A goal-based learning tool, recreational activities help individuals improve cognitive, physical, social, emotional and spiritual functioning and can be used to teach skills in a variety of settings.
Therapeutic recreation majors are not eligible for this minor.
Therapeutic Activities professionals have a unique skill set that can be found employed in a multitude of settings to include:
Foundational Implementation Course 3 credits (Required for all in the minor)
RECR 205 Recreation Leadership and Activity
Foundational Leisure Course 3 credits (Choose one)
RECR 250 Leisure Education and Therapeutic Recreation
RECR 220 Game-changers in Leisure for Lifelong Well-Being
Planning & Implementation Courses 3 credits (Choose One)
RECR 320 Facilitation Techniques / Interventions in Therapeutic Recreation I
RECR 321 Facilitation Techniques /Interventions in Therapeutic Recreation II
RECR 371 Program Planning in Leisure Services
Special Populations Courses 3 credits (Choose One)
RECR 261 Developmental Disabilities through the Lifespan
RECR 301 Therapeutic Recreation in Mental Health
RECR 302 Recreation Therapy in Rehabilitation Settings I
RECR 304 Leisure and Aging: Therapeutic Services
Human Service Electives 6 credits (Choose Two)
RECR 110 Introduction to the Therapeutic Recreation Profession
RECR 120 Foundational Skills of the Therapeutic Recreation Profession
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 340 Health Psychology
HLTH 210 Global Health
HLTH 215 Physical Activity and Health
HLTH 315 Promoting Mental Health
HLTH 313 Drugs and Human Behavior
HLTH 335 Nutrition
SPED 202 Introduction to Special Education
SPED 305 Behavior Management
KINS 205 Introduction to Kinesiology
KINS 215 Exercise is Medicine
KINS 218 Motor Learning and Control
KINS 301 Principles of Therapeutic Interventions
HPEP 201 Introduction to Health Education and Promotion
HPEP 340 Cultural Competence
EDUC 245 Human Growth as a Function of Social, Political and Economic Institutions
Prepare to lead and implement goal-based recreational activities in courses that emphasize professional therapeutic communication, program planning, intervention techniques, clinical assessment and reasoning, and management.