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Day |
Date |
Lecture Topics |
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Reading |
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Tues.
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Aug. 25 |
Course Introduction |
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Thurs.
|
Aug. 27 |
Importance and role of leisure in today's society |
|
Ch 1 |
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Tues.
|
Sept 1 |
-Theoretical explanations of leisure, leisure time
|
|
Classical Theories |
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Thurs. |
Sept. 3 |
Historical development of conservation ideas affecting
resource recreation
|
|
Ch 2 & 3 |
|
Tues.
|
Sept. 8 |
Humans and wildlands -- Growth of American myths & viewpoints about
protected areas 5 |
|
p. 24-33
Historical background |
|
Thurs. |
Sept. 10 |
Parks and protected areas: conservation & leisure
origins of National Park Service and US Forest Service
6
|
|
P. 33-45
Governmental Role |
|
Tues. |
Sept. 15 |
Historical legacy of conservation agencies in USA
Public service and governmental functions
7
|
|
p. 47-82
Federal Providers |
|
Thurs. |
Sept. 17 |
Wildlife Refuges, BLM, USACOE, and more 8 |
|
p. 83-107 |
|
Tues. |
Sept. 22 |
Controversies over water and Wilderness
9
|
Literature review assigned |
To Be Assigned |
|
Thurs. |
Sept. 24 |
National Trails, Wild & Scenic Rivers
10
|
|
TBA |
|
Tues. |
Sept. 29 |
Behavioral based definitions of recreation
11
|
|
|
|
Thurs. |
Oct. 1 |
ROS Recreation Opportunity Spectrum--
A
Planning & Management Framework
12 |
ROS Users Guide
Click to download |
 |
|
Tues. |
Oct. 6 |
Applying the ROS system 13 |
Journal 1 due |
|
|
Thurs. |
Oct. 8 |
Peak, Flow & Edgework In-class workshop
14 |
Edgework: A Social
Psychological Analysis
of Voluntary Risk Taking |
|
Tues. |
Oct. 13 |
- Midterm Exam (in-class)
|
|
|
|
Thurs. |
Oct. 15 |
Measuring leisure motives
15
|
|
TBA |
|
Tues. |
Oct. 20 |
Five phases of the outdoor recreation experience
16
|
|
TBA |
|
Thurs. |
Oct. 22 |
Two Factor Theory of Satisfaction 16
|
|
Supplemental reading |
|
Tues. |
Oct. 27 |
Crowding, privacy, & solitude
17
|
Interview assigned |
TBA |
|
Thurs. |
Oct.
29 |
Conflict and displacement in recreation
17
|
|
TBA |
|
Tues. |
Nov. 3 |
Role of Stress/Coping Behaviors
18
|
|
TBA |
|
Thurs. |
Nov. 5 |
Management Strategies:
Allocation, Zoning, Buffers, Rationing
19
|
|
TBA |
|
Tues. |
Nov. 10 |
Management strategies in primitive & remote settings
20
|
Literature review due |
|
|
Thurs. |
Nov. 12 |
Recreation Carrying Capacity |
|
TBA |
|
Tues. |
Nov. 17 |
Recreation Carrying Capacity
continued
|
|
Supplemental reading |
|
Thurs. |
Nov. 19 |
Interview work day
|
|
Supplemental reading |
|
Tues. |
Nov. 24 |
NO CLASS (Fall Recess) |
|
|
|
Thurs. |
Nov. 26 |
THANKSGIVING VACATION
|
|
|
|
Tues. |
Dec. 1 |
LAC
an alternative to carrying capacity
|
Journal 2 due
Interview discussion |
|
|
Thurs. |
Dec. 3 |
LAC
|
Interview due |
Supplemental reading |
|
Tues. |
Dec. 8 |
Depreciative Behavior & Vandalism
|
|
Supplemental reading |
|
Thurs. |
Dec. 10 |
Ecotourism, historical tourism, cultural tourism
Review for Final Exam
|
|
Supplemental reading |
|
|
|
|
|
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THURS. |
Dec. 17, 2009 |
- Final Exam (see
Final Exam Schedule)
(7:30am--9:30 p.m.)
Room 222 TLC |
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