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Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
Our research in parks, recreation, and tourism focuses on the "human dimension" of natural resources, with special focus on outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism. Research in this area aims to understand complex human-environment issues and drivers of travel and tourism. Specific topics tackled by our faculty include:
Developing services and programs
Forces/trends behind tourism and travel decisions
Eco-tourism and sustainable tourism
Historic resources
Impacts of recreation and sustainable development
Environmental education
Environmental interpretation
Human dimensions
Graduate Degrees in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management
The Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (PRTM) graduate program emphasizes the “human dimension” of natural resources, with special focus on outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism. PRTM courses are designed to prepare students with practical real-world skills and the tools needed to identify, understand and manage complex human-environment issues. These include understanding significant historical developments, developing services and programs, managing for recreational impacts, and recognizing the importance of sustainable development.
Graduates from this program are prepared for leadership opportunities within the field and may pursue positions in the outdoor tourism industry, public parks, and various local, state, and federal agencies. MS and PhD graduates are also prepared for further research and teaching at the university level, and within state or federal agencies as well as NGOs.
CURRICULUM
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management can be pursued under the MNR, MS, and PhD degree programs.
QUESTIONS?
For general questions about pursuing a graduate degree at Warnell, contact a member of the graduate team:
Dr. Kyle Maurice Woosnam
, Graduate Coordinator
Office: 1-301A
Email:
woosnam@uga.edu
Kate deDufour
, Graduate Program Administrator
Office: 1-217
Prospective students should also contact faculty members for questions specific to this disciplinary area. Please check faculty members’ personal pages for information about their individual research interests and projects to ensure that you are contacting the most relevant ones.
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Personnel
Dr. B. Bynum Boley
Professor, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (PRTM), Director of the UGA Tourism Research Lab
My research interests focus on sustainable tourism with special attention to how the unique natural and cultural resources of communities can be protected, packaged and marketed to jointly increase sustainability, resident quality of life and a community’s competitiveness as a tourism…
Dr. Nick ("Ranger Nick") Fuhrman
Associate Dean for Outreach & Meigs Professor of Environmental Education
Live animals (reptiles, amphibians, and birds of prey) as ambassadors of educational messages
Environmental education program evaluation
Effective teaching methods
Dr. Mikell Gleason
Senior Lecturer & Assistant Director for Program Development, Discover Abroad
Dr. Gary T. Green
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor, Natural Resources, Recreation and Tourism Management
Dr. Michael Tarrant
Director, Discover Abroad, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Human Dimensions
Global education (student learning outcomes) and international protected area management
Dr. Kyle Maurice Woosnam
Professor of Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management, Graduate Coordinator
Research methods in social sciences
Human dimensions of wildlife
Human-wildlife interactions
Impacts of tourism
Economic, socio-cultural, environmental impacts
Sustainable community tourism development and planning
International tourism development
Community festival planning, management,…
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