services; description of the various fields of professional practices and basic elements of leisure service systems such as budgeting, planning, staffing, and characteristics of client populations.
RST 130 Foundations of Sport Management (CRN 43102) Tuesday & Thursday. 9:30-10:50am
Examines career opportunities within the sport industry and provides knowledge relevant to the management, marketing, legal, and financial operations of sport organizations. Incorporates applications in a variety of sport entities including intercollegiate athletics, campus recreation, event and facility management, professional sport, management and marketing agencies, and international sport.
Examines career opportunities within the sport industry and provides knowledge relevant to the management, marketing, legal, and financial operations of sport organizations. Incorporates applications in a variety of sport entities including intercollegiate athletics, campus recreation, event and facility management, professional sport, management and marketing agencies, and international sport.
RST 230 Leisure Services and Diversity (CRN 43112) Tuesday & Thursday, 12:30-1:50pm
Course is designed to increase awareness and knowledge of the leisure needs of members of ethnic and racial minorities, the poor, women, the elderly, people of alternative lifestyles, and people with disabilities. It introduces students to concepts and factors that influence the delivery of leisure services to diverse populations.
Course is designed to increase awareness and knowledge of the leisure needs of members of ethnic and racial minorities, the poor, women, the elderly, people of alternative lifestyles, and people with disabilities. It introduces students to concepts and factors that influence the delivery of leisure services to diverse populations.
RST 255 Ethical Issues in Sport Mgmt. (CRN 43105) Tuesday & Thursday, 2:00-3:40pm
Explores ethical issues in sport related to government, sporting opportunities, journalism and media, education, coaching, and business. Students become familiar with concepts and principles of applied ethics and gain insight into the complexity of ethical issues in sport.
Explores ethical issues in sport related to government, sporting opportunities, journalism and media, education, coaching, and business. Students become familiar with concepts and principles of applied ethics and gain insight into the complexity of ethical issues in sport.
RST 330 Leisure and Consumer Culture (43116) Tuesday & Thursday, 9:30-10:50am
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. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Spring 2014 for a UIUC Social Sciences course, and UIUC: Western Compartv Cult course
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. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Spring 2014 for a UIUC Social Sciences course, and UIUC: Western Compartv Cult course
AND WONDERFUL SUMMER COURSES too!
RST 100- Society and Leisure (CRN 36932)
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. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a UIUC Social Sciences course
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. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a UIUC Social Sciences course
RST 130 Foundations of Sport Management (CRN 36933)
Examines career opportunities within the sport industry and provides knowledge relevant to the management, marketing, legal, and financial operations of sport organizations. Incorporates applications in a variety of sport entities including intercollegiate athletics, campus recreation, event and facility management, professional sport, management and marketing agencies, and international sport.
Examines career opportunities within the sport industry and provides knowledge relevant to the management, marketing, legal, and financial operations of sport organizations. Incorporates applications in a variety of sport entities including intercollegiate athletics, campus recreation, event and facility management, professional sport, management and marketing agencies, and international sport.
RST199 SAP Sales and Promotions in RST (CRN 37836)
Students will learn the principles of sales and promotion as they relate to recreation, sport and tourism. Techniques for setting sales objectives, communicating with clients, and promotion of programming, events and facilities will be discussed. Students will also learn the stages of the sales communication cycle and best-practices on how to develop a client base.
Students will learn the principles of sales and promotion as they relate to recreation, sport and tourism. Techniques for setting sales objectives, communicating with clients, and promotion of programming, events and facilities will be discussed. Students will also learn the stages of the sales communication cycle and best-practices on how to develop a client base.
RST242 Nature and American Culture (CRN 37835)
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. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a UIUC Western Comparative Culture Course.
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. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a UIUC Western Comparative Culture Course.
Do you have questions about Recreation, Sport and Tourism?
Please let me know. I am happy to discuss the course offerings and the major with you!
Please let me know. I am happy to discuss the course offerings and the major with you!
Questions? Contact LoriKay Paden at lkpaden@illinois.edu
LoriKay Paden, CPRP
Academic Advisor
Recreation, Sport & Tourism
Recreation, Sport & Tourism