An overview of the creation, management, and administration of non-profit organizations and businesses. Examines legal requirements for charter and incorporation by state law and Federal guidelines from the Internal Revenue Service. Current trends and issues in non-profit sector business are explored and a survey of the wide diversity of non-profit sector organizations is included. Since a high percentage of recreation agencies are incorporated as non-profit organizations, specific applications are made to the field of leisure and recreation.

Supervised, professional administrative work experience in an approved recreation, park, tourism, or health care agency. Students participate in a 14-week 560-hour internship experience after receiving approval from their academic adviser and the internship coordinator.

Independent Study.

This course provides a culminating capstone experience for students in the Masters of Science Degree (M.S.) in Recreation Management and Policy (RMP). The purpose of the course is to assist students in integrating their knowledge, skills, and abilities in RMP and related coursework, co-curricular experiences, and workplace experiences into the creation of an e-portfolio. The e-portfolio is intended to demonstrate students' mastery of program-level goals and learning objectives as they progress through the RMP graduate curriculum. The e-portfolio also prepares students with professional skills and presentation-ready materials to assist with the next step in their professional journey. Students orally present their e-portfolio to the RMP graduate cohort and their RMP academic advisor evaluates the e-portolio using a grading rubric.