Program Overview

Outdoor Recreation Management Option

The Outdoor Recreation Management Option is offered within the Tourism, Recreation, and Adventure Leadership major in the College of Forestry. This 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.

Overview

Students in this option study land management, the process of permitting, and laws relevant to outdoor recreation. They create monitoring and assessment protocols for recreation resources in natural settings and learn to respectfully engage with individuals and groups that may have diverse perspectives and priorities regarding recreation opportunities. Students are trained to facilitate understanding and conflict resolution across these individuals and groups.

Requirements

The plan of study for the Outdoor Recreation Management Option is as follows:

• First Year:
  • ECON 201 or AEC 250: Introduction to Microeconomics or Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (3-4 credits)
  • Select one of the following:
    • FES 240: Forest Biology
    • FES 452 or FW 452: Biodiversity Conservation in Managed Forests
    • FES 341: Forest Ecology
    • FES 440: Wildland Fire Ecology
    • FW 251: Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation (3 credits)
  • Select one of the following:
    • NR 201: Managing Natural Resources for the Future
    • NR 202: Natural Resource Problems and Solutions
    • FOR 111: Introduction to Forestry
    • TRAL 251: Recreation Resource Management (4 credits)
  • Total credits: 16-18
• Second Year:
  • AEC 351 or TRAL 432: Natural Resource Economics and Policy or Economics of Recreation and Tourism (3 credits)
  • ST 202: Principles of Statistics (4 credits)
  • TRAL 351: Outdoor Recreation Management on Public Lands (3 credits)
  • TRAL 354: Communities, Natural Areas, and Sustainable Tourism (3 credits)
  • Total credits: 13
• Third Year:
  • FES 485: Consensus and Natural Resources (3 credits)
  • Select one of the following:
    • FE 257: GIS and Forest Engineering Applications
    • FW 303: Survey of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resource
    • GEOG 360: GIScience I: Geographic Information Systems and Theory (3-4 credits)
  • Total credits: 6-7
• Fourth Year:
  • Select one of the following:
    • AG 421: Writing in Agriculture
    • ENSC 479: Environmental Case Studies
    • FOR 460: Forest Policy 1
    • TRAL 375: Experiential Education
    • GEOG 452: Environmental Assessment (3-4 credits)
  • Select one of the following:
    • AEC 432: Environmental Law
    • FOR 460: Forest Policy 1
    • FOR 462: Natural Resource Policy and Law
    • PS 477: International Environmental Politics and Policy
    • TRAL 478
    • TRAL 456: Planning for Sustainable Recreation (3-4 credits)
  • Total credits: 13-15
  • Total credits for the option: 48-53

Option Code

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

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

Some courses in the plan of study are designated as Baccalaureate Core Courses (BCC) or Writing Intensive Courses (WIC). These designations are indicated by an asterisk (*) for BCC and a caret (^) for WIC.