Career Opportunities
What
can I do with a degree in Commercial Recreation or Therapeutic Recreation?
Transferable
Skills for Recreation
- Problem solving skills
- Persuasive skills
- Operation skills
- Research Skills
- Communication skills
- Writing skills
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Career
Options:
- Recreation Professional
- Sports & Fitness Supervisor
- Camp Director
- Prison Recreation Specialist
- Cruise Recreation Director
- Sports Instructor
- Ice Arena Manager
- Consultant
- Personal Trainer
- Military Recreation
- Recreation Retailing
- College Teaching
- Community Center Management
- Program Management
- Coaching
- Natural Resource Management
- Camp Counselor
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- Yoga Instructor
- Senior Center
- Youth Sports
- Business Management
- Promotions (special events)
- Physical Education Teacher
- Industrial Recreation
- Recreation Forester
- Athletic Trainer
- Health Club Management
- Facility Management
- Local Commercial Recreation
- Hospitality
- State Parks
- Travel/Transportation/ Tourism
- Rural Recreation
- Aerobics Instructor
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- Administration/ Recreation Facilities
- Community Recreation
- Tennis Director
- Research
- Writing/Editing
- Golf Pro
- Cultural Arts
- Lifeguard
- Intramural/Recreation Sports
- Community Education
- Resort Management
- Spa Director
- Dance Instructor
- Corporate Fitness Instructor
- Commercial Recreation
- Outdoor Recreation
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Transferable
Skills for Therapeutic Recreation:
- Enhances the lifestyle of individuals through a wide range of activities
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Relates & interacts with people of varying ages and backgrounds
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Knows recreational & leisure theories and therapeutic recreation practices
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Uses recreational activities to promote optimal functioning
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Possesses good health & physical stamina
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Leads, directs and supervises others
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Understands dynamics of groups
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Organizes & coordinates activities
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Solves problems & makes appropriate decisions
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Communicates well both orally and in writing
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Maintains composure in stressful situations
Career
Options:
- Camp Director
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist
- Community Center Director
- Fitness Instructor/Specialist
- Senior Centers
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- Recreation Instructor
- Industrial Recreation Specialist
- Recreation Therapist
- Orthopedic Program Director
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- Prison Recreation Specialist
- Municipal Recreation Specialist
- Activity Director (Nursing)
- Recreation Facility Manager
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