Community and Youth Recreation

The Community and Youth Recreation option (PDF) is for students who would like to make a positive difference in their community. Students in this option will prepare to manage and deliver a broad range of programs and events including: special events, summer recreation programs, camps, after-school programs, sports leagues, senior programs, and other recreation opportunities limited only by the imagination. Graduates with the Community and Youth Recreation option will enter one of the most positive and rewarding areas in the recreation profession and will improve the quality of life for their neighbors, friends and families. They will have professional opportunities with municipal recreation agencies, nonprofit organizations like the YMCA, youth support agencies, and in military recreation.