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Do you enjoy the outdoors and appreciate keeping these resources available to everyone? Take your career to the next level by learning to master all aspects of parks and recreation administration. You'll build dynamic skills in community services management and development, sustainability and critical issues analysis.
Degree Awarded: MS
Community Resources and Development (Parks and Recreation Management)
The MS in community resources and development with a concentration in parks and recreation management is a research-oriented master's degree program. Students learn to analyze and understand critical topics and issues pertinent to the fields of tourism, parks and recreation management, nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations, and sustainable communities. With the commitment of faculty mentors, they learn how to approach and solve problems through the lens of community solution analysis: considering all regulatory, policy and relationship factors to make informed decisions. Courses are completed conveniently at ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus. Completion of the master's degree program requires two years of study, on the average.
September 2025
Downtown Phoenix Campus
411 N. Central Ave.,
PHOENIX,
Arizona,
85004, United States
To be admitted to ASU, you must have earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution in the U.S. or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor鈥檚 degree from an international institution that is officially recognized by that country.
Competitive applicants typically have a 鈥淏鈥� (3.00 on a 4.00 scale) grade point average in the last 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of undergraduate coursework. If you do not meet the minimum GPA requirements, your application may still be considered by the department.
English language proficiency requirements
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): Score of at least 80 on the TOEFL iBT
International English Language Testing System (IELTS): Overall band score of the academic test of at least 6.5
Pearson Test of English (PTE): Score of at least 60
Duolingo English test: Graduate minimum score of 105
