USU继续提供强大的学位课程，为学生为从事公共土地娱乐管理的职业做好准备。娱乐资源管理包括管理土地以适应娱乐用途以及向休闲游客解释这些土地的自然价值。娱乐资源在维护公共土地的多种用途中起着至关重要的作用。USU位于六个国家公园的半天车程之内，这使学生可以在世界上一些最美丽，最常访问的娱乐场所附近进行实地考察。希望从事娱乐资源管理的学生必须具备良好的人际交往能力以及对自然资源的扎实了解。本科生具有生物科学背景，包括野生动植物和鱼类多样性，植物和生态学课程。该课程还重点关注自然资源的人为因素，包括规划和管理，
Utah State University was the first to offer an academic course on managing outdoor recreation.Since the first class offered in the 1930s, USU continues to offer a strong degree program that prepares students for careers in public land recreation management. Recreation resource management involves managing lands to accommodate recreational uses as well as interpreting the natural values of these lands to recreation visitors. Recreation resources play a vital role in maintaining the multiple uses of public lands. USU is located within half a day's drive of six national parks, putting students in close proximity with field study opportunities at some of the most beautiful and most commonly visited recreation sites in the world. Students wishing to pursue recreation resource management must have good people skills as well as a solid understanding of natural resources. Undergraduates receive a background in biological sciences, including courses in wildlife and fish diversity, plants, and ecology. The curriculum also places a strong focus on the human dimensions of natural resources, including planning and management, environmental interpretation, sociology and psychology of recreation, and environmental economics, history, and law.