| source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (X) |
level |
department Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (X) |
Central issues in defining leisure; historical, philosophical, sociological, psychological, and economic approaches to understanding leisure behavior, its meanings, social contexts, and personal and social resources.
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Introduction to Recreation, Sport and Tourism which provides an overview of the RST curriculum, areas of study, and opportunities available for a career in the field.
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Introduces students to the concepts, principles, and practices related to the provision of leisure services; description of the various fields of professional practices and basic elements of leisure service systems such as budgeting, planning, staffing, and characteristics of client populations.
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Examines philosophical foundations of various community organizations responsible for providing residents with leisure opportunities and services, and ramifications of philosophies on programming, marketing financing, and recruiting.
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Examines career opportunities within the sport industry and provides knowledge relevant to the management, marketing, legal, and financial operations of sport organizations. Incorporates applications in a variety of sport entities including intercollegiate athletics, campus recreation, event and facility management, professional sport, management and marketing agencies, and international sport.
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Origins of the nature and wilderness preservation movements; philosophy behind nature conservation and outdoor activities; role of parks, outdoor recreation, and nature-tourism in contemporary life.
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Survey of travel and tourism with emphasis upon tourist behavior, motivations, preferences, decision-making, attractions, transportation services, facilities and information sources. Examines travel and tourism as an element of leisure service delivery from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated.
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Leadership theories and practices as related to design and delivery of leisure programs. Processes of group development and interpersonal communication in leisure service organizations.
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Focuses on the roles of technology in leisure and related industries and explores the impact of technology on leisure from both the consumer and producer perspectives. Reviews important technologies, discusses their use as transformative mechanisms, and considers their impact on leisure activities in society.
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Course examines the public sector and its role in the provision of local park and recreation services. Students will explore its philosophical foundations, organizational structure, policy-making process, and the administrative tasks of public recreation providers.
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In-depth study of the delivery of leisure services in the for-profit sector. Covers the scope and administrative functions of recreation enterprises, including an analysis of planning, controlling, and developing recreation enterprises.
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Course is designed to increase awareness and knowledge of the leisure needs of members of ethnic and racial minorities, the poor, women, the elderly, people of alternative lifestyles, and people with disabilities. It introduces students to concepts and factors that influence the delivery of leisure services to diverse populations. Same as
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Appreciation and critique of cultural meanings associated with American natural landscapes. Traditional perspectives including colonial American, romantic, and science-based conservation are characterized, as well as revisionist themes aligned with gender, cultural pluralism, and societal meanings of parks and protected areas. Implications of diversity in cultural meanings toward nature are developed and provide the basis for assessing tenets of contemporary environmental policy and supporting concepts associated with community-based conservation. Same as
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Examines roles of science and values in environmental decision-making, discusses land ethics, the so-called "brownlash" movement, community-based conservation, and transformation from science-based to science-informed decision processes. Same as
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Explores ethical issues in sport related to government, sporting opportunities, journalism and media, education, coaching, and business. Students become familiar with concepts and principles of applied ethics and gain insight into the complexity of ethical issues in sport.
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Develops understanding of the process of leisure/recreation programming and the practical aspects of program design and delivery. Prerequisite:
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Examines changes in expressive style and behavior over the life course, and the interaction of leisure with developmental processes. Prerequisite:
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Application of marketing concepts to the delivery of leisure services. Introduces consumer decision theory analysis. Provides an integrative study of the methods and models for developing and evaluating alternative marketing strategies.
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Examination of contemporary patterns and meanings of leisure in a consumer society. Understanding of the impact of consumption on expressions of identity, gender, social class, race and ethnicity.
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Basic understanding of park operations, facility design, construction, and maintenance practices; staff allocations, job analysis, contract administration, organizational structures. Prerequisite:
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Studies the outdoor recreational use of lands in the public domain and their planning, concepts, and processes related to planning resource based systems; multiple-use in planning; planning criteria for outdoor recreation facilities. Prerequisite: Junior standing; or consent of instructor.
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Development of the understanding of the relationships that exist between tourists, hosts and the cultural environments in which they interact. Studies the movements of peoples across cultural boundaries, as well as notions of cultural authenticity, modernity, image creation, social justice, diversity, and representation of social, racial and ethnic groups.
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A study of legal principles and their impact on the sport industry; the course examines the application of different areas of law including tort, contract, constitutional, anti-trust, and intellectual property law to professional, amateur and recreational sport.
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