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Department of Human Performance and Recreation

Whether it's in a clinic, in the workplace, or in the great outdoors, you'll be able to impact the lives of the people who surround you.

Learn to Improve the Health of Others

Students in Health, Recreation & Human Performance. Instructor Lynn Perkes

In the Department of Human Performance and Recreation, you'll learn how to maximize physical performance, build community, manage a recreational business, or provide therapeutic services to multiple populations.

Find your place in the department, whether you're pursuing a career in exercise physiology, natural resource management, municipal recreation, or acute and long-term care. Prepare for physical/occupational therapist graduate work or for becoming a personal trainer or a physical therapist assistant!

Bachelor's Degrees We Offer

For general information about each of our offerings, visit our
Degrees and Programs page.

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Exercise Physiology (B.S.)

Develop an understanding of how the body reacts to physical stress and movement.

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Recreation Management (B.S.)

The Recreation Management program provides students with life-enhancing abilities to create wholesome recreation and leisure experiences in professional, civic, religious, and home settings.

Students play volleyball on campus.

Therapeutic Recreation (B.S.)

Help people improve their well-being through recreation! A degree in Therapeutic Recreation trains students to work at recreation centers, after-school programs, daycares, assisted living centers, retirement homes, and respite care centers.

Associate Degrees We Offer

Physical Therapy Assistant

Physical Therapist Assistant (A.A.S.)

This program prepares students to pass the national licensure exam and work under the direction of a physical therapist as a licensed physical therapist assistant.

Minors Offered

Fitness Prescription

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Recreation Management

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Therapeutic Recreation

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Department Of Human Performance And Recreation
- Hart 254
  208-496-4691
  recmgt_dept@byui.edu
Health Programs Outreach
- Health Programs Outreach
  Benson 240
  (208) 496-1285
  pta@byui.edu
Exercise Physiology Mentoring
- Hart 244