Workshops on topics in professional preparation taught by practitioners on site. Topics cover standards that require students to demonstrate didactic skills and use agency resources not available on campus. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

Prerequisites: RTH 233, RTH 368. Majors Only. Discussion, research, and applications in contemporary issues of the experience industry (recreation, tourism and hospitality). Study of practices guiding professionals in financial management, competition, marketing, event planning, and sustainability.

Prerequisites: RTH 368, RTH 394. Majors only. Personnel, budgeting, financing, organizational practices, legal and legislative processes, regulatory standards, risk management and applications of computers and technology to the management of recreation, tourism & hospitality services.

Prerequisites: RTH 368, RTH 394. Majors only. This course focuses on the organizational structures, operations, and practices of management in tourism and hospitality. Topics include financing, planning and organizing, communication, business ethics, marketing, regulatory standards, and budgeting.

Prerequisites: RTH 368, RTH 394, and STAT 150. Majors only. Apply research and evaluation procedures, techniques, and methods. Use communication tools, media and computers to analyze data and present evaluation or research findings in recreation, tourism, or hospitality services.

Prerequisites: All major course work created. CPR and First Aid. 500 clock hours of approved experience in recreation, tourism, and hospitality settings. 2.5 GPA in major courses. Consent of instructor. One full semester, minimum of 480 clock hours and 12 weeks, in approved agency under qualified supervisor with tasks encompassed by professional competencies of accreditation and certification bodies.