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Course Catalog Update Information:
STU0004
Reference Number: CCU006809
Date: 23-NOV-13
Level: 2.00 of 2.00
Currently On The Worklist Of: Joanne Arhar, jarhar
Owner: Office of Curriculum Services, 330-672-8558 or 330-672-8559, curriculum@kent.edu
Basic Course Data
Change type: Revise
Faculty member submitting this proposal: Philip Wang
Requested Effective Term: 201480
Campus: Kent
College: EH-Education, Health and Human Services
Department: FLA-Foundations, Leadership and Administration
Course Subject: RPTM-Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
New Course Subject:
Course Number: 36060
New Course Number:
Course Title: Entrepreneurial Approaches to Leisure and Hospitality Services
Title Abbreviation: Entrepreuneurial Approaches
Slash Course and Cross-list Information:
Credit Hours
Minimum Credit/Maximum Credit: 3 to 3
Contact Hours: Lecture - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours: 3 to 3
Contact Hours: Lab - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Contact Hours: Other - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Attributes
Is this course part of the LER, WIC or Diversity requirements: No
If yes, course attributes: 1.
2.
3.
Can this course be repeated for credit: No
Repeat
Course Limit:
Course Level: Undergraduate
Grade Rule: B-Standard letter
OR Maximum Hours:
Rationale for an IP grade request for this course (if applicable):
Schedule Type(s): 1. LEC-Lecture 2.
3.
Credit by Exam: N-Credit by exam-not approved
Prerequisites & Descriptions
Current Prerequisite/Corequisite/Catalog Description: Principles of commercial recreation and tourism services,
including entrepreneurship, economic concepts of the for-profit recreation industries and management skills. Prerequisite:
RPTM 26060.
Catalog Description (edited): No change: Principles of commercial recreation and tourism services, including
entrepreneurship, economic concepts of the for-profit recreation industries and management skills.
Prerequisites (edited): None
Corequisites (edited): None
Registration is by special approval only: No
Content Information
Content Outline:
Content Hours
per Course
Topic Description
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Topic
Introduction, definitions of
entrepreneurship
History of recreation, tourism and
hospitality services
Survey of current recreation, tourism
and hospitality industries
The entrepreneurial spirit
Entrepreneurial strategies
Entrepreneurial approaches to
marketing
Strategic pricing
Financial management for
entrepreneurs
Understand the consumer and barriers
to participation
The entrepreneurial climate—nature
and challenges
Future trends and changes
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Total Contact Hours: 45
Textbook(s) used in this course: The Entrepreneurial Approach to Commercial Recreation and Tourism
Writing Expectations: Two writing assignments: AIDA for Marketing, Corporate Visual Identity (CVI)
Instructor(s) expected to teach: Philip Wang
Instructor(s) contributing to content: Philip Wang
Proposal Summary
Explain the purpose for this proposal:
1. To change the course title from "Commercial Recreation and Tourism" to "Entrepreneurial Approaches to Leisure and
Hospitality Services." to better reflect the nature of the course to be mroe entrepreneurial. 2. To make this course an RPTM
core requirement. 3. To remove the course's prerequisite for ease of registration for other students who would benefit from
the knowledge. The content from the current prereq is not needed in this course. 4. To update content outline;
reorganization but no major changes.
Explain how this proposal affects program requirements and students in your unit:
The proposal adds to the program's core requirement. Students in the major will need to complete this course in order to
graduate. General electives will be reduced, where necessary, to maintain total credits for graduation at 121.
Explain how this proposal affects courses, program requirements and student in other units:
None
Explain how this proposal affects enrollment and staffing:
Enrollment in this course will increase. There will be no effect on staffing
Units consulted (other departments, programs or campuses affected by the proposal):
Hospitality Management, Sport Administration
Revisions made to form (if applicable):
Course Content
Number
Credit by Exam
Prerequisites
Credit Hours
Schedule Type
Cross-Listed / Slash
Subject
Description
Title
Diversity
Title Abbreviation
Grade Rule
Writing-Intensive (WIC)
Liberal Education Requirement (LER)
Other
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History:
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12/3/2013 Shawn M. Fitzgerald Approved
11/23/2013 Philip C Wang
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