Community and Commercial Recreation 
Management Emphasis

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The unique combination of community and commercial recreation as a PRM emphasis reflects the continued merger of these two areas in the profession. Municipal recreation departments continue to adapt to the financial realities of tight budgets by generating more of their annual budgets through fees and charges. The fact that leisure spending exceeds $726 billion dollars a year indicates its importance to the national economy. This emphasis is designed to enhance the students preparation in community recreation programming, tourism and business. Students selecting this emphasis are preparing for careers with municipal, county, state and federal community based recreation services, travel and tourism organizations, convention and visitors bureaus, recreational retail or manufacturing or starting their own leisure service business.

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Community/Commercial Recreation Emphasis & Tourism Advisement Sheet (.pdf)

There are TWO specialized tracks in the Emphasis: Community and Commercial and Tourism

Emphasis Area: 18 credit hours

Parks & Recreation Management Courses

Required Courses for both tracks:

PRM 325 Special Event Planning

HA 365 Hospitality Marketing  OR  MKT 303 Concepts in Marketing 

ACC 255 Principles of Accounting: Financial

 

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COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TRACK (9 Hours)

Select 9 hours from the following::

PRM 280: Camp Counseling (3)

PRM 423: Recreation Area and Facility Design (3)

HP 200: Health Principles (3)

HP 307: Health Promotion Planning and Evaluation (3)  

HP 315 Effective Teaching of Physical Activities (3)

HP 365: Physical Activity for Special Populations (3)

POS 224: Government Administration (3)

POS 325: Public Personnel Administration (3)

HA 210: Guest Services (3)

HA 384: Destination Development (3)

HA 401: Resort Management (3)

HA 411: Club Management (3)

TOURISM TRACK (9 Hours)

Required:

PRM 300 Ecotourism (3)

PL 376 Planning for Sustainable Tourism (3)

Select 3 hours from the following:

 

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HA 390: International Hospitality Operations (3)

ANT 201: Peoples of the World (3)

ANT 207: Peoples of Latin America (3)  

ANT 307: Central America (3)

FOR 230: Multicultural Perspectives on Environmental Management (3)

FOR 240: Human Dimensions of Conserving Biodiversity (3)

GGR 240: World Geography I (3)

GGR 241: World Geography II (3)

The Parks and Recreation Management faculty contact for this emphasis is Dr. Charles Hammersley

Email: charles.hammersley@nau.edu

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