40 courses with the subject RMGT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
RMGT 200Wilderness First Responder2
Examines the role of outdoor professionals in wilderness medicine and the response, care and rescue of outdoor participants in non-urban outdoor environments. Uses the Patient Assessment System (PAS) to assess backcountry patients in an intensive experiential course which addresses the issues of medico legal concerns, blood borne pathogens and infectious diseases.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 8 credits.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Subject
RMGT
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Credit unit
credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 8 credits.
Traces the development of current concepts of recreation and leisure and their implications for individuals, communities, and society. Covers influences of the intersectionality of diverse identities on discretionary time and its uses. Open to nonmajors.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Mason Core: Mason Core, Just Societies, Social/Behavioral SciencesSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
RMGT 220Experiential Education Theory and Application3
Provides a broad theoretical, as well as practical, background in teaching and learning experientially. Concepts presented, experienced, and discussed include the basic premises of experiential learning according to a wide variety of educators and philosophers. The content and experience applies to recreation, education, development, and therapeutic settings.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Provides the fundamental principles and techniques of challenge course facilitation. Classroom learning is combined with an experiential setting through leading youth groups in the field. Students are provided with an introduction to safety, skills, and facilitation techniques for low and high elements of outdoor challenge courses.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.Recommended Prerequisite: CPR Certification and RMGT 220.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Subject
RMGT
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.
Integrates and applies coursework, theories, and research to a paid or voluntary work experience in a park and recreation agency. Minimum period of 10 weeks and 120 hours of part-time employment in an approved site by the Internship Coordinator. Participation in meetings prior to and during the practicum are required.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: RMGT 210 or SRST 200Registration Restrictions: Required Prerequisites: (PRLS 210D, 210XS, 210XP, RMGT 210D, PRLS 220D, RMGT 220D, PRLS 316D, 316XS, 316XP, RMGT 316D or SRST 200D).D Requires minimum grade of D.XS Requires minimum grade of XS.XP Requires minimum grade of XP.
This experiential course is designed for students with prior backpacking experience. Involves discussions, demonstrations, and activities that teach students wilderness skills, safety and judgment, leadership and teamwork, and environmental ethics. Topics covered include basic wilderness first-aid, hazard evaluation, emergency procedures, expedition behavior, self awareness, judgment and decision making, campsite selection, shelter and stove use, fire building, sanitation and hygiene, cooking, nutrition and rationing, equipment care and selection, staying warm and dry, route finding and navigation, Leave No Trace backpacking, weather, natural history, and wilderness ethics. Application of these skills will occur during the 14-day offtrail backpacking trip in a remote wilderness area. Not only will students practice these wilderness skills, but they will also develop leadership abilities by working in a collaborative team environment.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Covers key processes and considerations for planning, delivering, managing, and evaluating campus recreation services.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale. 300 Level Courses
Traces philosophical evolution of perceptions of and attitudes toward nature. Examines role of philosophers, scientists, nature-writers, and artists in the shaping of environmental thought. Includes extensive reading of Emerson, Thoreau, Muir, Leopold, Carson, Wilson, and others.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Focuses on management and operations of park resources, including the management of visitors and recreation development. Emphasizes understanding of contemporary threats to park integrity and preservation of resources. Also covers maintenance management systems.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: RMGT 300Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Introduces fundamental principles and techniques of the planning process for sport, recreation and tourism programs, including assessment of needs and goals, objectives, and mission statement; generating solutions; planning programs for implementation and evaluation.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Registration Restrictions: Required Prerequisites: PRLS 210D, RMGT 210D, PRLS 210XS, 210XP, SPMT 201D, 201XS, 201XP, SRST 200D, 200XS, 200XP, TOUR 200D, 200XS or 200XP.D Requires minimum grade of D.XS Requires minimum grade of XS.XP Requires minimum grade of XP.
Focuses on promotion of lifelong health and fitness via noncompetitive and informal outdoor activities. Introduces safety, skills, and leadership techniques. Covers sustainable use, conservation, and stewardship of natural resources.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Applies social psychological theories and research to the study of leisure, play, and recreation behavior, including correlates, antecedents, and consequences of and constraints to these concepts.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Registration Restrictions: Required Prerequisites: PRLS 210D, 210XS, RMGT 210D, PRLS 210XP, SRST 200D, 200XS or 200XP.D Requires minimum grade of D.XS Requires minimum grade of XS.XP Requires minimum grade of XP.
