Recreation Leadership A.S.

Accelerated Writing Skills for ENGL100

College Reading & Study Skills 

Academic Writing I
A student exempted from ENGL 100 must substitute a three-credit unrestricted elective. The course should be selected in consultation with the student’s advisor. 

Introduction to Psychology or Introduction to Sociology

Introduction to Recreation

Teambuilding and Group Initiative Activities

Students interested in Therapeutic Recreation or Coaching should take BIOL 101 and BIOL 102, or BIOL 104. A lab science should be considered based on the requirements of the student’s selected transfer institution.

Academic Writing II

Leadership in Recreation

Programming in Recreation and Leisure

Students interested in Therapeutic Recreation should choose PSYC 209 or PSYC 263. Students interested in Coaching
should take RECR 112. Students in the Business Management track should choose ACCT 101, BUAD 204, BUAD 208, or ECON 120.

Business Management track students should take ART 124. All other tracks can take any SUNY GEN ED The Arts course.

Approaches to Literature or Wilderness and the American Culture

Play Across Diverse Cultures

Diversity and Inclusion in Recreation

Public Speaking

Consider CAPS as needed. Students interested in Therapeutic Recreation should take BIOL 201. Students in the Business Management track should choose ACCT 101, BUAD 103, BUAD 204, BUAD 208, or ECON 120. Students in the
Coaching Track should take FITN 240 or SPMT 150.

First Aid and Safety Education OR Swimming II AND Lifeguard Training OR Camp Counseling and Outdoor Education.

Students who can provide a current Lifeguard and CPR Certification OR a First Aid Certification of Responding to Emergencies or higher OR a Wilderness First Aid Certification (or higher) and an Adult, Child, and Infant CPR Certification or higher can substitute an unrestricted elective. A waiver request form must be submitted and approved. Therapeutic Recreation and Coaching students should take HLTH 205.

Foundations of Coaching: Principles and Theories or Introduction to Therapeutic Recreation or Camp Counseling and Outdoor Education.

Students in the Therapeutic Recreation Track should take RECR 201. Students in the Coaching Track should take RECR 130. Students in the Management track can choose any of the three courses.

Recreation Field Work

US History and Civic Engagement or World History and Global Awareness.