Leisure Recreation And Fitness Training

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Leisure, Recreation, and Fitness programs prepare students for a wide range of career options. Recreation programs give students a solid foundation in liberal arts, leadership, human relations, and management. These skills are necessary to work in the area of recreation services, which requires workers to deal directly with a variety of individuals, groups, and communities. Examples of concentrations include recreation program delivery, leisure services management, therapeutic recreation, and outdoor recreation education. These occupation areas are expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations in the near future.

Programs in leisure studies are available with concentrations in recreation management, park and natural resource management, sport management, or tourism management. Students gain the advantage of a liberal arts program combined with courses that prepare them to become leaders in the public, private, and market sectors of the leisure industry. Fitness programs prepare students for such careers as personal fitness trainer or exercise test technologist.