This program is available at the following locations:

• Corvallis
• OSU-Cascades

Also available via Ecampus from Fall 2024.

Options available:

• Adventure Leadership Education
• Nature, Eco, and Adventure Tourism
• Outdoor Recreation Management
• Sustainable Tourism Management

The Bachelor of Science (BS) in Tourism, Recreation and Adventure Leadership (TRAL) explores the importance of tourism and recreation in natural settings for community development, human health and quality of life, and the sustainable use of natural resources. Students will learn about management practices and public preferences to address contemporary tourism, recreation and outdoor leadership opportunities, and issues in natural settings. Studies include decision making within applicable laws and across cultural contexts, as well as communication and collaboration with a variety of audiences, and successful supervision of employees and volunteers. The TRAL program covers best practices for planning, developing, and managing recreation resources in natural settings. Students learn to evaluate and integrate experiential, economic, biophysical, and social concepts. They study interaction across natural resources and the consequences of development, management, and marketing decisions.

The following two options are available to Corvallis-based students majoring in TRAL:

1. Outdoor Recreation Management
2. Sustainable Tourism Management

The following two options are available to Cascades-campus students majoring in TRAL:

1. Nature, Eco and Adventure Tourism
2. Adventure Leadership Education

Major Code: 872

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• Explain the importance of tourism and recreation in natural settings for achieving societal goals, such as community development, human health and quality of life, and sustainable use of natural resources.
• Identify, analyze, and apply the best available information on science, management practices, and public preferences to address contemporary tourism, recreation, and outdoor leadership opportunities and issues.
• Make tourism, recreation, and outdoor leadership decisions within applicable laws, policies, and regulations and across cultural and national contexts.
• Communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in appropriate formats.
• Work effectively and professionally in groups, both as leaders and followers.
• Understand principles and methods for successful supervision of employees and/or volunteers.

Completion of an approved option is required for the Tourism, Recreation, and Adventure Leadership degree. Declaration of the option must be done by the end of the sophomore year, or at least six (6) terms prior to graduation. Courses for an option are in addition to the core curriculum. Some courses may require prerequisites not included in the core curriculum.

All students pursuing the BS in TRAL must earn grades of C or better in all courses for the major (or approved substitutions).

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

Major Code: 872