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CURRICULUM IN LEISURE STUDIES1
The Department of Leisure Studies offers a bachelor of science
degree in four areas of concentration: recreation management, park and natural resource
management, sports management, and tourism management. The curriculum prepares students
to design, manage, and deliver leisure services to a variety of populations in diverse
settings and provides a firm foundation from which students may pursue graduate studies.
A broad general education is emphasized and complemented with a core of professional
courses. Beyond a strong core integrating management, leisure theory, and research,
the program allows students to focus on a major market segment within the leisure
and recreation field by choosing an area of concentration. A total of 128 hours is
needed for graduation for any student beginning their degree program on or after
spring 1996. For students enrolled prior to that date, recreation management requires
126 hours for graduation. For further information, contact the Department of Leisure
Studies, 104 Huff Hall, 1206 S. Fourth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, (217) 333-4410
1. Students are advised to contact the undergraduate academic adviser for the most current curriculum information.
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
All students in the Department of Leisure Studies must satisfactorily complete the Internship 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 and a pre-internship field experience. The pre-internship program requires students to accumulate a minimum of 300 hours practical work experience in leisure service settings. It is strongly recommended that students begin acquiring field experiences as early in their academic career as possible. Students register for LEIST 280 after achieving junior standing. During this semester, 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 the pre-internship field experience. 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.
REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING GENERAL EDUCATION
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
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Hours |
Requirements |
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6-7 |
Verbal and Written communication1 |
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3 |
Composition II: Advanced Writing2 |
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3 |
Quantitative Reasoning I |
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9 |
Natural Sciences and Technology |
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6 |
Humanities and the Arts |
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9 |
Social and Behavioral Sciences |
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6 |
Cultural Studies3 (two courses: one western culture and one nonwestern/U.S. minorities culture course.) |
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8-9 |
General Education Electives |
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51 |
Total |
1. Students taking English as a Second Language may need to complete six to 12 hours depending on the Illinois ESL Placement Test. Students needing preparatory composition courses may also require additional hours to complete this requirement.
2. LEIST 310, an approved Comp II course, is also required in the professional core curriculum.
3. The cultural studies requirement may be fulfilled by courses which also satisfy the humanities and the arts or the social and behavioral sciences requirements.
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HOURS |
Leisure Studies CORE REQUIREMENTS |
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3 |
LEIST 100-Society and Leisure |
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2 |
LEIST 110-Foundations for Delivery of Leisure Services |
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2 |
LEIST 116-Computer Applications in Leisure Studies |
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2 |
LEIST 130-Leisure Services for Individuals with Disablities |
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2 |
LEIST 141-Introduction to Outdoor Recreation |
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4 |
LEIST 201-Leisure Services Programming and Leadership |
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3 |
LEIST 210-Human Resource Management in Leisure Organizations |
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0 |
LEIST 280-Orientation to Practicum |
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12 |
LEIST 284-Leisure Studies Practicum |
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3 |
LEIST 290-Research in Leisure Studies |
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3 |
LEIST 291-Research Applications in Leisure Studies |
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3 |
LEIST 310-Leisure Service Management and Finance |
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3 |
LEIST 316-Leisure and Human Development |
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3 |
LEIST 332-Program Design and Evaluation in Leisure |
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45 |
Total |
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
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Hours |
Recreation Management |
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3 |
LEIST 218-Recreation Business |
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3 |
LEIST 240-Leisure Resource and Facility Management |
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3 |
LEIST 320-Leisure Services Marketing |
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3 |
LEIST 329-Contemporary Issues in Leisure |
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9 |
Select three of the following1: |
| ACCY 200-Fundamentals of Accounting | |
| ADV 281-Introduction to Advertising | |
| B ADM 200-Legal Environment of Business | |
| B ADM 202-Principles of Marketing | |
| B ADM 210-Management and Organizational Behavior | |
| GEOG 205-Business Location Decision-Making | |
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21 |
Total |
1. Or courses approved by the academic adviser.
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Hours |
Tourism Management |
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3 |
LEIST 212-Dynamics of Tourism |
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3 |
LEIST 218-Recreation Business |
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3 |
LEIST 320-Leisure Services Marketing |
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3 |
LEIST 329-Contemporary Issues in Leisure |
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9 |
Select three of the following1: |
| ACCY 200-Fundamentals of Accounting | |
| ADV 281-Introduction to Advertising | |
| B ADM 202-Principles of Marketing | |
| GEOG 104-Social and Cultural Geography | |
| L A 134-Site Design | |
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21 |
Total |
1. Or courses approved by the academic adviser.
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Hours |
Park and Natural Resource Management |
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3 |
LEIST 240-Leisure Resource and Facility Management |
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3 |
LEIST 340-Outdoor Recreation Management |
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3 |
LEIST 341-Outdoor Recreation Resource Planning |
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3 |
LEIST 344-Social Impact Assessment |
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9 |
Select three of the following1: |
| ENVST 317-Introduction to Natural Resources Economics | |
| ENVST 372-Environmental Psychology | |
| FOR 101-Introduction to Forestry | |
| L A 134-Site Design | |
| U P 205-Ecological Systems in Planning | |
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21 |
Total |
1. Or courses approved by the academic adviser.
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Hours |
Sports Management |
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3 |
LEIST 218-Recreation Business |
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3 |
LEIST 240-Leisure Resource and Facility Management |
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3 |
LEIST 320-Leisure Services Marketing |
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3 |
LEIST 329-Contemporary Issues in Leisure |
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9-10 |
Select three of the following1: |
| ACCY 200-Fundamentals of Accounting | |
| ADV 309-Public Relations | |
| B ADM 202-Principles of Marketing | |
| KINES 247-Introduction to Sport Psychology | |
| LAW 344-Sports Law | |
| PSYCH 349-Social Psychology of Sport | |
| SOC 249-Sport and Modern Society | |
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21-22 |
Total |
1. Or courses approved by the academic adviser. 
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