Parks, Tourism, and Recreation Management B.S.
The B.S. in Parks, Tourism & Recreation Management degree is designed to prepare students for professional positions developing and managing nature-based recreation experiences and park resources for public land management agencies, nonprofit organizations, and the nature-based tourism industry. Students pursuing this degree must choose between a concentration in Recreation Resources Management or Nature-Based Tourism. The Recreation Resources Management concentration provides the educational background necessary for evaluating and managing wild lands to protect their recreational, heritage, and ecological values. The Nature-Based Tourism option is designed to combine an understanding of social, cultural, political, environmental, and economic contexts surrounding tourism in a natural resource setting. All students learn the processes and conceptual skills needed to determine alternative management strategies, make management decisions, and carry out management programs. Included are courses leading to an understanding of the basic ecological characteristics of recreational lands. Students also take courses dealing with human behavior and management. Emphasis is placed on presenting problems that would be encountered while managing national parks and forests, state and regional parks, wilderness areas, and other recreation resources of international and national significance.
Bachelor of Science - Parks, Tourism &Rec Management
W.A Franke College of Forestry & Conservation
Degree Specific Credits: 75
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Catalog Year: 2017-2018
Note: There are no longer "degree options". Students can design their own elective choices with an advisor.
General Education Requirements
Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.
Summary
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Major Required Courses | 15 | |
| Outside Major Required Courses | 28-29 | |
| Major Required Courses | 28 | |
| Writing Within Major | 9 | |
| Math within Major | 3 | |
| Exception to the Modern/Classical Languages Requirement | 3-4 | |
| Expressive Arts Requirement | 3 | |
| Social Science within Major | 3 | |
| Ethical & Human Values Elective within Major | 3 | |
| Natural Sciences within Major | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 101-103 | |
Major Required Courses
Rule: Must take all courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| NRSM 121S | Nature of Montana | 3 |
| NRSM 200 | Nat.Resource Professional Wrtg | 3 |
| NRSM 210N | Soils, Water and Climate | 3 |
| PTRM 210S | Nature Tourism & Comm Rec | 3 |
| PTRM 217S | Parks & Outdoor Rec. Mgmt. | 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Outside Major Required Courses
Rule: Must take all courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACTG 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACTG 202 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
BIOB 170N | Princpls Biological Diversity | |
| BIOE 172N | Introductory Ecology | 3 |
| BIOO 105N | Introduction to Botany | 3 |
| COMX 111A | Intro to Public Speaking | 3 |
| or THTR 120A | Introduction to Acting I | |
| ECNS 201S | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| M 115 | Probability and Linear Mathematics | 3 |
| PSYX 100S | Intro to Psychology | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
STAT 216 | Introduction to Statistics | |
SOCI 202 | Social Statistics | |
FORS 201 | Forest Biometrics | |
| WRIT 101 | College Writing I | 3 |
| Total Hours | 33-34 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Major Required Courses
Rule: Must take all courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| FORS 330 | Forest Ecology | 3 |
| or NRSM 462 | Rangeland Ecology | |
| NRSM 422 | Nat Res Policy/Administration | 3 |
| or WILD 410 | Wildlife Policy & Biopolitics | |
| PTRM 300 | Recreation Behavior | 3 |
| PTRM 310 | Nat Res Interp and Comm | 3 |
| PTRM 380 | Rec Admin & Leadership | 3 |
| PTRM 482 | Wilderness & Protctd Area Mgt | 3 |
| or PTRM 451 | Tourism & Sustainability | |
| PTRM 484 | PTRM Field Measurement Tech | 3 |
| PTRM 485 | Recreation Planning | 3 |
| PTRM 495 | Practicum in PTRM | 4 |
| Total Hours | 28 | |
Skills Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select at least 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
ECP 120 & ECP 121 | Emergency Medical Responder Lecture and Emergency Medical Responder Lab | |
NRSM 379 | Collab in Nat Res Decisions | |
BMKT 325 | Principles of Marketing | |
FORS 250 | Intro to GIS for Forest Mgt | |
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Alternatively, students can take two semesters of a foreign language.
