Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Therapeutic Recreation] From Utica College

Comprehensive TR involves a continuum of service that includes treatment, leisure education, and independent recreation participation.?The therapeutic recreation major at Utica College is one of very few programs in the nation that is strictly designed to educate and graduate recreation therapists with a Bachelor of Science degree in therapeutic recreation. Graduates of this program meet the requirements of the National Council on Therapeutic Recreation Certification to take the certification examination and become a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. The program also is unique in that it is housed in the School of Health Professions and Education, which reflects the clinical-medical aspects of the major as well as the philosophical recreation foundation.?

Therapeutic Recreation graduates work in physical medicine and rehabilitation, mental and behavioral health, nursing homes and other programs serving older adults, residential care for people with developmental disabilities, youth programs, community based programs?for people with and without disabilities?and other areas of professional accomplishment that demand a solid foundation in the liberal arts.