RECREATN 334/534 Recreation
Programming and Leadership
COURSE SYLLABUS
Instructor: Dr.
Karen Barak 121 Williams Center
ph.
(262) 472-3716 office 472-1140
secretary
Link
to Download (608) 877-1205 home e-mail: Barakk@uww.edu
Activity Schedule Office hours: M: 1:00 - 5:00 W: 1:00 - 2:00 Other hours by
appointment.
Course objectives:
Students
will have the ability to:
1.
Identify positive and negative forms of leadership and group behavior
2. Select a programming approach suitable
to the leisure participants' needs through workable knowledge of program
behavior outcomes
3. Design, implement, promote and
evaluate a workable program model for a specific leisure participant group
Texts: Edginton, C.R.,
Michaelis, B. &
O'Connell, J.M. (2000). The Game and Play Leader's Handbook. State College, PA: Venture Publishing.
Attendance: 2 points are deducted for each class period
you miss. If you must be absent from class, you are responsible
for arranging with a classmate to "cover" any material to be made up,
including picking up your handouts, notes, etc. Four unexcused absences will
result in a failing grade.
Excused
absences
must be supported with written material, and include: university sanctioned
events with notes from the appropriate faculty member or coach indicating
dates; illness with a written confirmation including date of absence from the
health center, clinic, hospital, physician, or dentist; funeral in your
immediate family; and military service. Unexcused absences include
things such as: picking up family members from the airport, going on vacation,
attending a friend to a funeral, conferences, oversleeping, car breakdowns,
work, sickness without documentation, or court dates for traffic tickets, etc.
Three such absenses are allowed with minimal consequences so that you can take
care of your personal needs. If you arrive late to class it is likely you have
been marked absent.
Papers: All papers will be typed
and formatted with one inch margins right, left, top and bottom, 10 -12 size
font, and double spacing. Late papers are not accepted.
Course requirements and grading:
Grads &
Undergrads Course attendance
80 Grading Scale
Grads &
Undergrads Presentation of activity 20 252-280
= A
Grads &
Undergrads Activity resource
collection
30 224-251 = B
8quizzes/take home assignments 40 196-223
= C
Undergraduate: Volunteer Project Undergraduate:
30 168-195 = D
Graduate: An individual project will be arranged 0 -167 = F
through consultation with the instructor. Graduate:
30
Grads &
Undergrads
Class Programming Project
80
280 possible points
The
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater is dedicated to a safe, supportive and
non-discriminatory learning environment.
It is the responsibility of all undergraduate and graduate students to
familiarize themselves with university policies regarding Special
Accommodations, misconduct, Religious Beliefs Accommodation, Discrimination and
Absence for University Events. (For
details please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate Timetables; the “Rights
and Responsibilities” section of the Undergraduate Bulletin; the Academic
Requirements and Policies and the Facilities and Services sections of the
Graduate bulletin; and the “Student Academic Disciplinary Procedures” [UWS Chapter
14]; and the “Student Nonacademic Disciplinary Procedures” [UWS Chapter 17]).
January 18 Syllabus distributed: Human Bingo