MS Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management at North Carolina State University

Programme overview

The Doctoral degree allows students to match their particular research interests and career aspirations with departmental research activities and faculty expertise. The primary areas of interest for students include health and well-being, human dimensions of the natural and built environment, sustainable and equitable tourism, and geospatial methods and modelling with a substantive area of study in another discipline.

Faculty: College of Natural Resources | Department: Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall | Location: Raleigh, NC, United States

What you will study

Although each doctoral course of study will be unique to the individual student, the usual course of study will include a minimum of 54 hours beyond the Master's. Courses listed in the plan include: PRT 700 Concepts and Theories of Leisure and Recreation; PRT 701 Research Methods in Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Management; PRT 750 Foundations of Social Science Research; PRT 705 Qualitative Research for Environmental and Social Transformation; PRT 695 Master's Thesis Research.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management graduate students are admitted to the university through NC State’s Graduate School. Faculty in our department review applications and make recommendations to the Graduate School regarding admission of applicants to the department. A critical factor in our admission decisions for on-campus graduate degrees is whether there is a match of research interests between an applicant and a faculty member who is available to serve as academic advisor. Please review our faculty research and our faculty experts and contact the faculty members who share your academic interests. We cannot admit any students without a faculty sponsor regardless of their credentials. Application deadlines: Fall: January 15 (Masters and Doctoral)

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring, Summer 1 and Summer 2, subject to individual programme availability.

Graduate School priority deadlines: US citizens Fall June 25, Spring November 25, Summer 1 March 25, Summer 2 May 10; international applicants Fall March 1, Spring July 15, Summer 1 and Summer 2 December 15. Programme deadlines may be earlier and apply if so. Application fees are non-refundable.

Apply through the official page: https://applygrad.ncsu.edu/apply

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