LEI 3160 People and Their Leisure Faculty: Dr. Steven F. Philipp
Department: Health, Leisure and Sports
Semester Hours: 3
Term:

Course Objectives	Grading and Evaluation
Required Texts	Schedule

Course Objective

A. Familiarize the student with basic leisure issues.
B. Develop an understanding of the philosophical and historical foundations of leisure.
C. Identify critical leisure policy decisions at Federal, State, and Local levels.
D. Discuss the implications of leisure on life-style, and the social conse- quences of leisure life-syle decisions.

Required Texts
Kelly, John (1996). Leisure. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
Reading assignments will be made from the textbook and other appropriate sources during the course.

Grading and Evaluation

Mid-term Exam	50%
Final Exam (Comprehensive)	50%
Class Participation-	up to 10 points

Schedule

	TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF COURSE TOPICS AND EXAMS



Aug.  26  Introduction and Administrative Concerns  

      28  The World of Leisure (Kelly: 3-15)

          Definitions: Leisure, Recreation, and Play(Kelly:16-32



Sept.  2  Labor Day Holiday

       4  Philosophical Dimensions of Leisure

       9  Leisure: Historical Perspective (Kelly: 117-148)

      11  Leisure: Historical Perspective cont. (Kelly:149-180)

      16  Leisure in Modern America 

      18  Commercial Recreation (Kelly: 340-365)

          Travel and Tourism (Kelly: 280-299)

      23  Travel and Tourism cont.

          Leisure: Class, Race, and Occupation

      25  Leisure and Education (Kelly: 325-339)

      30  Leisure and the Social System



Oct.   2  Leisure and the Life Course (Kelly: 47-71)

       7  The Social Nature of Leisure

          The Work Society

       9  MID-TERM EXAM

      14  Work and Leisure (Kelly: 97-115)

      16  Sport as Leisure (Kelly: 207-228)

      21  The Nature Of Leisure Place

          Leisure Sets

      23  Mass Culture: The Electronic Media (Kelly: 260-279)

          Mass Culture: The Printed Media

      28  Leisure and the Arts (Kelly: 244-259)

          "High" Culture 

      30  Personality and Leisure



Nov.   4  The Decline of Pleasure

       6  Sex, Sexuality, and Leisure (Kelly: 380-399)

      11  Veteran's Day Holiday

      13  Leisure Subcultures (Kelly: 72-96; 366-379)

      18  Public Recreation: An Overview (Kelly: 303-324)

          Outdoor Recreation  (Kelly: 229-243)

      20  Outdoor Recreation Economics (Pricing Leisure)

      25  Freedom and Leisure Learning (Kelly: 414-432)

      27  Extended Thanksgiving Holidays



Dec.   2  Future Perspectives of Leisure (Kelly:181-203)  

       4  Leisure for Everyone (Kelly: 400-413)

          Course Summarization, Questions, and Discussion

          FINAL EXAM