RECREATION AND LEISURE STUDIES (B.S.Ed.)
Semester Degree Requirements

Entrance Requirements for the Major

Semester Core Curriculum
(Selected with the advice of an academic advisor)
    Areas A B C D E 42 hours
    Area F 18 hours
Major Requirements 60 hours
College-wide requirements must be satisfied in order to graduate with this major

TOTAL DEGREE HOURS      120
Area A - Essential Skills (9 hours)
Area A is satisfied by students completing nine hours from the following list. Students must take ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 and will select a three-hour math course in consultation with an academic advisor.
ENGL 1101 MATH 1101
ENGL 1102
Area B - Institutional Options (4-5 hours)
Area B is satisfied by electives selected by the student with approval of an academic advisor.
Area C - Humanities/Fine Arts (6 hours)
PREFERRED COURSES:SPCM 1100
Area C is satisfied by completing two of the following courses. Students may select one course from the Fine Arts list and one from the Humanities list, or students may select two courses from different departments in the Humanities list.
Fine Arts
ARHI 2100 DANC 2010 DRAM 2130 MUSI 2060
ARTS 2000 DRAM 2000 MUSI 2020 MUSI 2080
ARTS 2050 DRAM 2120 MUSI 2040
Humanities
CLAS 1000 CMLT 2500 LING 2100 RELI(AFAM) 2005
CLAS 1010 EDES 2510 PHIL 1000 ROML 2550
CLAS 1020 EDES 2520 PHIL 1500 RUSS 2050
CLAS(LING) 2010 ENGL 2310 PHIL 2200 SPCM 1100
CMLT 2111 ENGL 2320 PHIL 2400 SPCM 1500
CMLT 2210 ENGL 2330 RELI 1001 Foreign language courses
CMLT 2212 ENGL 2340 RELI 1002  
CMLT 2220 ENGL 2400 RELI 1003  
CMLT 2400 ITAL 2500 RELI 2004  
Area D - Science, Mathematics, and Technology (10-11 hours)
PREFERRED COURSES: (BIOL 1103, BIOL 1103L ) (Therapeutic Recreation), [(GEOG 1112, GEOG 1112L) or (GEOG 1113, GEOG 1113L)] or [(GEOL 1121, GEOL 1121L) or (GEOL 1122, GEOL 1122L)] (Recreation Resource Management)
Area D for Non-Science Majors (including Sociology and Psychology) -- ten or eleven hours
  • Select one course from the four-hour science course list and one course from the three-hour science course list or select two courses from the four-hour science course list.
  • Select one course from the mathematics, science, or technology course list.
Area D -- Four-hour science course with laboratory
ASTR 1010 BTNY 1220L CHEM 2211 GEOL 1121L
ASTR 1010L CHEM 1110 CHEM 2211L GEOL 1122
ASTR 1020 CHEM 1110L CHEM 2212 GEOL 1122L
ASTR 1020L CHEM 1211 CHEM 2212L GEOL 1250-1250L
BIOL 1103 CHEM 1211L CSCI 1301-1301L GEOL 1260-1260L
BIOL 1103L CHEM 1212 ECOL 1000-1000L MARS 1010-1010L
BIOL 1104 CHEM 1212L GEOG 1111 MARS 1020-1020L
BIOL 1104L CHEM 1411 GEOG 1111L PHYS 1111-1111L
BIOL 1107-1107L CHEM 1411L GEOG 1112 PHYS 1112-1112L
BIOL 1108-1108L CHEM 1412 GEOG 1112L PHYS 1211-1211L
BTNY 1210 CHEM 1412L GEOG 1113 PHYS 1212-1212L
BTNY 1210L CHEM 2100 GEOG 1113L  
BTNY 1220 CHEM 2100L GEOL 1121  
 
Area D -- Three-hour science course with or without a laboratory
(Some of the following three-hour laboratory science courses have optional laboratories. See Area D four-hour science course list.)
ASTR 1010 ASTR 1870 BTNY 1220 GEOG 1125
ASTR 1020 BIOL 1103 GEOG 1111 GEOL 1121
ASTR 1420 BIOL 1104 GEOG 1112 GEOL 1122
ASTR 1660 BTNY 1210 GEOG 1113 PHYS 1010
     
Area D -- Three or four-hour mathematics, science, or technology courses
BIOL 1108-1108L CSCI 1100-1100L MATH 2200 PHYS 1111-1111L
BTNY 1220 CSCI 1210 MATH 2200L PHYS 1112-1112L
BTNY 1220L CSCI 1301-1301L MATH 2210 STAT 2000
CHEM 1212 MATH 1060 MATH 2210L STAT 2210
CHEM 1212L MATH 1113 PHIL 2500
Area E - Social Sciences (12 hours)
PREFERRED COURSE: PSYC 1101 and SOCI 1101
Students will select four courses from at least two departments from the list below:   (Students who have not met the Georgia and U.S. Constitution requirement by examination should enroll in POLS 1101.)

(A passing grade on an examination on the history of the United States and Georgia is required to satisfy the United States and Georgia History Requirement for all persons receiving a baccalaureate degree from the University, unless exempted by one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2112. Examinations are given to freshmen during orientation and twice each semester by the History Department. Reexamination is permitted. Examination dates are announced in the Schedule of Classes.)

