CURRICULUM IN LEISURE STUDIES

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This curriculum prepares students to design, manage, and deliver leisure services to a variety of populations through diverse agency settings. A broad general education is emphasized and complemented with a strong core of professional courses. Students may select from two options:

--Program management, which prepares students to manage leisure programs in public, private, tourism, sports, or park and natural resource agencies, and

--Therapeutic recreation see footnote 2 , for students who want to design and deliver leisure programs to individuals with disabilities.

All options require 126 credit hours and the completion of the Professional Laboratory Experience Program for graduation. For further information, contact the Department of Leisure Studies, 104 Huff Hall, 1206 S. Fourth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, (217) 333-4410

Footnotes:
1. Students are advised that the curriculum is currently being reviewed and revised. Therefore, it is important that the undergraduate academic adviser be contacted for the most current curriculum information.

2. The Department of Leisure Studies is in the process of obtaining University approval to phase out the therapeutic recreation option. Therefore, students interested in this option are advised to consult the academic adviser.

Professional Laboratory Experience Program

All students in the Department of Leisure Studies must satisfactorily complete the Professional Laboratory Experience Program prior to graduation. The program is designed to augment formal classroom instruction with active experiential learning under the guidance of an agency-based supervisor.

The program consists of two courses: LEIST 280--Orientation to Practicum, and LEIST 284--Leisure Studies Practicum. Students register for LEIST 280 after achieving junior standing. During this course, students make final arrangements for completing LEIST 284 the following semester.

The practicum is taken after the student achieves senior standing, satisfactorily completes LEIST 280, and fulfills other option prerequisites. LEIST 284 is taken in agencies that are approved and contracted for this program. Since a limited number of assignments for practicums are available in the campus area, most students look forward to the opportunity of an off-campus assignment.

General Education Requirements

The Campus Senate, the faculty General Education Board, and the colleges and departments are working to implement enhanced general education requirements. Some changes in requirements are expected. Thus, new students should confirm their general education requirements by consulting college and departmental offices, handbooks, or advisers. Further information about career opportunities in leisure studies is available from the director of undergraduate studies in 104 Huff Hall, 1206 South Fourth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, (217) 333-4410

HOURS VERBAL COMMUNICATION
3 SPCOM 101--Principles of Effective Speaking, or SPCOM 113--Group Discussion and Conference Leadership
HOURS COMPOSITION I AND II
4 RHET 105--Principles of Composition, or RHET 108--Forms of Composition
3 LEIST 310--Administration of Leisure Services
3 QUANTITATIVE REASONING
4 ACTIVITY COURSES
8-9 NATURAL SCIENCES
Students in the therapeutic recreation option must select PHYSL 103--Introduction to Human Physiology, and CSB 234--Functional Human Anatomy.
HOURS SOCIAL SCIENCES
15 Students must select PSYCH 100, PSYCH 103, or PSYCH 105 and additional social sciences electives
HOURS HUMANITIES
11 Humanities electives
51-52 Total general education hours
HOURS PROFESSIONAL CORE REQUIREMENTS
3 LEIST 100--Introduction to Leisure Studies
2 LEIST 110--Foundations for Delivery of Leisure Services
2 LEIST 130--Introduction to Therapeutic Recreation
3 LEIST 210--Theories and Methods of Supervision
0 LEIST 280--Orientation to Practicum
12 LEIST 284--Leisure Studies Practicum
3 LEIST 290--Research in Leisure Studies
3 LEIST 310--Introduction to Administration (Composition II course)
28 Total professional core requirement hours