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Writing Within Major
Rule: Must complete the following subcategories
9 Total Credits Required
Lower Division Writing
Rule: Must take all courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| NRSM 200 | Nat.Resource Professional Wrtg | 3 |
| WRIT 101 | College Writing I | 3 |
| Total Hours | 6 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Upper Division Writing
Rule: Must take one of the following courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PTRM 451 | Tourism & Sustainability | 3 |
| or PTRM 482 | Wilderness & Protctd Area Mgt | |
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Math within Major
Rule: Must take all courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| M 115 | Probability and Linear Mathematics | 3 |
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C
Exception to the Modern/Classical Languages Requirement
Rule: The Parks, Tourism, and Recreation Management major has been granted an exception to the Modern/Classical Language Requirement. Must take one of the following courses to will satisfy this requirement.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one from the following: | 3 | |
FORS 201 | Forest Biometrics | |
SOCI 202 | Social Statistics | |
STAT 216 | Introduction to Statistics | |
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Expressive Arts Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| COMX 111A | Intro to Public Speaking | 3 |
| or THTR 120A | Introduction to Acting I | |
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Social Science within Major
Rule: must take the following course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PTRM 217S | Parks & Outdoor Rec. Mgmt. | 3 |
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Ethical & Human Values Elective within Major
Rule: CAN take the elective course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| NRSM 389E | Ethics Forestry & Conservation | 3 |
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Natural Sciences within Major
Rule: Must take NRSM 210N and one of the biology courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| NRSM 210N | Soils, Water and Climate | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
BIOB 170N | Princpls Biological Diversity | |
BIOE 172N | Introductory Ecology | |
BIOO 105N | Introduction to Botany | |
| Total Hours | 6 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Tracks
These are advising tracks only and not official programs as recognized by the University of Montana (UM) or the Montana University System. This information will not appear on your UM transcript, diploma, university lists, student data system, or university publication. You do not fill out a major change for a track.
Nature Based Tourism Recommended Electives
Rule: Can take these track courses
Note: Courses are not required in this track - please talk to a faculty advisor on what classes will be best for your area of interest.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTY 101H | Anthro & the Human Experience | 3 |
| BMKT 325 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BMKT 337 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| COMX 220S | Intro to Organizational Comm | 3 |
| COMX 351 | Principles of Public Relations | 3 |
| ECNS 202S | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| FORS 202 | Forest Mensuration | 3 |
| FORS 320 | Forest Environmental Economics | 3 |
| FORS 351 | Env Remote Sensing | 3 |
| GEO 101N | Introduction to Physical Geology | 3 |
| GPHY 111N | Intro to Physical Geography | 3 |
| GPHY 311N | Biogeography | 3 |
| GPHY 433 | Cultural Ecology | 3 |
| NRSM 121S | Nature of Montana | 3 |
| NRSM 379 | Collab in Nat Res Decisions | 3 |
| NRSM 389E | Ethics Forestry & Conservation | 3 |
| NRSM 475 | Environment & Development | 3 |
| PHL 112E | Intro Ethics and Environment | 3 |
| PTRM 150 | Current Issues in PTRM | 1 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Outdoor Recreation Services
Rule: Can take these track courses
Note: Courses are not required in this track - please talk to a faculty advisor on what classes will be best for your area of interest.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BMGT 401 | Event Management | 3 |
| COMX 115S | Introduction to Interpersonal Communications | 3 |
| COMX 220S | Intro to Organizational Comm | 3 |
| COMX 421 | Comm in Non-Profit Organizatns | 3 |
| ENST 225 | Community & Environment | 3 |
| ENST 230H | Nature and Society | 3 |
| GPHY 121S | Human Geography | 3 |
| NASX 180 | Event Planning | 3 |
| NRSM 121S | Nature of Montana | 3 |
| NRSM 379 | Collab in Nat Res Decisions | 3 |
| PSCI 460 | Exp Offering: Public Admin | 1-9 |
| PSCI 467 | Adv Nonprofit Adm | 3 |
| PTRM 150 | Current Issues in PTRM | 1 |
| S W 300 | Hum Behav & Soc Environ | 3 |
| SOCI 346 | Rural Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 350 | The Community | 3 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Recreation Resource Management Track
Rule: Can take these track courses
Note: Courses are not required in this track - please talk to a faculty advisor on what classes will be best for your area of interest.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CHMY 121N | Introduction to General Chemistry | 3 |
| COMX 421 | Comm in Non-Profit Organizatns | 3 |
| FORS 230 | Fire Management & Environmental Change | 3 |
| FORS 240 | Tree Biology | 2 |
| FORS 241N | Dendrology | 3 |
| FORS 250 | Intro to GIS for Forest Mgt | 3 |
| FORS 331 | Wildland Fuel Management | 3 |
| FORS 333 | Fire Ecology | 3 |
| FORS 347 | Multiple Resource Silviculture | 3 |
| GPHY 121S | Human Geography | 3 |
| GPHY 433 | Cultural Ecology | 3 |
| NRSM 121S | Nature of Montana | 3 |
| NRSM 265 | Elements of Ecological Restora | 3 |
| NRSM 379 | Collab in Nat Res Decisions | 3 |
| NRSM 389E | Ethics Forestry & Conservation | 3 |
| NRSM 475 | Environment & Development | 3 |
| PTRM 150 | Current Issues in PTRM | 1 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-