Alumna leverages degree, turns early passion into career
Katie Kubis is leveraging her Penn State degree in recreation, park, and tourism management in a career with NYC Parks and continuing her lifelong passion for community building.
Student leverages internship experience in sustainable recreation
Isaac Brackbill, a fourth-year student majoring in recreation, park, and tourism management with a concentration in outdoor recreation, is gained real-world experience in sustainable recreation through an internship at Shelburne Farms in Vermont.
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Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Transforming Health and Wellness — Through Engaging People in Recreation
Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management at Penn State strives to positively impact health and wellness through recreation, park, tourism, and leisure opportunities — often affectionately referred to by many as the aspirational “bucket list” activities of their lives.
Undergraduate Program
Undergraduate Program
Explore the undergraduate degree that examines the broad spectrum of ways in which leisure activities, tourism and participating in life changing “experiences” impact our health and well-being.
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Graduate Program
Graduate Program
The graduate program explores how the social, environmental, psychological, and economic aspects of a broad array of leisure activities and pursuits can truly transform people’s lives and sense of well-being.
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Research
Research
Our team of esteemed research professionals collaborates closely with students and industry partners to examine how people engage in a full spectrum of recreational activities and how it affects their lives, the lives of others, and the environment around them.
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World Campus
World Campus
The RPTM program on World Campus can help prepare you for a career in one of the world’s largest service-sector industries, all from the comfort of your home. It has been built to help you gain the theoretical, managerial, practical and technical skills needed to succeed in the field.
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Associate Professor Derrick Taff wrote an introduction to a special edition of Journal of Interpretation Research. The research articles in this special issue provide recent evidence of Leave No Trace efficacy and examine novel approaches for communicating the principles while addressing existing limitations.
