Head of the Department: William R. McKinney
Correspondence and Information: William R. McKinney, Head, Department of Leisure Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 Huff Hall, 1206 South Fourth Street, Champaign, IL 61820; (217) 333-4410
GRADUATE FACULTY
Professors: R.J. Burdge, J. R. Kelly, G. C. Roberts
Associate Professors: D. J. Brademas, G. E. Chick, R. D. Espeseth, D. R. Fesenmaier, C. McDonald, W. R. McKinney, L. Barnett Morris, D. Williams
Assistant Professors: J. D. Burnam, C. Ramos, K. Shinew, L. Valerius, B. E. Wicks
Emeritus Professors: J. J. Bannon, A. V. Sapora
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
The Department of Leisure Studies offers a program of study leading to the
master of science and the doctor of philosophy degrees. The master of science
program educates students about leisure behavior, public parks and recreation
systems, travel and tourism, and various private and semipublic settings
providing leisure services. The M.S. degree may also serve as the first step
toward the Ph.D. program. The Ph.D. program is, in general, designed to develop
educators and research personnel in the study of leisure behavior, the
management of recreation and sport systems that provide leisure services, or
both.
ADMISSION
The Graduate College admission requirements apply. Specifically, the admission
requirements are a minimum grade-point average of 4.0 (A = 5.0) for the last 60
hours of undergraduate work and any graduate work completed, and satisfactory
verbal, quantitative, and analytical Graduate Record Examination scores.
Preference is given to applicants who will be full-time students and active
degree candidates.
MASTER OF SCIENCE
A candidate for the M.S. degree must spend at least one semester on campus and
complete a minimum of 8 units, 3 of which must be in the 400 series and 2 of
the 3 in leisure studies; 4 of these units should be in the student's area of
specialization. A professional paper for 1 unit of credit may be submitted in
addition to course work, or a thesis may be written for 2 units of credit. A
full-time student can complete the program in three or four semesters.
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
A candidate for the Ph.D. degree must spend at least two years in residence and
satisfactorily complete a minimum of 16 units beyond the master's degree. These
units include the credit for the Ph.D. thesis. Departmental requirements
include satisfactory performance on the doctoral qualifying examination, the
written preliminary examination at the completion of formal course work, the
oral preliminary examination on the proposed research for the thesis, and a
final examination in defense of the doctoral thesis.
FINANCIAL AID
The department offers quarter-time and half-time assistantships in teaching,
administration, and research, as well as tuition and fee waivers and the
opportunity to apply for fellowships.
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