Minor in Therapeutic Recreation

Contact Person:
 Maureen McCarthy, Chair
101 Dunn, (315) 267-2919, mccartma@potsdam.edu

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
HLTH/WILD 200
 Therapeutic Recreation
  
WILD 240 Backpacking (2 credits)  
WILD 320 Outdoor Education  
WILD 350 Wilderness and Adventure Program Planning
HLTH 430 Human Disease: Patterns, Prevention and Intervention
HLTH 475
Minor Seminar: Therapeutic Recreation Section
(2 credits)		  

Electives: two of the following
6
HLTH 250 Drug Studies  
HLTH 325 Alcohol Studies  
PSYC 220 Child Development  
PSYC 321 Psychology of Adolescence
PSYC 322 Mental Retardation
PSYC 323 Adulthood, Middle Age & Aging
PSYC 364 Counseling Theory and Methods
PSYC 375 Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 376 Child Psychopathology