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Minors and Certificates

Discover your potential and elevate your career with the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration's diverse selection of minors and certificates.

Explore our minors and certificates below!

Undergraduate Minors

Disability Studies & Community Inclusion

Minor in Disability Studies & Community Inclusion

The Disability Studies and Community Inclusion minor prepares students to be leaders in promoting greater inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of life and across the lifespan. The minor enhances a student's career by preparing them to understand the nature of disabilities, meaning of disability in our society, social, political and health implications of disability, and methods of making our society more inclusive to those who live with disabilities.

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Esports - Minor

Minor in Esports

The Esports minor is designed to introduce students to the esports industry, as well as prepare them to assume service and leadership roles within the industry. Through innovation, research, knowledge dissemination and the enhancement of educational and practical opportunities, this interdisciplinary program affords students the opportunity to enroll in a variety of courses across disciplines to procure knowledge and acquire practical skills pertaining to esports.

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Event Planning

Minor in Event Planning

The Event Planning minor prepares students to assume leadership roles within the industry. Through innovation, research, knowledge dissemination and the enhancement of educational and practical opportunities, this minor affords students the opportunity to enroll in a variety of courses across disciplines to procure knowledge and practical skills pertaining to the process of event planning.

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Hospitality and Event Management

Minor in Hospitality and Event Management

The Hospitality and Event Management minor is for students interested in a foundational knowledge of restaurants, hotels, private clubs, non-commercial food-service organizations and other hospitality organizations. Students in the minor may pursue specific areas of interest tied to the management of selected hospitality properties or management of events within hospitality organizations.

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Park Management

Minor in Park Management

The Park Management minor prepares students to have specialties in their careers in outdoor recreation and parks. Emphasis is on sustainable management of parks and other natural environments for human enjoyment, environmental education and ecological diversity. 

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Recreation Management

Minor in Recreation Management

The Recreation Management minor prepares students to be leaders in facilitating recreation activities in a variety of settings with diverse populations in community recreation agencies, youth development agencies, campus recreation and wellness centers, adventure centers, corporate recreation and fitness programs, military recreation, senior centers, youth sports organizations, and camps.

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Sport Administration - Minor

Minor in Sport Administration

The Sport Administration minor is for students who want an introduction to working in the sport industry.

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Tourism Management

Minor in Tourism Management

The Tourism Management minor prepares students to specialize in tourism service management and sustainable destination development relative to their careers. The minor provides students with the necessary skills for entrepreneurial success within the tourism industry. Exciting career opportunities exist in resorts, theme parks, special events, convention and visitors bureaus, regional planning, urban renewal, ecotourism, outdoor adventures, sport tourism and cultural tourism.

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Undergraduate Certificates

Event Management - Undergraduate Certificate

Event Management - Undergraduate Certificate

The Event Management undergraduate certificate program will give you the skills you need to plan, organize and execute a wide range of events from concerts to corporate events. With experienced faculty and a focus on hands-on learning, you'll be well-prepared to hit the ground running in the fast-paced world of event planning.

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Hospitality Management - Undergraduate Certificate

Hospitality Management - Undergraduate Certificate

The Hospitality Management undergraduate certificate provides entry-level management skills for those interested in employment or a career in the field.

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