This specialty is designed so that graduates can pursue positions in clinical, transitional, and community settings. It is directed towards students who are interested in wellness and want to emphasize healthful behavior during free time. Course work addresses promoting behavioral changes in nutrition, reduced use of alcohol and other substances, exercise, stress management, responsible sexuality, and involvement in meaningful and personally satisfying leisure pursuits across the life course. The Recreation and Leisure Studies Departmentat Brockport is highly recognized. The four REL full-time faculty and six adjunct faculty have extensive teaching and practical experience in Recreation and Leisure Studies.
Faculty members are readily available for advisement in course selection and career choices.
They are active, contributing members of professional organizations such as the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, the National Recreation and Park Association, the National Therapeutic Recreation Society, the National Employees Services and Recreation Association, the American Therapeutic Recreation Association, the New York State Recreation and Park Society, and the Genesee Valley Recreation and Park Society. Advisement Individualized advisement on academic and professional concerns is available to students enrolled in the major. Students arrange conference times with their faculty advisors so that academic programs can be developed to provide a meaningful course of study. SUNY Brockport has extensive facilities and resources for Recreation and Leisure Studies majors, excellent classrooms, a library with more than 500,000 bound volumes, and a variety of modern equipment ranging from computers to videotape cameras and projectors. Students are encouraged to join and participate in the REL Majors Club, a professionally focused organization.