Recreational Therapy, BS/Recreation Sciences, MS

Program Co-Coordinators:

Clifton Watts (1409 Carol Belk Building; 252-737-2426; wattsc@ecu.edu)
Cari Autry (2403 Carol Belk Building; 252-737-1511, autryca18@ecu.edu)

The Recreational Therapy, BS/Recreation Sciences, MS (recreational therapy administration concentration) accelerated program is initiated while undergraduates are completing the bachelor of science (BS) degree. For this program, graduate student coursework begins in the student’s fourth year of undergraduate study and can be completed with one academic year of study beyond the bachelor’s degree.

Eligible students accepted into the program may count up to 12 semester hours of graduate coursework towards completion of both the BS and master of science (MS) degrees. Students are formally admitted to the master’s program after all requirements for the undergraduate degree are completed.

The required minimum GPA at the time of admission to the program is a 3.3 overall. Undergraduate recreational therapy students may apply for the accelerated program during the semester in which they will be completing their 75th semester hour. Before enrolling in graduate courses, eligible undergraduates seeking accelerated status must apply to and be accepted into the accelerated bachelor of science in recreational therapy/master of science in recreation sciences program.

Students admitted to the accelerated program must earn a B or higher in all graduate coursework to remain in the program. Undergraduate accelerated program students earning a grade of C in any graduate course can count that course toward the bachelor’s degree but will no longer be eligible to take additional graduate courses and will be dropped from the accelerated program. Students will be able to apply to the graduate program in recreation sciences.

Undergraduate students accepted into the Recreational Therapy, BS/Recreation Sciences, MS (recreational therapy administration concentration) accelerated program may count up to 12 s.h. from the following courses towards completion of both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

Students take the following 2 courses:

RCSC 6110 - Research Methods in Recreation Sciences (for RCSC 4000 )
RCTX 6310 - Program Development and Management in Recreational Therapy (for RCTX 4267 )

Students choose 6 s.h. from the following elective courses:

RCTX 5000 - Theoretical Foundations of Aquatic Rehabilitation
RCTX 5001 - Applied Techniques in Aquatic Rehabilitation
RCTX 6001 - Biofeedback: Principles and Practices
RCTX 6002 - Biofeedback Laboratory
RCTX 6003 - Advanced Biofeedback Laboratory
RCTX 6004 - Disability and Adaptive Sport
RCTX 6100 - Leisure, Aging, and Health
RCSC 6501 - Capstone Experience in Recreation and Park Administration
RCSC 6601 - Research Colloquium in Recreation Sciences
RCSC 6801 - Special Topics in Recreation Sciences
RCSC 6802 - Special Topics in Recreation Sciences
RCSC 6803 - Special Topics in Recreation Sciences
Additional courses approved by the program coordinator

Admission Process

Students interested in the accelerated program should speak with the graduate program director to determine admissibility into the program. Following this discussion, the student and graduate program director should follow the procedures outlined in Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s Program found in the Admission and Readmission section of the ECU graduate catalog.