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Head of the Department: Cary McDonald
Director of Graduate Studies: William Stewart
104 Huff Hall
1206 South Fourth Street, Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-4410
E-mail: wstewart@uiuc.edu
Graduate Degree ProgramsThe Department of Leisure Studies offers programs
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.AdmissionThe Graduate College admission requirements apply. Specifically,
the admission requirements are a minimum grade point average of 3.0
(A = 4.0) for the last 60 hours of undergraduate work and any graduate
work completed. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required
for all graduate degrees. A minimum of 1,500 is required for the M.S.
(verbal, quantitative, and analytical) and 1,700 for the Ph.D. A minimum
score of 600 is required on the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) (250 on the computer-based test). Preference is given
to applicants who will be full-time students and active degree candidates.
Students may be admitted for the fall, spring, or summer semesters.Graduate
Teaching ExperienceAlthough teaching is not a general Graduate College
requirement, experience in teaching is considered an important part
of the graduate experience in this program.Master of Science
A candidate for the M.S. degree must spend at least one semester on
campus and complete a minimum of 32 graduate hours, 12 of which must
be at the 500 level and 8 of the 12 in leisure studies; 32 of these
graduate hours should be in the student’s area of specialization.
As part of the 32 required graduate hours, students have the option
of completing a thesis for 8 graduate hours, a professional paper
for 4 graduate hours in addition to 4 graduate hours of coursework,
or 8 graduate hours of additional coursework. 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 80 graduate hours
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 coursework, the oral preliminary examination
on the proposed research for the thesis, and a final examination in
defense of the doctoral thesis.
Financial AidThe 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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