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Course Description: This course is intended to provide professional masters students with an introduction to fundamental data analytic procedures and techniques used in program evaluation in parks, recreation, sport, and tourism settings.The course places emphasis on the rationale for using specific data management and analysis procedures and interpretation of results for decision making. Learning ObjectivesContinue reading “Data Management and Evaluation”

Course Description: This course is intended to provide students with advanced concepts of financial management as applied to the unique industries of parks, recreation, tourism, and sport management. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how the receipt, disbursement, and utilization of funds can foster sustainability within these types of organizations. Additionally, this course will focusContinue reading “Advanced Fiscal Management”

Course Description: Exploration of the conceptual foundations of leisure, recreation, sport, play, and work, the history of ideas in the field, and the relationships of these ideas to contemporary professional and social problems. Learning Objectives: At the end of this course students will be able to: 1. Explain the implications of the profession’s historical foundationContinue reading “Conceptual Foundations”

To satisfy the requirements of this online Master’s Degree in Parks, Recreation, Tourism, and Sports Management at NC State University, I had to complete 7 core courses and 3 elective courses. Please use the Core Competencies drop-down menu or click the links below to access information about each of the 10 courses I completed, as wellContinue reading “Core Competencies”