Park and Recreation Management (PRM) Major - Park Mangagement Specialization

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Park Management Specialization
Russell Stubbles, Coordinator
Department of Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape and Parks
Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory 201A
605-688-5136
email: sdsu.hflp@sdstate.edu

Requirements for Park and Recreation Management Major - Park Management Specialization, Bachelor of Science:

System General Education Requirements*: 31

Goal #1 Written Communication:
ENGL 101
and
ENGL 201
Credits: 6
Goal #2 Oral Communication:
SPCM 101*
Credits: 3
Goal #3 Social Sciences/Diversity:
SOC 150
or
SOC 240
or
SOC 100
or
ANTH 210
and
PSYC 101
Credits: 6
Goal #4 Arts and Humanities/Diversity
Credits: 6
Goal #5 Mathematics:
MATH 102
Credits: 3
Goal #6 Natural Sciences:
BIOL 101-101L
and
CHEM 106-106L
Credits: 6

Institutional Graduation Requirements**: 8-9

Goal #1 Land and Natural Resource Stewardship:
PS 213-213L
Credits: 3
Goal #2 Personal Wellness
Credits: 2
Goal #3 Social Responsibility/Cultural and Aesthetic Awareness:
POLS 210
or
POLS 100
Credits: 3

Major Requirement Credits: 59

ACCT 210 - Principles of Accounting I (COM) Credits: 3
BIOL 103-103L - Biology Survey II and Lab* (COM) Credits: 3
or
BIOL 200-200L - Animal Diversity and Lab* Credits: 4
or
BOT 201-201L - General Botany and Lab* (COM) Credits: 3
ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics * (COM) (G) Credits: 3
ENGL 379 - Technical Communication (AW) Credits: 3
HO 111-111L - Biology of Horticulture and Lab Credits: 3
HO 222-222L - Fundamentals of Turf Management and Lab Credits: 2
HO 250-250L - Woody Plants: Trees and Lab Credits: 3
HLTH 251 - First Aid and CPR (COM) Credits: 1
PHYS 101-101L - Survey of Physics * (COM) and Lab Credits: 4
POLS 320 - Public Administration (COM) Credits: 3
PRM 100 - Introduction to Park and Recreation Credits: 1
PRM 101 - Parks and Society Credits: 3
PRM 202-202L - Outdoor Recreation Resource Management and Lab Credits: 3
PRM 300-300L - Park and Recreation Facility Management and Lab Credits: 3
PRM 302 - Commercial Recreation and Tourism Credits: 3
PRM 360 - Recreation and Outdoor Programming Credits: 3
PRM 494 - Internship Credits: 1-12
PR 301-301L - Park Interpretation and Lab Credits: 3
PR 401-401L - Advanced Park Management and Lab Credits: 3
RECR 440 - Administration of Leisure Services (COM) Credits: 3
SPCM 215 - Public Speaking (COM) * Credits: 3

Electives: 6

Economics/Business Electives:

Choose 6 credits from the following:

ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting II (COM) Credits: 3
BADM 350 - Legal Environment of Business (COM) Credits: 3
BADM 351 - Business Law (COM) Credits: 3
BADM 360 - Organization and Management (COM) Credits: 3
BADM 474 - Personal Selling (COM) Credits: 3
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics * (COM) Credits: 3
ECON 370 - Marketing Credits: 3
ECON 433 - Public Finance (COM) (AW) Credits: 3
ECON 472-572 - Resource and Environmental Economics ** (COM) Credits: 3
STAT 281 - Introduction to Statistics (COM) Credits: 3

Land Use Planning Electives:

Choose 6 credits from the following:

GEOG 363 - Rural Geography Credits: 3
GEOG 415-515 - Environmental Geography Credits: 3
GEOG 447 - Geography of the Future Credits: 3
GEOG 464 - Local and Regional Planning Credits: 3
GEOG 487 - Geographic Information Systems I Credits: 3
GEOG 488-588 - Geographic Information Systems II Credits: 3
GEOG 489-589 - Geographic Information Systems III Credits: 3
LA 201 - Introduction to Landscape Design Credits: 3
PLAN 471-571 - Principles of State, Regional and Community Planning Credits: 3
PLAN 472-572 - Techniques of State, Regional and Community Planning Credits: 3
PS 310-310L - Soil Geography and Land Use Interpretation and Lab** (G) Credits: 3

Choose the following:

GEOG 212 - Geography of North America * ** (COM) Credits: 3
GEOG 365 - Land Use Planning Credits: 3

Resource Management Electives:

Choose 12 credits from the following:

AST 434-434L - Landscape Irrigation and Lab Credits: 3
HO 330 - Arboriculture Credits: 2
HO 331 - Arboricultural Operations Credits: 1
LA 440-440L - Restoration Ecology and Lab Credits: 4
PR 303-303L - Forest Ecology and Management and Lab Credits: 3
PS 243 - Principles of Geology* ** Credits: 3
PS 244 - Geological Resources of South Dakota Lab Credits: 1
RANG 105-105L - Introduction to Range Management and Lab** Credits: 3
RANG 321 - Wildland Ecosystems Credits: 3
WL 220 - Introduction to Wildlife and Fisheries Management Credits: 3
WL 411-411L - Principles of Wildlife Management and Lab Credits: 4
WL 412-412L - Principles of Fisheries Management and Lab Credits: 3
WL 430-430L - Human Dimensions in Wildlife and Fisheries and Lab** (G) Credits: 4

Total Required Credits: 128

Curriculum Notes:

* The 30 credit Board of Regents System General Education Requirements (SGRs) must be completed as part of a student’s first 64 credits.

** South Dakota State University has an 8-9 credit Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGRs).

(G) Globalization Requirement.

(AW) Advanced Writing Requirement.

Students must take the proficiency examination after completing 48 credits. English 101, and a course in each of the General Education areas of social science, mathematics, natural science, and humanities and arts must be taken prior to taking this exam.