学士学位
This program is designed to prepare students to enter the professional fields of park & 康乐管理及旅游业 & 酒店管理.
关于项目
公园的使命, 康乐及旅游研究 (PRTS) Program is to facilitate the professional preparation of students interested in pursuing and/or continuing a career in the recreation and leisure service industry. 通过质量指导, 应用研究, 社区参与式学习, the PRTS program stimulates the pursuit of knowledge and the development of professional competencies in park and recreation management, 以及旅游和酒店管理, 鼓励学生成为该领域的领导者. In addition to outstanding teaching and community engagement, the PRTS faculty are dedicated to making valuable contributions to the field of leisure through regional, 国内和国际研究.
公园里, 康乐及旅游研究 program aims be a regionally and 国家ly recognized program that positively impacts and influences the fields of park and recreation management, 以及旅游与酒店管理的教学, 研究, 服务计划. 知识渊博的, 订婚了, and effective PRTS alumni will promote and provide opportunities for life-long and sustainable recreation to all individuals. 教师's scholarly 研究 will advance the leisure discipline's body of knowledge and contribute to the overall well-being of members of society.
PRTS程序值:
- Self-determination: autonomous behavior in decision-making within park, 康乐及旅游空间
- Diversity and inclusion: equity for all people and embrace all abilities
- Environmental stewardship: sustainable use and preservation of natural 资源
- 健康:平衡的生活方式，确保身体健康, 认知, 社会, 情感, 精神健康
- Social justice: positive 社会 change to achieve a more equitable society
成员
We have currently suspended the advisory board as the PRTS program undergoes some changes. We will be re-evaluating the advisory board composition in the near future. We greatly value receiving input from professionals in the field, 这对我们项目的成功至关重要.
The PRTS program was approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) in 1980 as the 康乐及康体研究 1981年授予第一个学位. RLS was first accredited in 1984 as a stand-alone baccalaureate degree housed within the Department of 健康, 体育及康乐(HPER), 我们有四个重点领域:(1)户外教育, (2)公共和军事娱乐, (3)治疗性娱乐, (四)旅游和商业娱乐.
In 1998, the department was re-named Exercise Science, 体育及康乐(ESPER). 2002年，我们将我们的项目和部门名称改为 康乐及旅游研究 (RTS)和运动科学, 体育运动, 体育及康乐(ESPER), 分别, and decreased our concentration areas in RTS to two: (1) Therapeutic 娱乐 and (2) 娱乐 and 旅游 Management.
The department name was changed to Human Movement Sciences (HMS) in 2010. Our most recent change occurred in 2012 when the program's name was changed to its current form of Park, 康乐及旅游研究 (PRTS) to reflect current trends and practices within the field, 我们增加了一个额外的浓度区域, bringing our concentration areas to three: (1) Therapeutic 娱乐, (2)旅游管理, (3)公园和娱乐管理. 旅游管理成为旅游 & Hospitality Management major in Fall 2022 and 娱乐al Therapy moved to the 健康科学学院 in Fall 2023.
The 公园、娱乐 and 旅游 faculty include two lecturers with terminal degrees. Additional faculty include adjunct instructors with many years of experience in their professional fields.
公园的使命, 娱乐, 和旅游研究实验室是促进区域, 国家, and inter国家 研究 and community engagement opportunities through 应用研究, 从实践经验中学习, 以及基于证据的编程. 了解更多
公园的使命, 康乐及旅游研究 (PRTS) Program is to facilitate the professional preparation of students interested in pursuing and/or continuing a career in the recreation and leisure service industry. 通过质量指导, 应用研究, 社区参与式学习, the PRTS program stimulates the pursuit of knowledge and the development of professional competencies in park and recreation management, 以及旅游和酒店管理, 鼓励学生成为该领域的领导者. In addition to outstanding teaching and community engagement, the PRTS faculty are dedicated to making valuable contributions to the field of leisure through regional, 国内和国际研究.
公园里, 康乐及旅游研究 program aims be a regionally and 国家ly recognized program that positively impacts and influences the fields of park and recreation management, 以及旅游与酒店管理的教学, 研究, 服务计划. 知识渊博的, 订婚了, and effective PRTS alumni will promote and provide opportunities for life-long and sustainable recreation to all individuals. 教师's scholarly 研究 will advance the leisure discipline's body of knowledge and contribute to the overall well-being of members of society.
