Department of Recreation and Parks Management

Welcome!

The Department of Recreation and Parks Management strives to provide students with growth and development opportunities through, experiential learning, hands-on experiences, mentoring and collaboration with high quality faculty within their desired program of study.

Our mission is to provide students with a rigorous program to develop professional skills and competencies for the leisure services industry.

The Department of Recreation and Parks Management holds the following educational values:

Student Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Experiences

Quality Experiential Learning

Assessment and Evaluation

Life-long Learning

Choose your path

Frostburg State University provides several ways to achieve your professional and personal goals. Choose from multiple options:

Bachelor's Degrees
- B.S. in Recreation and Parks Management

Master's Program
- M.S. in Recreation, Parks and Sport Management

Concentrations
- Adventure Sports
- Community Program Delivery
- Hospitality Management & Tourism
- Sport Promotion & Communication

Accreditation

Frostburg State University’s Recreation and Parks Management Program received initial accreditation in 2000. Currently, the program is accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Parks, Recreation, Tourism, and Related Professions (COAPRT). COAPRT accredits baccalaureate programs in parks, recreation, tourism, sport management, event management, therapeutic recreation, and leisure studies offered at regionally accredited institutions within the United States and its territories, and at nationally accredited institutions in Canada and Mexico. In turn, COAPRT is accredited by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).