Covers leadership and evaluation of health, fitness, and recreation programs. Uses computer technology to study evaluative aspects of program planning and administration.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Registration Restrictions: Required Prerequisites: (PRLS 310D, 310XS, 310XP or RMGT 310D).D Requires minimum grade of D.XS Requires minimum grade of XS.XP Requires minimum grade of XP.
An introduction to the processes and techniques of therapeutic recreation to meet the unique needs of people with disabilities. This course examines the history, concepts, theories, and foundations of therapeutic recreation.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
RMGT 362Cultural and Environmental Interpretation3
Focuses on communication processes and practices used to explain and interpret special characteristics of cultural and environmental resource sites for visitors. Conceptual principles for planning interpretive programs and multi-media delivery techniques are discussed. Methods for programming interpretive services, addressing multi-audience accessibility, and administration and evaluation of interpretive services used at recreation and tourism sites are also examined..Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: RMGT 300Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale. 400 Level Courses
Applies social and behavioral theories to management for recreational users of land and water resources. Examines deterioration and pollution of land and water, noise, crowding, and conflicts among users. Discusses strategies for mitigation of deleterious impacts and depreciative behaviors, and attitudes toward resource conservation, preservation, and use.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Registration Restrictions: Required Prerequisites: (PRLS 300C, 300XS or RMGT 300C).C Requires minimum grade of C.XS Requires minimum grade of XS.
RMGT 405Planning and Operation of Recreation Facilities3
Covers quantity, location, and design standards for facilities. Includes safety, functionality, durability, and maintenance demand criteria in planning and design; programmatic and operational objectives to be met, including user comfort and convenience, crowd management, and traffic flow, and space relationships. Includes field study of local facilities.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: 60 creditsSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Focuses on operation and management of sport, recreation and tourism organizations. Covers management and leadership theories and techniques, problem-solving and decision making, organizational communications, design of organizational structures and budgeting.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: 60 credits.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
RMGT 416Trends and Programming Assessment in Therapeutic Recreation3
Explores the role of leisure in human development with a specific focus on needs, demands, and services for people with disabilities and illness. Presents concepts associated with leisure, aging, physical challenge, targeting leisure services, research, and public policy. Notes: Field experience required.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Registration Restrictions: Required Prerequisites: (PRLS 327D, 327XS, 327XP or RMGT 327D).D Requires minimum grade of D.XS Requires minimum grade of XS.XP Requires minimum grade of XP.
RMGT 417Processes, Techniques and Supervision in Therapeutic Recreation3
Exploration of processes and techniques used in Therapeutic Recreation, with a focus on the nature and diversity of recreation and leisure activities, modalities and interventions, facilitation techniques and approaches, leadership roles and tasks, communication skills, clinical supervision, health and safety considerations, and the impact of the impairment and/or treatment on the individual.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Registration Restrictions: Required Prerequisites: (PRLS 327C, 327XS or RMGT 327D).C Requires minimum grade of C.XS Requires minimum grade of XS.D Requires minimum grade of D.
Presents methods of assessment, development of treatment program plans, and evaluation of all components. Extends program design by developing competencies in the planning approaches, individual and group assessment techniques, program evaluation, and documentation strategies for people with disabilities and illness. Notes: Field experience required.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Registration Restrictions: Required Prerequisites: (PRLS 327D, 327XS, 327XP or RMGT 327D).D Requires minimum grade of D.XS Requires minimum grade of XS.XP Requires minimum grade of XP.
RMGT 419Professionalism in Therapeutic Recreation Practice3
Examines the professional standards of practice and code of ethics within the field of therapeutic recreation. Supports development of culturally responsive practice as well as communication, leadership, and advocacy skills.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Corequisite: RMGT 418Registration Restrictions: Required Prerequisite: RMGT 416C.C Requires minimum grade of C.
