Department of Recreation, Therapeutic Recreation & Tourism

Help preserve our parks, make an impact on local communities, and master the art of hospitality. Our program covers a broad range of opportunities that work toward improving our quality of life.

Not accepting new applications

All programs associated with the Department of Recreation, Therapeutic Recreation, and Leisure have been discontinued and will not be accepting incoming applications.

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Parks & Recreation Management

Are you passionate about parks, nature, or the environment and its impact on a person’s well-being? Learn about recreation services and their relation to communities.

Therapeutic Management

Learn how to use the tools of recreation and leisure to improve a person’s quality of life in community, clinical, addiction, and mental health settings.

Tourism Management

Resorts. Transportation. Theme Parks. Move your classroom around the world as you learn about the sectors of tourism and help the field bounce back from a pandemic.

Internships

Internships can help you discover your passions and are often steppingstones into a career. Internships are a must for our majors and we often encourage interning in other countries or states to further broaden their experience. Students are encouraged to seek out areas and organizations that they are interested in and our professors will help tie that into your coursework.

My Brockport Experience

“I was receiving college credits to go scuba diving, and I was hooked. I knew a career in this field would be fun. Plain and simple.”

Max Accordino

Department News
Alicia Gazda

Why Visit Rochester?

Meet Alicia (Fultz) Gazda ’10, the convention sales manager for Visit Rochester who celebrated five years with the agency on November 7, 2022.

Read the storyWhy Visit Rochester?