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Recreational therapists make a difference in the health and well-being of individuals and communities through recreation-based therapeutic interventions. You can enjoy a rewarding career empowering people to live a healthy leisure lifestyle.

The BS program in recreational therapy prepares students to become competent, entry-level recreational therapists with the requisite knowledge and skills needed to use recreation-based interventions to improve health outcomes. Students are prepared to be qualified experiential therapists, utilizing the holistic benefits within creative and expressive arts, adapted exercise and sport, aquatic therapy, therapeutic riding, horticulture therapy, community integration, leisure education and structured play.Students enrolled in the program gain knowledge and requisite competencies to lead recreation-based therapeutic programs as a strategy to improve individual and community health. Through the curriculum, students learn the systematic process of conducting assessments, developing service plans, implementing therapeutic interventions, evaluating, and documenting outcomes of care.Additionally, students acquire intercultural and interprofessional competencies, as well as leadership skills necessary for the delivery of high quality, comprehensive recreational therapy services.The program involves extensive hands-on learning utilizing fieldwork opportunities through community-engaged activities, labs, practicum, and an internship as a program capstone. Bachelor of Science in recreational therapy graduates have many job opportunities and a solid foundation for graduate education.