PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT
The Parks and Recreation Management Program is designed to provide students with practical
skills essential for entry level in Parks and Recreation Management or to transfer to a
university program in the same area. Upon successful completion of the program, students will
be able to design and provide park and recreation activities to the general and special-needs
populations.
Associate of Applied Science • 64 cr.
To earn an AAS in Parks and Recreation Management, the student must complete 16 general
education requirements, 18 credits of core requirements, 21 credits of required electives,
and 9 credits of unrestricted electives.
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS • 16 cr.
Communications • 6 cr.
- ENL 101 College Composition I • 3 cr.
- ENL 102 College Composition II • 3 cr.
- or
- ENL 109 Technical Writing • 3 cr.
- or
- SPT 120 Public Speaking • 3 cr.
Mathematics • 3 cr.
- MAT 103 Business Math • 3 cr.
Discipline Studies • 7 cr.
Per the AAS Discipline Studies List.
Core Requirements • 18 cr.
- REC 120 Leisure and the Quality of Life • 3 cr.
- REC 150 Outdoor Pursuits • 3 cr.
- REC 210 Leisure Delivery Systems • 3 cr.
- REC 220 Introduction to Youth and Nonprofit Agencies • 3 cr.
- REC 285 Introduction to Travel and Tourism • 3 cr.
- REC 290 Marketing Recreation and Tourism Services • 3 cr.
Required Electives • 21 Cr.
Student must complete 21 credits from the following:
- AGR 114 Forest and Range Plants • 3 cr.
- AGR 115 Forest and Range Ecology • 3 cr.
- ANT 102 Cultural Anthropology • 3 cr.
- ANT 110 Basic Archaeology • 3 cr.
- ANT 205 Southwest Native American Cultures • 3 cr.
- ANT 210 Southwest Archaeology • 3 cr.
- BIO 105 Environmental Biology • 4 cr.
- CIS 100 Introduction to Computer Science • 3 cr.
- CIS 101 PC/MS DOS • 1 cr.
- CIS 103 Introduction to Windows • 1 cr.
- ENL 233 Literature of the Southwest • 3 cr.
- ENL 234 Native-American Literature • 3 cr.
- GLG 101 Introduction to Geology I-Physical • 4 cr.
- GLG 102 Introduction to Geology II-Historical • 4 cr.
- HPE 161 Land Navigation and Wilderness Survival • 2 cr.
- HPP 101 Cultural Preservation • 3 cr.
- HPP 102 Preservation Administration • 3 cr.
- HPP 105 Collections Development for Museums • 3 cr.
- HPP 108 Archaeological Field Methods • 3 cr.
- HPP 111 Map Reading • 0.5 cr.
- HPP 112 Survival Skills • 0.5 cr.
- HPP 114 Plant Identification • 0.5 cr.
- HPP 115 Arizona Geology • 0.5 cr.
- HPP 116 Arizona History • 0.5 cr.
- HIS 110 Southwestern History
- HIS 115 Navajo History • 3 cr.
- SBM 112 Native American Entrepreneurship • 3 cr.
Unrestricted Electives • 9 Cr.
Any unduplicated 100 or higher level courses.
Certificate of Proficiency
To complete a Certificate of Proficiency in Parks and Recreation Management, a student must
complete the 18 hours of core requirements plus 9 credits from the required electives.
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