公园，娱乐与运动科学学士学位（旅游发展）

公众对生活质量，对幸福的追求以及对有组织的休闲活动的渴望带动了一个支持公园和休闲娱乐的6000亿市场，超过1,520亿的体育管理以及1.3万亿的投资在旅游中。对公园，休闲和运动感兴趣的学生是活跃，参与运动，户外活动并喜欢旅行的人。公园，娱乐与体育专业的学士学位，重点发展旅游业，可为学生提供有关兴趣领域的12周实践培训。学生通过课程和实习获得经验。旅游业发展，市场营销和活动专家的职业发展涉及旅游场所和企业，度假村，地方，州和地区经济发展机构以及访客和会议服务。他们负责在广泛定义的旅游行业中促进其客户。这包括
The public's desire for quality of life, the pursuit of happiness, and for well organized leisure activities drives a 600 billion marketplace supporting parks and recreation, more than 152 billion in sport management, and a 1.3 trillion investment in tourism. Students interested in Parks, Recreation and Sport are individuals who are active, involved in sports, the great outdoors, and enjoy travel. The BS in Parks, Recreation & Sport with emphasis in Tourism Development offers students 12-week hands-on training in the area of interest. Students gain experience through coursework and internships. Tourism development, marketing and event specialists grow in careers associated with tourism venues and enterprises, resorts, local, state and regional economic development agencies, and visitor and convention services. They are responsible for promoting their clients throughout the broadly defined tourism industry. This includes organizing promotional and profitable events for venues and communities, developing public relations materials or establishing relationships with various local interest groups.