Program Overview

Oregon State University

The Oregon State University offers a comprehensive range of academic programs, including the Tourism, Recreation, and Adventure Leadership Undergraduate Major with an option in Outdoor Recreation Management.

Academic Program

Overview

The Outdoor Recreation Management Option is designed for students pursuing careers as outdoor recreation planners and managers in public land management agencies and non-profit organizations at local, state, and federal levels. This option is available only on the Corvallis campus.

Requirements

The program requires a minimum of 180 credits to graduate. The curriculum includes a combination of core courses, electives, and free electives.

• Core courses:
  • Introduction to Microeconomics or Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
  • Forest Biology or Biodiversity Conservation in Managed Forests or Forest Ecology or Wildland Fire Ecology or Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
  • Recreation Resource Management
  • Natural Resource Economics and Policy or Economics of Recreation and Tourism
  • Principles of Statistics
  • Outdoor Recreation Management on Public Lands
  • Communities, Natural Areas, and Sustainable Tourism
  • Consensus and Natural Resources
• Electives:
  • Students can choose from a variety of elective courses, including GIS and Forest Engineering Applications, Survey of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resource, and GIScience I: Geographic Information Systems and Theory.
• Free electives:
  • Students can choose additional free electives to meet the university requirement of 180 minimum credits.

Plan of Study

The plan of study is outlined in a grid format, with courses and credits listed for each year of the program.

First Year

• Fall: Introduction to Forestry or Managing Natural Resources for the Future, Recreation Resource Management, English Composition, Biological Science, and Elective
• Winter: Public Speaking or Argument and Critical Discourse, Computing Applications in Forestry, Lifetime Fitness for Health, College Algebra, and Elective
• Spring: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy or Introduction to Microeconomics, Mathematics for Management, Life, and Social Sciences, Bacc Core, WR II, and Bacc Core, Western Culture
• Summer: Work experience, volunteer, or internship

Second Year

• Fall: Introduction to Macroeconomics, Principles of Statistics, Nature, Eco, and Adventure Tourism, Cultural Diversity, and Elective
• Winter: Intermediate Applied Economics I: Producers and Consumers, Sustainable Communities, Communities, Natural Areas, and Sustainable Tourism, PAC, and Literature and the Arts
• Spring: Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources, Principles of Statistics, Physical Science, Elective, and Social Science Elective
• Summer: Work experience, volunteer, or internship

Third Year

• Fall: Land Use in the American West, Wilderness Management or Parks and Protected Areas Management, Bio/Physical Science, and Elective
• Winter: Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Consensus and Natural Resources, Planning Principles and Practices for Resilient Communities, and Environmental Interpretation
• Spring: GIScience I: Geographic Information Systems and Theory, and four elective courses
• Summer: Work experience, volunteer, or internship

Fourth Year

• Fall: Natural Resource Policy and Law or Environmental Law, Sustainable Site Planning, and three elective courses
• Winter: Rural Development Economics and Policy, Environmental Law, Sustainability and Business, Research Methods in Social Science, and Forest Policy
• Spring: Planning for Sustainable Tourism, and four elective courses

Total Hours

The total hours required for the program range from 179 to 183 credits.

Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC) and Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

The program includes several Baccalaureate Core Courses and Writing Intensive Courses, which are indicated in the plan of study.

Option Code

The option code for the Outdoor Recreation Management Option is 873.