Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Recreation Sciences, MS


Program Coordinator: Clifton Watts (1409 Carol G. Belk Building; 252-737-2426; wattsc@ecu.edu)

The Department of Recreation Sciences offers a Recreation Sciences, MS with two concentrations – recreation management and recreational therapy administration.The program is designed for individuals employed in or seeking employment in a diverse range of settings. The concentration in recreation management prepares students for positions in multiple settings including community parks and recreation, human dimensions of recreation resource management, recreational sports management, and travel and tourism. The concentration in recreational therapy administration provides advanced education for clinical, administrative, and research positions in recreational therapy and healthcare-related careers. Individuals pursuing the recreational therapy administration concentration who do not meet national certification requirements upon admission will be required to take supplemental coursework while enrolled in the graduate program.

The degree requires a minimum of 36 s.h. as follows: 

2. Concentration - 12 s.h.


(Choose one area.)

3. Thesis or non-thesis option - 12 s.h.


(Choose an option by concentration.)

Recreation management:


Thesis option (12 s.h.)


Non-thesis option (12 s.h.)


Recreational therapy administration:


Thesis option (12 s.h.)


  • Requires a comprehensive examination
  • (6 s.h.)
  • 6 s.h. of approved interventions-based electives
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Non-thesis option (12 s.h.)