Recreation Administration(RA) & Hospitality and Tourism Management(HTM)

Due to Council on Accreditation, Parks, Recreation and Tourism requirements all students must complete 1,000 hours of work or volunteer experience in the field. At Sac State, students are required to complete 600 pre-internship hours and 400 internship hours. Approved internship sites for Recreation Administration (RA) and Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) can be found at community engagement center: Community Partner List

Pre-Internship

All pre-internship hours must be completed before a student can enroll in the internship course (RPTA 195). Students should consult with their faculty advisor if they have questions regarding pre-internship hours, including what may or may not count and how far in the past an experience might have been and still be counted.

Internship

The RA Internship can be completed in full (10-15 units) (Note: 1 unit of credit equates to approximately 40 hours of placement) or in partial segments (4-6 units)

• 195R-RA full internship (10-15 units)
• 195Q-RA partial internship (4-6 units)
• 195G-HTM full internship (10-15 units)
• 195H-HTM partial internship (4-6 units)

For more information on on these options, attend the mandatory meetings and speak with your advisor.

Forms and information related to RA & HTM Pre-Internships and Internships

• Coming soon...Internship Manual (RA & HTM)
• Form A (Pre-Internship Hours) PDF: turn into RPTA Academic Advisor. All pre-internship hours must be completed prior to starting your internship.
• Form B (Contract Agency Form): This form must be submitted by students who choose to conduct their internship at a site not listed on the Community Partner list. Form must be submitted via CEC Connect by the following dates: Feb.15th if interning in the Summer or Fall semesters; Oct.13th if interning in the Spring semester. The Internship coordinator is Dr. Elizabeth Erickson and can be contacted via email: erickson@csus.edu Access form B on CEC Connect and download Instructions for RPTA Internship Forms here for further details.
• Form C (RA & HTM Internship Agreement): Must be submitted via CEC Connect and completed along with a statement of Goals and Objectives, signed by the student, the major advisor and the agency supervisor, before the department registers the student for RPTA 195Q, R, G & H. Students must make sure that all parties emails are correct when filling out the form to make sure all signatures are collected. Incomplete forms will not be processed. Form must be submitted via CEC Connect by the following dates: Nov 15th if interning in Spring 2024; Apr 15th if interning in Summer 2024; Jul 29th if interning in Fall 2024. Students can access form C on CEC Connect and download Instructions for RPTA Internship Forms here for further details.
• Form E (RA & HTM Internship Summary Reports): Submit to faculty internship supervisor*.
• Form F (Final Project Proposal): Submit to faculty internship supervisor*.
• Form G (RA & HTM Intern Evaluation): Submit to faculty internship supervisor*.
• Form I (Student Work Log Sheet): Submit to faculty internship supervisor*.

* The faculty internship supervisor is the faculty member assigned to supervise you during your internship. These assignments are often determined based on faculty workload considerations and the faculty member assigned may not be your own major advisor. During the internship, you should communicate and respond to your faculty internship supervisor as you would to any course instructor, and it is the faculty internship supervisor who will determine and assign your internship grade.

Program-specific Criteria

• Concurrent Enrollment: Enrollment in RPTA 195R, 195Q, 195G or 195H is required to receive course credit and gain university liability insurance coverage.
• Hours for National Accreditation: 400 hours (equivalent to 10 weeks of full-time work).
  • This can be completed as a full internship (195R-RA full internship / 195G-HTM full internship) or by combining two partial internships (195Q- RA partial internship / 195H-HTM partial internship). Partial internships can be done at different agencies

Recreation Therapy (RT) Internships

Program-specific Criteria

• Supervision: Interns must work directly under the agency's Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) (agencies that do not have a CTRS cannot have a Recreation Therapy intern).
• Concurrent Enrollment: in RPTA 195D is required to receive course credit and gain university liability insurance coverage.
• Hours for National Certification: 560 minimum hours (equivalent to 14 weeks of full-time work).
• Hours for California Certification: 600 minimum hours (equivalent to 15 weeks of full-time work).
• Internship Project: All interns are required to complete a project approved by the agency supervisor.

Special Requirements for Recreation Therapy Internships

RT students must carefully choose their internship sites with their advisor's advice in order to meet certification requirements. RPTA maintains a spreadsheet of RT agencies with exisiting contracts with the University for RT internship placement

View the list of contracted agencies or download the list.

Be advised: that for national certification through NCTRC (see above), you must ensure that your supervisor is a CTRS. Check Supervisor CTRS Status

Proposing An Internship Site/Agency

If you find an agency that meets the requirements for an RT internship that is not in the spreadsheet, please send the following information to Dr. Christina Davis, CTRS c.davis@csus.edu

• Name and title of person legally authorized to sign contracts on behalf of the facility
• Phone number and email address of the above
• Full name and address of the facility
• Full Name and contact information for the facilities Recreational Therapist.

After this information is received, it is sent to the University's contract officer, who will get in contact with the agency to negotiate details of a contract.

Please note that submitting this information does not guarantee the university and/or the agency will agree to a contract. Allow up to six months for a contract to be processed.

RT Pre-/Internships Forms

• Internship Manual (RT)
• Form A (Pre-Internship Hours) PDF: submit to RPTA Academic Advisor. All pre-internship hours must be completed prior to starting internship.
• Form B (Intent to Intern): This form must be submitted by students who choose to conduct their internship at a site not listed on the Community Partner list. Form must be submitted via CEC Connect by the following dates: Feb.15th if interning in the Summer or Fall semesters; Oct.13th if interning in the Spring semester. The Internship coordinator is Dr. Christina Davis and can be contacted via email: c.davis@csus.edu Access form B on CEC Connect and download Instructions for RPTA Internship Forms here for further details.
• Form C (Petition to Waive Requirements): This form is not required and only to be completed by students who would like consideration for an alteration in the standard internship process. Consult your advisor if you are unsure whether you need to complete this.
• Form D (RT Internship Agreement): Must be completed, along with a statement of Goals and Objectives, signed by the student, the major advisor, and the agency supervisor, and submitted via CECConnect the department registers the student for RPTA 195D. Incomplete forms will not be be processed. Form must be submitted via CEC Connect by the following dates: Nov 15th if interning in Spring 2024; Apr 15th if interning in Summer 2024; Jul 29th if interning in Fall 2024. The Internship coordinator is Dr. Christina Davis and can be contacted via email: c.davis@csus.edu Access form D on CEC Connect and download Instructions for RPTA Internship Forms here
• Form E (RT Internship Summary Reports): Submit to faculty internship supervisor*.
• Form F (Final Project Proposal): Submit to faculty internship supervisor*.
• Form H (RT Intern Evaluation): Submit to faculty internship supervisor*.
• Form I (Student Work Log Sheet): Submit to faculty internship supervisor*.
• RT Sample Goals and Objectives: For reference only, this is an example set of goals and objectives for a hypothetical RT internship. Use this to help you write the goals and objectives which accompany your Form D.

*The faculty internship supervisor is the faculty member assigned to supervise you during your internship. These assignments are often determined based on faculty workload considerations and the faculty member assigned may not be your own major advisor. During the internship, you should communicate and respond to your faculty internship supervisor as you would to any course instructor and it is the faculty internship supervisor who will determine and assign your internship grade.