Required courses for the Therapeutic Recreation Online Graduate Certificate Program
See the Graduate Catalog for a detailed description of each course.
Preparation for NCTRC exam
These courses are designed to meet the academic requirements for therapeutic recreation content courses. The curriculum focuses on these areas in relation to the NCTRC Exam Content 2014:
REC 603 and 604 (20 percent of NCTRC Exam)
- Theories and concepts
- Practice guidelines
- Diagnostic groupings</li
REC 530, 533, 535, and 536 (63 percent of the NCTRC Exam)
- Assessment selection and implementation
- Assessment domains
- Documentation
- Implementation
- Facilitation
REC 538 (17 percent of the NCTRC Exam)
- TR service delivery
- Administrative tasks
- Advancement of TR/RT
- Professionalism
Course schedule
The courses can be completed in two semesters (nine credit hours per semester), plus one course in winter intercession, or spread out over time. Professionals could take just one or a few courses to maintain national certification or the entire online graduate certificate program.
Here are the yearly scheduled offerings of the six courses:
Fall Semester:
- REC 603 (full semester)
- REC 604 (first half semester)
- REC 530 (second half semester)
Winter session:
- REC 535 (winter session II, ten days in length)
Spring Semester:
- REC 533 (first 5 weeks of semester)
- REC 536 (second 5 weeks of semester)
- REC 538 (third 5 weeks of semester)
Check the Academic Calendar for specific dates each semester.
