Outdoor Recreation Technical Option

Administered by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

The Outdoor Recreation technical option develops the knowledge and skills needed for planning and managing natural resource-based outdoor recreation opportunities and resources.  

Job Opportunities

The Outdoor Recreation technical option prepares students for positions with federal, state, regional, county and municipal parks, recreation and land management agencies as well as with private firms and non-profit organizations.  

Faculty Contacts

Roger Moore, roger_moore@ncsu.edu, 919.515.3698

Aram Attarian, aram_attarian@ncsu.edu, 919.515.3709

Myron Floyd, myron_floyd@ncsu.edu, 919.513.8026

Yu-Fai Leung, leung@ncsu.edu, 919.513.3489

Chris Siderelis, chris_siderelis@ncsu.edu,  919.513.1700

Prerequisites

Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree

Master of Science in Natural Resources and Master of Natural Resources Core Curriculum (required)

Technical Option Core Curriculum (requiredt)

Technical Option Electives

Technical Option Electives

The total elective hours will depend on whether the Master of Science in Natural Resources or the Master of Natural Resources degree is sought and on the number of thesis credits earned by Master of Science in Natural Resources students which varies from 1 to 6. Generally the number of elective credits is 6 for Master of Natural Resources students and varies from 3 to 6 for Master of Science in Natural Resources students.

Additional Courses/ Requirements

PRT 500 (Theories of Leisure and Recreation) is required for students without a four-year undergraduate degree in parks and recreation. These credits may be used as part of the technical option elective credits.

Students with no previous GIS course at the undergraduate or graduate level are required to take PRT 462 or equivalent graduate level GIS course. These credits may be used as part of the technical option elective credits.

PRT 625 Master’s Project Research (3 credits) is required for the Master of Natural Resources degree. This course will become PRT 665 in Fall semester 2008.

PRT 695 Thesis Research (1 to 6 credits) is required for the Master of Science in Natural Resources and Core Curriculum

Additional courses as specified by the student’s advisory committee. Students who do not have a background in park, recreation, natural resources or a related field may be required to take up to 6 credits of undergraduate course work that cannot be counted towards the MNR degree program.

Total (minimum) Credit Hours:

Master of Science in Natural Resources – 31 Credits

Master of Natural Resources Core Curriculum – 34 Credits

Recent Thesis Titles

• Chemical and Mechanical Methods to Reduce Leader Growth in Fraser Fir.
• Comparison of Chattooga River Rafters and Kayakers and Their Effects on Each Other’s Experiences.
• The Relationship between Past Experience and Multiple-User Trail Conflict.
• Examining the effects of race, ethnicity, gender, age, and socioeconomic
  status on U.S. national park visitation: An application of the multiple hierarchy stratification perspective.
• Factors related to horseback riders’ willingness to volunteer for trail maintenance in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
• Development and testing of a behavior observation procedure to monitor visitor-horse interactions on Assateague island national seashore.
• An evaluation of methods for estimating ground cover and soil compaction as visitor impact indicators.

Recent Project Titles

• Hiking Suburban Single-Track Trails: The Use and Users of the Falls Lake Trail.
• Recreation Development of the Haw River, North Carolina.
• Wake County Conservation Properties Baseline Inventory and Monitoring Program.

Links / Additional Information

 Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Department Home Page

               http://cnr.ncsu.edu/prtm/index.html