Health, Leisure and Human Performance: Leisure Studies, PhD
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2023-2024. Learn more about Graduate College Academic Regulation 7.0.
Total Hours: 60
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Coursework | ||
| RMRT 6013 | Ethical and Professional Issues in RMRT Higher Education | 3 |
| RMRT 6453 | Recreation Management and Recreational Therapy Behavior | 3 |
| Select 6 hours that may include the following: | 6 | |
| Analyses of Variance | ||
| Multiple Regression Analysis in Behavioral Studies | ||
| Applied Multivariate Research in Behavioral Studies | ||
| Nonparametric Methods | ||
| Sample Survey Designs | ||
| Theoretical Foundations of Inquiry | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 12 | |
| Independent Study Opportunities | ||
| The doctoral advisory committee and the individual student will work together to select the most appropriate additional coursework for the Plan of Study. Students may wish to work one-on-one with a faculty member, or engage in an independent project in a field-based setting. These types of experiences are generally addressed within the independent study coursework, which allow flexibility in credit hours and academic assignments. These courses are generally established as contracts with a specific faculty member. | ||
| Workshop in Recreation Management | ||
| Field Problems in Recreation Management | ||
| Independent Study in Recreation Management | ||
| Recreation Management Research Colloquium | ||
| Common Core | ||
| RMRT 6723 | 3 | |
| RMRT 6763 | Management in Health, Human Performance, and Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy Setting | 3 |
| LEIS 6043 | Ethical Issues in Health, Leisure, and Human Performance | 3 |
| Hours Subtotal | 9 | |
| Dissertation | ||
| Fifteen hours from: | 15 | |
| Doctoral Dissertation in Recreation Management and/or Recreational Therapy | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 15 | |
| Electives 1 | ||
| Select 24 hours that may include the following: | 24 | |
| Academic English for Graduate Students | ||
| Research Writing for International Graduate Students | ||
| Psychological Aspects of Sport | ||
| Recreational Therapy | ||
| Recreational Therapy and Geriatrics | ||
| Recreational Therapy for Persons with Physical Disabilities | ||
| Recreational Therapy in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities | ||
| Gerontological Counseling | ||
| Issues in Adolescent Development | ||
| Adult Development | ||
| Emotion and Cognition | ||
| Developmental Disabilities | ||
| Perspectives in Gerontology | ||
| Ethics and Aging | ||
| Natural Resource Recreation Management | ||
| Outdoor Recreation | ||
| Special Topics in Recreation | ||
| Problems in Hydrogeology | ||
| Seminar in Natural Resource Policy, Law and Administration | ||
| Issues in Environmental Sustainability | ||
| Natural Resource Recreation | ||
| Geography of Sport, Recreation and Leisure Seminar | ||
| Resource Management in the National Parks | ||
| Tourism and Hospitality | ||
| Geography of Travel and Tourism | ||
| Convention and Special Event Management | ||
| Hospitality and Tourism Strategic Management | ||
| Hospitality and Tourism Education | ||
| Higher Education | ||
| Multicultural and Diversity Issues in Curriculum | ||
| Analysis of Teaching | ||
| Psychology of Learning | ||
| Creativity for Teachers | ||
| Human Motivation | ||
| Computer-Based Instruction Development | ||
| Culture, Society and Education | ||
| Research and Statistics | ||
| Techniques of Population Analysis | ||
| Qualitative Research Methods | ||
| Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry | ||
| Qualitative Research I | ||
| Qualitative Research: Selected Methods | ||
| Qualitative Research II | ||
| Time Series Analysis | ||
| Statistical Machine Learning with R | ||
| Probability Theory | ||
| Statistical Inference | ||
| Theory of Linear Models I | ||
| Theory of Linear Models II | ||
| Multivariate Analysis | ||
| Management, Business and Entrepreneurship | ||
| Entrepreneurship and Venture Management | ||
| Seminar in Administrative Communication | ||
| Individual and Organizational Behavior | ||
| Seminar in Organizational Behavior | ||
| Leadership Challenges | ||
| Advanced Organizational Behavior | ||
| Seminar in Consumer Behavior | ||
| Legal Issues in Business | ||
| Public Management | ||
| Urban Politics and Management | ||
| Seminar in Public Personnel Administration | ||
| Seminar in Race and Ethnicity | ||
| Contemporary Organizational Theory | ||
| Myths and Realities of Organizational Change | ||
| Counseling and Human Development | ||
| Human Development in Psychology | ||
| Theories of Counseling | ||
| Issues in Adolescent Development | ||
| Adult Development | ||
| Group Process | ||
| Basic Counseling Skills | ||
| Psychology of Motivation | ||
| Advanced Social Psychology | ||
| Lifespan Development | ||
| Aging in Human Development | ||
| Theory and Research: Social and Emotional Development | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 24 | |
| Total Hours | 60 | |
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Depending on one's interests, the following courses and programs may be suitable for doctoral study. The list of courses is for illustration only - with permission of the advisory committee, a doctoral student may take coursework such as those below.
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