Minor in Therapeutic Recreation
22 credit hours required.
The Therapeutic Recreation minor will prepare students to assist special populations (those with physical, emotional or intellectual challenges) to engage in backcountry recreation activities. Activities such as hiking, camping and other outdoor activities are a means for special populations to use their leisure time in engaging, healthy and meaningful ways.
A minimum of 22 hours of credit is required of all students seeking a Therapeutic Recreation minor. Students must earn at least a 2.0 in each course to receive credit for the minor.
This minor is open to all students regardless of major. Students may use (i.e., “double count”) only two courses to fulfill requirements for both the minor and their major.
To declare the Therapeutic Recreation minor, contact the chair of the Department of Community Health or the Wilderness Education Coordinator.
All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:
| Credits | ||
| Core Courses |
16 | |
| WILD 240 | Backpacking (2 credits) | |
| WILD 320 | Outdoor Education | |
| WILD 350 | Wilderness and Adventure Program Planning (Prereq.: WILD 320) | |
| HLTH 430 | Human Disease: Patterns, Prevention and Intervention (Prereq.: BIOL 107) |
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| HLTH/WILD 445 | Therapeutic Recreation | |
| HLTH 475 | Seminar (2 credits) | |
Electives |
6 |
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| Choose two of the following. | ||
| HLTH 250 | Drug Studies | |
| HLTH 325 | Alcohol Studies | |
| PSYC 220 | Child Development | |
| PSYC 321 | Psychology of Adolescence (Prereq.: PSYC 100 or 220) | |
| PSYC 322 | Mental Retardation (Prereq.: PSYC 100 or 220) | |
| PSYC 323 | Adulthood, Middle Age & Aging (Prereq.: PSYC 100 or 220) | |
| PSYC 364 | Counseling Theory and Methods (Prereq.: PSYC 370 or 375) | |
| PSYC 375 | Abnormal Psychology (Prereq.: PSYC 100) | |
| PSYC 376 | Child Psychopathology (Prereq.: PSYC 375) | |