HOURS	VERBAL COMMUNICATION
3	SPCOM 101--Principles of Effective Speaking, or SPCOM 113--Group Discussion and Conference Leadership
HOURS	COMPOSITION I AND II
4	RHET 105--Principles of Composition, or RHET 108--Forms of Composition
3	LEIST 310--Administration of Leisure Services
3	QUANTITATIVE REASONING
4	ACTIVITY COURSES
8-9	NATURAL SCIENCES
	Students in the therapeutic recreation option must select PHYSL 103--Introduction to Human Physiology, and CSB 234--Functional Human Anatomy.
HOURS	SOCIAL SCIENCES
15	Students must select PSYCH 100, PSYCH 103, or PSYCH 105 and additional social sciences electives
HOURS	HUMANITIES
11	Humanities electives
51-52	Total general education hours
HOURS	PROFESSIONAL CORE REQUIREMENTS
3	LEIST 100--Introduction to Leisure Studies
2	LEIST 110--Foundations for Delivery of Leisure Services
2	LEIST 130--Introduction to Therapeutic Recreation
3	LEIST 210--Theories and Methods of Supervision
0	LEIST 280--Orientation to Practicum
12	LEIST 284--Leisure Studies Practicum
3	LEIST 290--Research in Leisure Studies
3	LEIST 310--Introduction to Administration (Composition II course)
28	Total professional core requirement hours

Areas of Concentration

HOURS	PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OPTION
51-52	General education requirements
28	Professional core requirements
3	LEIST 316--Leisure and Human Development
3	LEIST 200--Leadership in Leisure Delivery Systems
3	LEIST 215--Recreation Program Development
3	LEIST 332--Program Design and Evaluation in Recreation
3	LEIST 341--Outdoor Recreation Resource Planning
15	Total
12	Correlate Area #1 or #3
19-23	Electives
126	Total hours required for graduation
HOURS	THERAPEUTIC RECREATION OPTION
52	General education requirements
28	Professional core requirements
4	LEIST 230--Clinical Aspects of Therapeutic Recreation
3	LEIST 232--Principles of Therapeutic Recreation
3 min	Choose from:
	LEIST 231--Leisure and the Aging
	LEIST 233--Recreation for the Physically Disabled
	LEIST 234--Recreation for the Mentally Ill and Emotionally Disturbed
	LEIST 235--Recreation for the Developmentally Disabled
1	LEIST 239--Seminar in Therapeutic Recreation
3	LEIST 331--Facilitation Techniques and Leisure Education
3	LEIST 332--Program Design and Evaluation in Recreation
17	Total
9-11	Correlate Area #2
18-23	Electives
126	Total hours required for graduation

Correlate Areas

A correlate area is a planned program of courses taken outside the department that is designed to support the student's area of concentration. In some instances, class substitution may be allowed with adviser approval.

HOURS CORRELATE AREA #1 (PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OPTION)
12 Selected with adviser from a list of courses approved by the department
12 Total
HOURS CORRELATE AREA #2 (THERAPEUTIC RECREATION OPTION)
3 KINES 255--Biomechanical Analysis of Human Movement
3 HDFS 105--Introduction to Human Development
3 PSYCH 238--Abnormal Psychology
2 (Students are required to demonstrate First Aid Certification prior to internship placement.)
9-11 Total
HOURS CORRELATE AREA #3 ( PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OPTION )
Select (or choose with the help of an adviser) four from the list below*
3 LEIST 218--Recreation Business
3 LEIST 320--Leisure Services Marketing
6 Additional business courses to be selected with an adviser.
12 Total

Footnotes:
*Select ECON 101 or a statistics course under general education requirements.

HOURS	CORRELATE AREA #1 (PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OPTION)
12	Selected with adviser from a list of courses approved by the department
12	Total
HOURS	CORRELATE AREA #2 (THERAPEUTIC RECREATION OPTION)
3	KINES 255--Biomechanical Analysis of Human Movement
3	HDFS 105--Introduction to Human Development
3	PSYCH 238--Abnormal Psychology
2	(Students are required to demonstrate First Aid Certification prior to internship placement.)
9-11	Total
HOURS	CORRELATE AREA #3 ( PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OPTION )
	Select (or choose with the help of an adviser) four from the list below*
3	LEIST 218--Recreation Business
3	LEIST 320--Leisure Services Marketing
6	Additional business courses to be selected with an adviser.
12	Total

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