You’ll learn essential management skills to pave your professional path in this multi-billion dollar industry.<\/p>\n
The curriculum focuses on providing the skills students need to manage clients, employees, facilities, and services in professional settings.
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- Learn how to develop, lead, and manage recreation activities in public, private, and non-profit settings<\/li>\n
- Learn how to manage risk for diverse groups of people and settings<\/li>\n
- Gain leadership skills to succeed and make a difference in your career and life, and the lives of others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Students who complete this degree are eligible to sit for the Certified Park and Recreation Professional (CPRP) and Certified Park and Recreation Executive (CPRE) exams. Create your future now in Recreation Management!<\/p>\n
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Minors<\/a> Curriculum & Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n
RM 2025-26 Program Map<\/a> REM Internship Manual 2024-2025 Final<\/a><\/p>\n
NRPA Salary Survey<\/a><\/p>\n","blocks":[{"acf_fc_layout":"two-column-explicit","module_background_color":"white","include_header":true,"include_images":true,"intro_title":"Minors","intro_title_style":"h2","sub_heading":"","intro_title_position":"","include_intro_copy":false,"intro_copy":"","columns":[{"image":{"ID":86815,"id":86815,"title":"TRec","filename":"TRec.jpg","filesize":232587,"url":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/TRec.jpg","link":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wellness-movement-sciences\/recreation-bs\/trec\/","alt":"","author":"391","description":"","caption":"","name":"trec","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":83212,"date":"2025-10-20 21:16:43","modified":"2025-10-20 21:20:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1676,"height":1069,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/TRec-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/TRec-300x191.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":191,"medium_large":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/TRec-768x490.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":490,"large":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/TRec-1024x653.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":653,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/TRec-1536x980.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":980,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/TRec.jpg","2048x2048-width":1676,"2048x2048-height":1069,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/TRec.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":191,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/TRec.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":255,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/chsph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/TRec.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":383}},"title":"Therapeutic Recreation","heading_tag":"h3","show-hr":true,"copy":"
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Our Sport Management Minor gives students from various majors a chance to experience sport through a business management lens while making ties to developing sport programs in local communities. The curriculum is multi-disciplinary, and helps deliver the knowledge and skills sport organizations need heading into 2030.<\/p>\n
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Brandon Lange ’09, Recreation Manager, City of Kennewick, WA; Business Owner, We Play Spokane<\/p>\n","no_wrapper":false,"component_options_toggle":false,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"","identifier":"","navigable":false}},{"acf_fc_layout":"destination-eastern","module_background_color":"white","title":"Careers in Recreation Management","subtitle":"Graduates with a degree in Recreation Management are prepared for a variety of career opportunities.","features":[{"icon":"mountains","image":false,"feature_title":"Municipal Parks and Recreation","feature_content":"","link":""},{"icon":"hotair-balloon","image":false,"feature_title":"Resort and Tourism Companies","feature_content":"","link":""},{"icon":"basketball","image":false,"feature_title":"Sport Management Companies","feature_content":"","link":""},{"icon":"hr","image":false,"feature_title":"Health\/Wellness and Rehabilitative Medicine Centers","feature_content":"","link":""},{"icon":"binoculars","image":false,"feature_title":"Federal and State Land Management Agencies","feature_content":"","link":""},{"icon":"season-winter","image":false,"feature_title":"Outdoor Adventure Programs","feature_content":"","link":""}],"show_details":true,"details_title":"From Our Alumni","copy":"
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