PRTS程序值:
- Self-determination: autonomous behavior in decision-making within park, 康乐及旅游空间
- Diversity and inclusion: equity for all people and embrace all abilities
- Environmental stewardship: sustainable use and preservation of natural 资源
- 健康:平衡的生活方式，确保身体健康, 认知, 社会, 情感, 精神健康
- Social justice: positive 社会 change to achieve a more equitable society
成员
We have currently suspended the advisory board as the PRTS program undergoes some changes. We will be re-evaluating the advisory board composition in the near future. We greatly value receiving input from professionals in the field, 这对我们项目的成功至关重要.
The PRTS program was approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) in 1980 as the 康乐及康体研究 1981年授予第一个学位. RLS was first accredited in 1984 as a stand-alone baccalaureate degree housed within the Department of 健康, 体育及康乐(HPER), 我们有四个重点领域:(1)户外教育, (2)公共和军事娱乐, (3)治疗性娱乐, (四)旅游和商业娱乐.
In 1998, the department was re-named Exercise Science, 体育及康乐(ESPER). 2002年，我们将我们的项目和部门名称改为 康乐及旅游研究 (RTS)和运动科学, 体育运动, 体育及康乐(ESPER), 分别, and decreased our concentration areas in RTS to two: (1) Therapeutic 娱乐 and (2) 娱乐 and 旅游 Management.
The department name was changed to Human Movement Sciences (HMS) in 2010. Our most recent change occurred in 2012 when the program's name was changed to its current form of Park, 康乐及旅游研究 (PRTS) to reflect current trends and practices within the field, 我们增加了一个额外的浓度区域, bringing our concentration areas to three: (1) Therapeutic 娱乐, (2)旅游管理, (3)公园和娱乐管理. 旅游管理成为旅游 & Hospitality Management major in Fall 2022 and 娱乐al Therapy moved to the 健康科学学院 in Fall 2023.
The 公园、娱乐 and 旅游 faculty include two lecturers with terminal degrees. Additional faculty include adjunct instructors with many years of experience in their professional fields.
公园的使命, 娱乐, 和旅游研究实验室是促进区域, 国家, and inter国家 研究 and community engagement opportunities through 应用研究, 从实践经验中学习, 以及基于证据的编程. 了解更多
职业发展机会
旅游 & 酒店管理专业
This major focuses on management in the travel and tourism industry. 学生将发展知识, 技能, 以及计划活动的能力, 提供高质量的客户服务, market tourism products and manage visitors in tourism destinations. This major will be of interest to students seeking careers in festival, 会议及活动策划, 酒店管理, 旅游及旅游服务, 旅游目的地营销.
就业:
- 酒店及度假村
- 会议及观光局
- 主题公园
- 邮轮公司
- 旅行社
- 活动策划公司
- 度假租赁公司
公园及康乐管理专业
This major prepares students to work in community recreation, 公园及保护区, 军事娱乐, 营地和户外娱乐行业. 学生将发展知识, 技能, and abilities to provide recreational programs for individuals from preschool age through older adults, as well as manage outdoor recreation opportunities in urban and wilderness settings. This major is designed for students seeking careers with the state and federal land management agencies, 市政娱乐机构, 营利性指导服务或非营利性慈善机构, 娱乐及教育机构.
就业:
- 州和联邦土地管理机构
- 市政公园及康乐
- 户外探险项目
- 校园娱乐
- 营地
- 军事娱乐
- 非营利组织
地点通常是决定薪资范围的一个因素. 生活成本对工资水平有很大影响. Whether you work for a public, non-profit, or private agency also affects pay levels. 我们有很多旅游专业的毕业生 & Hospitality Management major have been promoted and advanced quickly within hospitality companies; some of them obtaining mid-upper management positions within 2-3 years of graduation. Starting wages/salaries in the PRT industry can range from $30,000-$60,000.
Yes, many of our PRTS graduates have gone on to graduate school. 备选职业道路的一些例子包括:
- 工商管理
- 公共管理
- 非营利组织管理
- 保护领导
- 企业培训及发展
- 环境教育
- 户外零售
- 业务及特许经营权所有权
