Course variations

Course summary

This program curriculum prepares students for careers as professionals in a variety of natural resource management agencies and organizations. Most employment opportunities are in the public sector, including such agencies as the National Park Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the USDA Forest Service, state park departments, and city and County Park and recreation departments. There are also positions with associations, resorts, concessionaires, retailers and various other enterprises. Graduates are employed as park managers, rangers, conservation officers, planners, naturalists, agency and unit directors and in other areas recreation and natural resource management. The recreation business option provides students with a focus on agency administration by concentrating on fiscal and human resource management, marketing, economics and planning in addition to basic resource and program management skills. The majority of students in this option pursue careers with municipal and county recreation and park agencies.

Program modules

The modules include Select 6 courses from the following list: Modern languages course; Activities courses Credits: (2); ACCTG 231 - Accounting for Business Operations Credits: (3); ACCTG 241 - Accounting for Investing and Financing Credits: (3); COMM 311 - Business and Professional Speaking Credits: (3); ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: (3); FINAN 450 - Principles of Finance-Salina campus Credits: (3); LAR 756 - Design of Parks and Recreation Areas Credits: (3); MANGT 390 - Business Law I Credits: (3); MANGT 420 - Management Concepts Credits: (3); MKTG 400 - Introduction to Marketing Credits: (3); MKTG 450 - Consumer Behavior Credits: (3); MKTG 635 - Electronic Marketing Credits: (3); PLAN 315 - Introduction to City Planning Credits: (3); SOCIO 570 - Race and Ethnic Relations in the USA Credits: (3); Choose 2 credit hours from the following list: KIN - Any lifetime activity course numbered 100 or higher; RRES 200 - Topics in Recreation Resources Credits: (1-3).

Entry requirement for international students

Students should be a high school graduate from an accredited high school. They should have achieved an ACT score of 21 or above or an SAT (critical reading and math) of 980 or above; or ranked in the top third of the graduating class at the end of the seventh or eighth semester; or completed the precollege curriculum such as English, natural science, math, and social science. In addition to this, if international students meet the academic requirements, Kansas State University may conditionally admit them with no proof of English proficiency. English proficiency requirements for unconditional admission are transfer students from a U.S. institution must have completed both 24 credit hours at an accredited U.S. institution and English Composition I and II with grades of C or better; an IBT (Internet based TOEFL) - composite score of 79 or higher; IELTS - composite score of 6.5 or higher; ACT - English part score of 23 or higher; SAT - verbal part score of 530 or higher; PTE - Pearson Test of English - overall score of 53 or higher; Eiken (Pre-1 score); and four years attendance in a U.S. high school with grades of C or better in all college preparatory courses.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Kansas State University

Department name

College of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Forestry and Recreation Resource

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