Emphasizes safety, liability, and risk. Covers current law and liability issues for administrators of RHT facilities and programs.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: 60 creditsSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
RMGT 470Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Recreation Management Field Experience3
Provides exposure to the multifaceted nature of large-scale natural resource management agencies and awareness of complex management challenges. Examines nature-based recreation and tourism management approaches from an applied and interdisciplinary perspective with application across federal and state recreation resource management agencies. The course culminates in a week-long field experience in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, including problem-solving with key stakeholders.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to RMGT 570.Specialized Designation: Mason Impact.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
RMGT 480Special Topics in Recreation Management1-3
Selected topics reflecting interest in specialized areas of parks and outdoor recreation or therapeutic recreation.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: 60 credits.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Consecutive weeks in an agency for a minimum 10-15 weeks of 30-40 hours weekly (400 total hours-parks and outdoor recreation) and (560 total hours-therapeutic recreation supervised by a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist). Applies course work, theories, and research to an agency site chosen by the student after approval by Internship Coordinator. Includes meetings and assignments before and during internship. Note: Mandatory internship meeting attendance required before registration and CPR and AED certification required by start of class.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Mason Core: Mason Core, Mason Apex, CapstoneRegistration Restrictions: Required Prerequisites: (RMGT 310D, 316D, 317D, 323D, 410D, 210D and 241P and (SRST 200D, 200XS or 200XP)).D Requires minimum grade of D.P Requires minimum grade of P.XS Requires minimum grade of XS.XP Requires minimum grade of XP.
Individual study of topic area in leisure research, theory, or practice under direction of faculty.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: 90 credits.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Health Education, Health, Fitness Rec Resrcs, Individualized Study, Kinesiology, Nursing, Physical Education (Special), Physical Education, Parks, Rec, Leisure Studies, Recreation Management or Sport Management.
Selected legal issues involving conflicting use and preservation demands on our nation's limited natural resource base, particularly those involving public lands, open space, and recreation resources. Uses case studies of recent court decisions.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May not be repeated for credit.Recommended Prerequisite: RMGT 460Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
RMGT 503Administration and Disability Rights in Therapeutic Recreation3
Overview of major law and policy issues related to therapeutic recreation services for people with disabilities. Primary focus is on the Americans with Disabilities Act and related federal legislation.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May not be repeated for credit.Recommended Prerequisite: RMGT 460Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
RMGT 526Environmental Education and Resource Interpretation3
Provides methods for communicating and disseminating information pertaining to the use of natural recreation resources. Covers design and implementation of educational materials and programs to enhance understanding and appreciation of cultural, historical, and natural resources.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May not be repeated for credit.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Origins and evolution of recreation use philosophy, policies, and service of public estate management. Examines planning for a spectrum of opportunities, from wilderness to developed sites, with attention to financial consideration and sustainable use of cultural and visual resources.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May not be repeated for credit.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Examines motivation of resource-based recreation participants. Covers visitors' expectations and perceptions, with emphasis on implication for service quality, staff training, and other management responsibilities. Discusses use and user conflicts and placement, information and interpretive service, and human and other interpretive service resources.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May not be repeated for credit.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Covers application of quantitative and qualitative research methods to the evaluation of programs provided to visitors and users of public lands for outdoor recreation. Focuses on needs assessment and application of meaningful measures for formative and summative evaluations.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May not be repeated for credit.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
RMGT 570Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Recreation Management Field Experience3
Provides exposure to the multifaceted nature of large-scale natural resource management agencies and appraisal of complex management challenges. Examines nature-based recreation and tourism management approaches from applied, interdisciplinary, and evidence-based perspectives with application across federal and state recreation resource management agencies. The course culminates in a week-long field experience in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, including problem-solving with key stakeholders.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to RMGT 470.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Projects related to parks, recreation, and leisure studies.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRegistration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Subject
RMGT
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
6
Credit unit
credits
Type
course
Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
RMGT 601History of Leisure and Sport in American Society3
Examines leisure and sport in American society from the early colonial period to the present day. Investigates the pattern of leisure and sport as America moved from a largely agrarian to a highly industrialized nation.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May not be repeated for credit.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Examines recreational administration concepts regarding organizational structure and operations, personnel management, financing, policy development, and public relations procedures.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May not be repeated for credit.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Addresses historical, theoretical, and empirical foundations of social psychological constructs relative to social behavior in park, recreation, sport, and tourism settings. Focuses on attitudinal, social, and motivational theories as applied to leisure-related contexts.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May not be repeated for credit.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
RMGT 613Strategic Leadership in Recreation Administration3
Focuses on strategic leadership in recreation administration necessitated by demographic, social, political, and legal challenges; addresses organizational culture, positive leadership, innovation, partnerships, data-driven decision making, and accountability.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May not be repeated for credit.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Focuses on interpretation of environmental laws and regulatory issues. Emphasizes critical evaluation of alternatives to unresolved issues in environmental policies involving endangered species, hazardous waste, and toxic substances.Offered by School of Sport/Rec/Tour Mgmt. May not be repeated for credit.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
