Overview

Students of the Tourism, Recreation and Adventure Leadership program at Oregon State University will learn about management practices and public preferences to address contemporary tourism, recreation and outdoor leadership opportunities, and issues in natural settings.

Studies include decision making within applicable laws and across cultural contexts, as well as communication to a variety of audiences, and successful supervision of employees and volunteers.

The TRAL program covers best practices for planning, developing, and managing recreation resources in natural settings.

Students learn to evaluate and integrate experiential, economic, biophysical, and social concepts.

They study interaction across natural resources and the consequences of development, management, and marketing decisions.

Key facts:

The following two options are available to Corvallis-based students majoring in TRAL:

Outdoor Recreation Management

Sustainable Tourism Management

The following two options are available to Cascades-campus students majoring in TRAL:

Nature, Eco and Adventure Tourism

Adventure Leadership Education

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Natural Resources and Community Values

Consensus and Natural Resources

Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources

Endangered Species, Society and Sustainability

Society and Natural Resources

Women and Natural Resources

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-06-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-22 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-08 00:00:00
Starting 2027-03-30 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-02 00:00:00
Starting 2027-09-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-02 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

180 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Corvallis, United States

Disciplines

Tourism & Leisure Leadership View 504 other Bachelors in Leadership in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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General requirements

3.0 GPA High school diploma or IB Diploma with minimum overall score of 26 or IGCSE 5 subjects with a 3.0 average using NCAA scale (9-7/A=4, 5-6/B/C=3, 4/D/E=2, F/G=1, 3-1/U=0). Subjects must include Math, English, Science, 2 electives.
English Test Scores must be less than two years old as of the start term requested. Applicants may also use the following achievements to meet the English Requirements for admission to an undergraduate degree program.
SAT: evidence-based reading/writing score of 560
ACTE (ACT English) - 21
Two English composition courses (Writing 121+) with grades C- or better or one English composition and one Speech Communication course (Communication 111+) with grades C- or better, all from a US university.
IGCSE O or A Level English with a grade of C or better (provisional results not accepted)
IB Diploma: Language A - Language and Literature (HL) with a minimum score of 5
AP English L & C - minimum score of 3

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

40392 USD / year

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Out-of-State

40392 USD / year

≈ 40392 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

15246 USD / year

≈ 15246 USD / year

Living costs

Corvallis

United States

1397 - 2488 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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