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You should have received a letter of admittance
to the Recreation Graduate Program from the Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism. Included with this letter is a copy of your Admission
Decision Form from the SFSU Division of Graduate Studies and information
about the Graduate Essay Test (GET). As soon as you receive this letter
you should:
A. Read the forms carefully. Note on the Admission Decision
Form if you have been admitted as a "Classified" standing
student or as "Conditionally Classified."
B. If Conditionally Classified, notice the prerequisite
classes and/or work expereince you must complete before you can advance
to classified status. Conditionally classified students can not take any
800 level graduate classes, but can take 700 level and undergrad courses.
It is important to take the prerequisite classes as soon as possible in
your grad program. See the course rotation to
learn when these are offered.
C. The letter from the Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism (RPT) assigns you an initial advisor and has contact information.
Please contact this professor just prior to the start of your first semester
so you can make an appointment with her/him during which they can help
answer questions you have about your first semester in the program and
intial courses to take.
D. Just prior to the beginning of your first semester the
SFSU Graduate Division holds an extensive new SFSU graduate student
orientation. To determine the exact date go to:http://www.sfsu.edu/~gradstdy/.
We strongly urge you to attend this!
E. The letter from the RPT Department should provide you
with a date for the RPT new recreation graduate student orientation.
This 2 hour session will cover information about our graduate program
and you will be able to meet some faculty members. We strongly encourage
you to attend this program orientation.
F. Either the first or second semester you will be required
to take REC 700, Orientation and Professional Development, a class in
which you will develop an initial list of courses to take in your grad
program and career plan. You will also be introduced to some current graduate
students and professionals in the Bay Area. REC 700 is normally offered
just in the fall semester.
If you do all six of the steps below it will help make your
transition into a recreation graduate student a smooth and successful
one.
INITIAL STEPS AND DEADLINES FOR NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS
1. Review the Recreation Graduate Program website (www.sfsu.edu/~recdept/gradhm.htm)
and click on the Course Rotation link. Review when core and prerequisite
classes are offered.
2. See your advisor, discuss the classes you need to
take the current or next semester. Get an Advising Planning Sheet
signed by your advisory documenting you have been advised that semester.
The RPT department has a mandatory advising requirement, which means
you must see your advisor each semester and show a signed Advising Planning
Sheet at the beginning of the semester in each graduate class. If you
do not have this sheet you may not be allowed to continue in that class.
3. You are required to take the Graduate Essay Test (GET)
within the first two semesters of starting your graduate program. The
GET is given only a few times a semester and space is limited. You must
make a reservation well in advance. For details see the following: http://www.sfsu.edu/~testing/get.html
4. Start taking your specialization classes early in
your graduate program. See your advisor to get his/her ok before taking
a specialization class. Do not wait until you have finished
taking all core classes before taking specialization courses.
5. After 2 or 3 semesters you should consider completing your
Graduate Approved Program (GAP). For the GAP and other steps
in the recreation graduate program for continuing students see the Continuing
Students webpage.
6. Start to consider your culminating expereince options,
a thesis or comprehensive exam. Click the following link to learn about
Thesis Eligibility Policy and Criteria.
Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism
New Graduate Student Orientation Checklist
The following is critically important information for new Recreation
Graduate Students to understand at the start of their graduate program.
Read the information below and check the box to indicate you have been
presented with basic information for new students you understand the
requirements shown below.
__ I, as a new recreation graduate student, understand that newly
admitted students must complete the Graduate Essay Test (GET) before
the end of their 2nd semester in the program. New students who do not
take the test by this date will not be allowed to register for other
RPT classes. If you do not pass the GET, then the next semester after
taking the GET that student must take either TPW400, BUS 514, or CHS
514 or similar writing class.
__ My graduate advisor is ___________________________ .
__ I understand that I must meet with my advisor once each semester
for mandatory advising and get an advising slip to show RLS instructors
the first week of classes.
__ I have met with my graduate advisor, or will do so in the next
two weeks, to identify a 4-5 semester plan of courses to take.
__ I have reviewed the recreation graduate program course rotation
and can determine when core classes are offered in the future.
__ If I am conditionally classified, I know what semester and time
of day prerequisite classes are offered for next semester.
__ I have visited the Recreation Graduate Student website and can
navigate to the webpage for New Graduate Students and the page on Graduate
Policies.
__ After completing 12 units of core or emphasis classes I realize
I will need to submit my Graduate Approved Program (GAP).
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