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Recreation

Overview

Recreation courses provide an overview of recreation, park and leisure services, as well as outdoor recreation, and new and emerging issues.

Recreation (RECR) Courses

RECR 300 Introduction to Recreation and Leisure Services

  • Units:3
  • Hours:54 hours LEC
  • Prerequisite:None.
  • Transferable:CSU
  • Catalog Date:August 1, 2026

This is an overview of recreation, park, and leisure services. This is a basic course that includes the nature, scope, and significance of leisure and recreation as a social force in today's society.
There is a special emphasis placed on the role of the leader in recreational settings, both from the public and private perspectives.

RECR 310 Outdoor Recreation

  • Units:3
  • Hours:54 hours LEC
  • Prerequisite:None.
  • Advisory:ENGL C1000 with a grade of "C" or better
  • Transferable:CSU
  • Catalog Date:August 1, 2026

This is an entry level course for recreation and similar majors. This course involves an orientation to resources for quality outdoor recreational experiences, management of people, job opportunities, trends, problems, and issues in public and private outdoor recreation agencies. It provides an introduction of philosophies and operating procedures of outdoor recreation facilities within federal, state, and local government. To further enhance the learning experience, two field trips to outdoor recreational areas will be included.

RECR 499 Experimental Offering in Recreation

  • Units:0.5 - 4
  • Prerequisite:None.
  • Catalog Date:August 1, 2026

This is the experimental courses description.

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