1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

238. Tourism and Recreation Business. 3 hr. PR: Junior standing or consent. Analysisof tourism and related recreation businesses. Resource characteristics and conflicts,marketing and development of commercial recreation enterprises. 3 hr. lee. (Offered inFall of odd years.)241. Recreational Services for Special Populations. I. 3 hr. PR: Consent. Introductoryanalysis of current therapeutic recreation services; attentiveness to the need forbroadening recreation and park services to include members of special populations;familiarization with the planning consideration for the conduct of such services.242. Historical and Cultural Interpretation. II. 3 hr. PR: Recreation and parks major orconsent. Methods of locating source materials for reconstructing the historical,cultural, and physical aspects of an area for an interpretive center; preparing brochures,displays, and nature trails to facilitate interpretive activities.248. Environmental Concerns In Outdoor Recreation. I. 3 hr. PR: Consent. Understandingand interpreting environmental concerns within the context of outdoorrecreation.251 . Recreation Leadership. II. 3 hr. PR: Recreation and parks major or consent.Leadership functions and techniques, group dynamics, supervision, and use ofvolunteers. Theory and practice are related through a field placement with a localrecreation agency.263. Program Planning. II. 3 hr. PR: Recreation and parks major or consent. Fundamentalsfor general program planning; considers needs, facilities, age groups, localcustoms, climatic factors, etc. Planning involved in playgrounds, indoor centers,playfields, parks, hospitals, voluntary agencies, industry, and campus.265. Planning and Design of Recreation Places. II. 3 hr. PR: Recreation and parksmajor or consent. Study of planning and design concepts, standards and guidelines,use continuum, grants-in-aid, and planning of selected areas and facilities: parks,pools, centers, and recreation resource areas development.275. Outdoor Enterprise Operations and Finance. II. 3 hr. PR: Recreation major orjunior standing. Principles and practices in planning, development, operation, andfinancial management of selected outdoor enterprises; considerable emphasis onassignments in problem solving. 3 hr. lee.280. Therapeutic Recreation Principles and Procedures. I. 3 hr. PR: Re. & Pk. 241 orconsent. Basic intervention techniques in providing therapeutic recreation services,including individual and small group techniques, adaptive equipment, assistivetechniques, standards, regulations, and ethics.282. Therapeutic Recreation Program Planning. II. 3 hr. PR: Re. & Pk. 241 or consent.Design and development of therapeutic recreation programs utilizing a systemsapproach based on leisure-related needs of clients. Includes assessment, programdevelopment, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.Religious Studies (Relig)5. An Introduction to Issues in Religious Studies. I. 3 hr. (For freshman studentsonly.) Leading issues involved in religious studies: transcendence, the God question,evil, redemption, community, eschatology, symbolism, ethics, examples of therelationship between religion and culture.100. Introduction to the New Testament 1. 3 hr. Introduction to the origin and contentof the Synoptic Gospels of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke). Discusses anumber of basic theological issues and relates to the contemporary situation.426 Recreation and Parks Courses