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Department History and Background

 
The Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism, while relatively small in relation to many other autonomous units within the University, has a comparatively long history, providing formal professional-level training to meet the personnel demand needs of the recreation, parks and tourism professions in metropolitan Bay Area since 1935. In addition to its undergraduate mission, the Department also trains and prepares post-baccalaureate personnel, primarily administrators, supervisors, event planners and various specialists, to meet demands for advanced skill-level professional personnel through the Master of Science curriculum in Recreation.

 
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