Community & Recreation Majors | Degree Programs | Wingate
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Community & Recreation Majors | Degree Programs | Wingate
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Community and Commercial Recreation
Take your degree further...
Explore a Master's in Sport Managment
Check out The School of Sport Sciences Leadership Academy
Wingate University community and commercial recreation majors are active. In the classroom, they spend time learning the theory and practice that goes into producing quality recreational programs, while they’re also engaged in numerous hands-on experiential learning opportunities on and off campus.
A key part of the community and commercial recreation experience is a full-time summer internship between your junior and senior years. As part of the process of applying for an internship, you get the chance to update your résumé and learn networking techniques from alumni in the recreation, leisure and sport industry. By the time you graduate, you will have at least 400 hours of field experience, including the three-credit-hour summer internship.
Major Requirements
Faculty
Career Opportunities
Completing this bachelor of science degree requires 51-53 credit hours of core curriculum, 33 hours of major-related courses, 6 hours each of sociology, psychology, health and physical education and 21 hours of electives.
Tom Appenzeller
Adjunct Faculty, Sport Sciences
Brandy Clemmer
Dean, School of Sport Sciences and Associate Professor
Nick DeLangie
Assistant Professor, Sport Sciences, Business Intelligence, Salesforce Marketing Administrator
Christi DeWaele
MASM Program Director, Associate Professor of Sport Sciences
Christopher Harrist
Associate Professor, Sport Sciences, Chair, Department of Sport & Recreation Management
Daniel McLaughlin
Associate Professor, Sport Sciences , Health and Physical Education Teacher Education Coordinator
Christopher Parker
Adjunct Faculty
Delaney Schappert
Assistant Coach Womens Lacrosse, Adjunct Faculty
Recreation and leisure is a $400+ billion per year industry, the third largest retail industry, and the second largest employer in the United States.
Employment opportunities are varied and include:
municipal settings (local parks and recreation departments)
community-based agencies (YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs)
commercial organizations (Carowinds, US National Whitewater Center)
youth serving agencies (summer camps, after school programs)
outdoor recreation (National Park Service, game warden)
hospitality (cruise lines, resorts)
Tommy McCollum receives community service award.
Antilius “A.J.” Johnson ’23, Program Director of the Year at YMCA
Dalton Miles (CCR '23) fights fires as a Wildland Firefighter
Students visit Charlotte Rollin' Hornets
SSSLA Students Visit NC State & Carolina Hurricanes
Questions?
Dr. Chris Harrist
(704) 233-8176
c.harrist@wingate.edu
Skip To Main Content
Community and Commercial Recreation
Take your degree further...
Explore a Master's in Sport Managment
Check out The School of Sport Sciences Leadership Academy
Wingate University community and commercial recreation majors are active. In the classroom, they spend time learning the theory and practice that goes into producing quality recreational programs, while they’re also engaged in numerous hands-on experiential learning opportunities on and off campus.
A key part of the community and commercial recreation experience is a full-time summer internship between your junior and senior years. As part of the process of applying for an internship, you get the chance to update your résumé and learn networking techniques from alumni in the recreation, leisure and sport industry. By the time you graduate, you will have at least 400 hours of field experience, including the three-credit-hour summer internship.
Major Requirements
Faculty
Career Opportunities
Completing this bachelor of science degree requires 51-53 credit hours of core curriculum, 33 hours of major-related courses, 6 hours each of sociology, psychology, health and physical education and 21 hours of electives.
Tom Appenzeller
Adjunct Faculty, Sport Sciences
Brandy Clemmer
Dean, School of Sport Sciences and Associate Professor
Nick DeLangie
Assistant Professor, Sport Sciences, Business Intelligence, Salesforce Marketing Administrator
Christi DeWaele
MASM Program Director, Associate Professor of Sport Sciences
Christopher Harrist
Associate Professor, Sport Sciences, Chair, Department of Sport & Recreation Management
Daniel McLaughlin
Associate Professor, Sport Sciences , Health and Physical Education Teacher Education Coordinator
Christopher Parker
Adjunct Faculty
Delaney Schappert
Assistant Coach Womens Lacrosse, Adjunct Faculty
Recreation and leisure is a $400+ billion per year industry, the third largest retail industry, and the second largest employer in the United States.
Employment opportunities are varied and include:
municipal settings (local parks and recreation departments)
community-based agencies (YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs)
commercial organizations (Carowinds, US National Whitewater Center)
youth serving agencies (summer camps, after school programs)
outdoor recreation (National Park Service, game warden)
hospitality (cruise lines, resorts)
Tommy McCollum receives community service award.
Antilius “A.J.” Johnson ’23, Program Director of the Year at YMCA
Dalton Miles (CCR '23) fights fires as a Wildland Firefighter
Students visit Charlotte Rollin' Hornets
SSSLA Students Visit NC State & Carolina Hurricanes
Questions?
Dr. Chris Harrist
(704) 233-8176
c.harrist@wingate.edu