AAEC 2580 GEOG 1101 HIST 2302 PSYC 2100
AFAM 2000 GEOG 1103 HIST(AFST) 2501 SOCI 1101
ANTH 1102 GEOG 1125 HIST 2502 SOCI 1600
ANTH 2310 HIST 2051 HIST 2560 SOCI(AFAM) 2020
CLAS(ANTH) 2000 HIST(AFST) 2052 HIST 2601 SOCI(AFAM) 2820
ECON 2100 HIST 2111 HIST 2602 SPCM 1010
ECON 2105 HIST 2112 HIST 2701 WMST 1110-1110D
ECON 2106 HIST 2221 HIST 2702 WMST 2010
ECON 2200 HIST 2222 POLS 1101
EDES 1500 HIST 2301 PSYC 1101
Entrance Requirements
Completion of Core Areas A-E and Area F. Overall GPA of 2.0 (0-30 sem. hrs.); 2.1 (31-60 sem. hrs.); 2.2 (61-90 sem. hrs.); 2.3 (91 + sem. hrs.). The program for Recreation and Leisure Studies can be entered only at the beginning of fall semester.
Area F - Courses Related to Major (18 hours)
HPRB 1710
MIST 2090 or CSCI 1100-1100L
RLST 2030
SPCM 1100 or SPCM 1500
Choose two courses from the following three options:
CHFD 2200*
PSYC 1101*
SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1600

* CHFD 2200 and PSYC 1101 are prerequisites for the Therapeutic Recreation Area of Emphasis.

Major Requirements
A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall.
Required Courses - 60 hours

RLST 2800 RLST 3450 (2 hours) RLST 4890
RLST 2800L RLST 3850 RLST 4900
RLST(FORS) 3310 RLST 4870 RLST 5700

Choose one of the following Areas of Emphasis:
Administration of Leisure Services Area of Emphasis
ACCT 2101
ADPR 3850
RLST(FORS)(ANTH) 5400/7400-5400L/7400L
RLST 5340/7340

Choose fourteen hours from the following (in consultation with advisor):
ACCT 2102 ETES 2320-2320L PEDS 3911
ADPR 3100 FORS 4800/6800-4800D/6800D PEDS 3912
ADPR 3120 FORS(RLST) 5410/7410 PEDS 3913
ARED 3050 LEGL 2700 PEDS 3914
ARED 5130/7130 LEGL 4300/6300 PEDS 3915
CRSS 3270-3270L MARK 3000 PEDS 3916
DANC 2300 MGMT 3000 POLS 4630
DANC 3700 PEDS 3100 PSYC 4230
DRAM 2010 PEDS 3210 RLST 4000
DRAM 3020 PEDS 3901 RLST(FORS)(ANTH) 4270
DRAM 3300 PEDS 3902 RLST 5430/7430
EBUS 5030/7030 PEDS 3903 RMIN 4000
EBUS 5070/7070 PEDS 3904 SPCM 2400
ENGL 3590 PEDS 3905 SPCM 2510
SPCM 2520

Recreation Resource Management Area of Emphasis
FORS(RLST) 5410/7410
RLST(FORS)(ANTH) 4270 (3 hours)
RLST 4840
RLST(FORS)(ANTH) 5400/7400-5400L/7400L

Choose fourteen hours from the following (in consultation with advisor):
BIOL 3700 ESOC 5010/7010 GEOG 1113L
BTNY 1210 FORS 3020-3020L GEOG 4370/6370-4370L/6370L
BTNY 1210L FORS 4300/6300-4300L/6300L GEOG 4810/6810
BTNY 1220 FORS 4800/6800-4800D/6800D PHIL(EETH) 4220/6220
BTNY 1220L FORS 5820/7820 PSYC 4200
BTNY 4650/6650-4650L/6650L FORS 5850/7850 RLST 4000
ECOL(BIOL) 3500-3500L GEOG 1112 RLST 5430/7430
ECON 4150 GEOG 1112L
ENTO(BIOL) 2010 GEOG 1113

Therapeutic Recreation Area of Emphasis
CBIO 2200-2200L or CBIO 2210-2210L RLST 4030
PSYC 3230 RLST 4040
RLST 4020 RLST 5130/7130

Choose seven hours from the following (in consultation with advisor):
ARED 3050 HPRB 5210/7210 SOCI 1600
ARED 4340/6340 PEDS 3100 SOCI 3070
CBIO 2200-2200L PEDS 4300/6300-4300L/6300L SOCI 3100
CBIO 2210-2210L PEDS 4610/6610-4610L/6610L SOCI 3810
CHFD 2100 PSYC 2101 SOCI 3860
CHFD 2950-2950L PSYC 2980 SPED 2000
CHFD 4700/6700 PSYC 2990 SPED 3040
CHFD 4810/6810 PSYC 3510 SPED 3050
CLAS 1030 PSYC 4220 SPED 3050L
CMSD 4810/6810 PSYC 4700/6700 SPED 4100
EPSY 2020 RLST 4000 SPED 4100L
ETES 2320-2320L RLST(FORS)(ANTH) 4270 SPED 4120
HPRB 3750 RLST 5130/7130 SPED 4120L
HPRB 5060/7060 RLST 5430/7430

Major Electives - 0 hours

General Electives - 0 hours

Total hours required     120