Online Master of Science in Recreation, Sport and Tourism

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Applied Health Sciences

Program Information

For complete information about this program, please
visit the Recreation, Sport and Tourism web site at
http://rst.illinois.edu/msrst.htm

The demand for professionals with an advanced degree in
the leisure service industry continues to increase. Job
opportunities in parks and recreation, sports management,
hotel management, convention and tourist bureaus, health
and fitness clubs, and volunteer and youth agencies, just to
name a few, are on the rise. Employees with graduate
degrees will have the best opportunities for supervisory or
administrative positions.

The Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism in the
College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers an online Master of
Science degree in Recreation, Sport and Tourism. This
degree provides you a quality and highly accessible
education, ensuring that you are prepared to meet the
changing requirements of the leisure services industry. The
Recreation, Sport and Tourism program focuses on quality
online pedagogy that engages the student in discussion
with classmates and instructors, challenges them with
meaningful assignments and research, and provides useful
training for an advanced career.

The M.S. in Recreation, Sport and Tourism delivers courses
using online instruction that emphasizes group
collaboration, concluding with a final course dedicated to
the writing of a professional paper.

Each course is eight weeks in length. The typical course
load is one course per eight-week term. At this rate,
students can complete the degree in 18 months if courses
are taken in back-to-back terms. Cohorts for this program
will start on the first Wednesday of January, May and
September each year.

Upon successful completion of all coursework, you will earn
a Master of Science degree from the College of Applied
Health Sciences at the fully accredited University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.

Degree/Certificate: Masters Degree

Total Credit Hours: 36

Required Campus Visits: 0

Program URL: http://rst.illinois.edu/msrst.htm

Program Contact: Heather Miller
Program Director
Office of Continuing Education
1102 S. Goodwin Avenue, MC-046
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 265-6568
E-mail: RST-Advisor@ad.uiuc.edu

Timothy Tiger
Program Coordinator
Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism
205N Huff Hall
1206 South Fourth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 333-3629
E-mail: RST-Advisor@ad.uiuc.edu