Recreation, Leisure Services & Wellness Department

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Not Everyone is geared to sit behind a desk

For those who like active and exciting jobs in a variety of settings, the Recreation Leadership and Management accredited degree from Ferris should be at the top of your want list!

As a Recreation Leadership and Management Graduate

You will have gained practical experience through service learning, field experiences, and internships and have the skills to manage administrative projects and supervise professional staff. You may work in tourism, sports, health promotion, or adventure education, and you may work at fitness centers, sports complexes, youth camps, community centers, water parks, ski resorts, or outdoor and environmental education centers. Most importantly, you make a difference in the lives of people!

Beginning salaries average between $30-35,000!

Outdoor Adventure Education:

Adventure-based skill classes	RMLS 231, 232, 235, 236
Expedition leadership	RMLS 435
Basic outdoor skills education	RMLS 211
Outdoor/Environmental Education	RMLS 130
Ropes Course Facility Skills	RMLS 318
Sports Management:
Recreation sport marketing	RMLS 428
Legal and risk management	RMLS 348, BLAW 321
Sport administration	RMLS 450
Contemporary issues of sport	EDPE 426

Leisure Services:
Commercial recreation	RMLS 340
Tourism planning	RMLS 465
Community recreation	RMLS 242
Camp programming	RMLS 245

Corporate Fitness and Wellness:
Nutrition	CAHS 232
Exercise physiology	EDPE 223
Health promotion	RMLS 213
Fitness testing	RMLS 316
Corporate Fitness-Wellness	RMLS 427

Professional Core:
Fitness and Wellness	RMLS 121
Rec Leadership-Supervision	RMLS 180
Inclusive Recreation Program	RMLS 240
Prog-Eval of Leisure Services	RMLS 242
LS Facilities-Area Maint Mgmt	RMLS 320
LS Plan-Design Facilities-Area	RMLS 345
Risk Mgmt for Leisure Services	RMLS 348
LS Finance and Management	RMLS 430
Research Methods in LS	RMLS 468
Recr Leader-Mgmt Assessment	RMLS 499
Field Experince in Leisure Ser and Internship in Rec Leader-Mgmt	RMLS 294 and RMLS 491

Festivals, Community and Special Events Certificate:
Prog-Eval of Leisure Services	RMLS 242
Commercial Recreation	RMLS 340
Festivals-Comm-Spec Event Plan	RMLS 365
Tourism Planning-Development	RMLS 465

What will an individual be able to do with a Recreation Leadership and Management Degree?

What's On Your Want List?

Contact:
Susan Hastings - Bishop, Ph.D.
Department Chair/Professor