BS Recreation
Management
2/18/2015
Undergraduate Programs Office
460 TNRB, Provo, UT 84602
Phone (801)422-4285
msm_advisement@byu.edu
msm.byu.edu/
Therapeutic Recreation
Freshman and Sophomore Year
Effective Fall 2015
Prerequisite Courses - All courses must be
Strongly encouraged to
take before applying.
completed before the application deadline.
ACC 200 (FWSp)
3.0
Principles of Accounting
BUS M 241 (FWSpSu)
IS 110 (FWSp)
3.0
Marketing Management
1.0
Spreadsheets and
Business Analysis
Complete before IS 201
GE: Quantitative Reasoning
FIN 201 (FWSpSu)
3.0
Principles of Finance
ECON 110 (FWSpSu)
Economic Problems and
Principles
3.0
REC M 300* (FWSp)
3.0
Creating a Good Life
GE: Social Science
End of Sophomore Year
Apply
msm.byu.edu/apply
Fall Admit Application Deadline:
Last business day of June at 4:30pm MT
Application Criteria
The admissions committee considers the following ...
• Prerequisite GPA • Minimum 3.0 GPA in the prerequisite courses
• Prerequisite courses must be COMPLETED BEFORE the application deadline
• Transferred & repeated prerequisites are discounted .3 in the application (e.g., A to A-)
• Overall GPA - Including transfer credit
• BYU GPA - Transfer students must complete one semester at BYU before applying
• Essay - Write a 500-word essay as part of your application
• Resume - Upload a current, polished resume
This is a limited enrollment program. Entry is competitive. Not every student meeting
the minimum criteria is guaranteed acceptance into the undergraduate program.
Current Utah Licensure Requirements:
http://dopl.utah.gov/licensing/recreation_therapy.html
*Courses cannot be transferred
National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC)
Requirements: www.nctrc.org
Sophomore/Junior/Senior Year
Required Courses- Take before or after admittance into program.
IS 201*
3.0
(FWSpSu)
Intro. to Management
Information Systems
(FWSpSu) 3.0
Communication in
Organizational Settings
PSYCH 220
(FWSpSu) 3.0
Human Development
Life Span
Not required for major
Strongly recommended
STAT 121
3.0
Principles of Statistics
GE: Advanced Writing
Prereq: IS 110
PSYCH 342
MCOM 320*
(19.0 credit hours)
(FWSpSu) 3.0
Abnormal Psychology
PDBIO 220
(FWSpSu)
Elementary Human
Anatomy
3.0
PDBIO 305
(FW)
Human Physiology
4.0
GE: Quantitative or LofL
Prereq: CHEM 101, PDBIO 220
Management Core* - Take after admittance into program.
BUS M 361
(FW)
3.0
Operations Management
Choose one
strategy
course:
BUS M 390
(FW)
Ethics for
Management
3.0
BUS M 387
(FW)
3.0
Economics of Strategy
ORG B 321
(12.0 credit hours)
(FW)
Organizational
Effectiveness
3.0
Not required for major
Strongly recommended
BUS M 498
(FWSp)
3.0
Strategic Management
RECM 474 3.0
Leadership & Facilitation Techniques in TR
(Only offered in fall semester)
Prereq: MATH 116
First Year in Program
Therapeutic Recreation Introductory Core - Take after prerequisite courses.
(9.0 credit hours)
Take together in fall semester
RECM 460 (F)
3.0
Inclusion and Disabilites
in TR
RECM 470
(F)
Introduction to TR
3.0
RECM 471
(W)
Assessment inTR
3.0
Prereqs: RECM 460 and 470
Third Semester in Program
Therapeutic Recreation Senior Core - Take together in the same semester.
RECM 472
(F)
Program Dynamics
in TR
3.0
Prereq: RECM 471
(6.0 credit hours)
RECM 473
(F)
3.0
Issues in Administration
of TR
Prereq: RECM 471
Last Semester in Program
Therapeutic Recreation Internship
RECM 496R
(FWSpSu) 2.0
Senior Internship
Prereq: RECM 472 and 473
*Courses cannot be transferred
No classes should be taken during the internship.
Internships must be approved by coordinator (Ashley Bowen, W421 TNRB recm496tr@byu.edu)
Internships must be under a CTRS, be 14 weeks long, and 560 hours
GPA Requirement for graduation: Major GPA 2.25 Overall GPA 2.00
Total Credit Hours 64.0