娱乐，公园和旅游学理学硕士（RPT）计划的任务是促进新兴企业家领袖的发展，这些领袖将成为变革推动者，并促进娱乐，公园，旅游业和社会的发展。RPT的理科硕士课程为学生做好准备，使其可以在社区娱乐和非营利性休闲服务，商业和私营企业以及公园和自然资源管理机构中担任监督和管理职务。该学位还为希望在其他机构攻读博士学位以进行高级研究，咨询和教学的学生提供了基础。该系提供了优质的教育，服务和研究基础，弥合了理论与实践，知识与经验以及批判性和创造性思维之间的鸿沟。
The mission of the Master of Science in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism (RPT) program is to serve as a catalyst for the development of emerging entrepreneurial leaders who will be change agents and advance the recreation, parks, and tourism profession and society. The MS in RPT prepares students to be employed in supervisory and managerial positions in areas of community recreation and nonprofit leisure services, commercial and private enterprises, and in parks and natural resources management agencies. The degree also offers the underpinning for students who wish to pursue a doctorate at other institutions for advanced research, consulting, and teaching positions. The department offers a foundation of quality education, service, and research that bridges the gaps between theory and practice, knowledge and experience, and critical and creative thinking.