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The Taiwanese’s demands for quality leisure life are increasing as people are getting wealthier and have more free time. Taiwan is becoming a developed country and its per capita national income has reached $12,000. Like developed countries, Taiwan has increased labor’s weekly breaks to two days. It is important for government to guide people to plan their free time in order to maintain a healthy workforce and improve living quality. However, the Taiwanese have little knowledge of how to use their free time and the leisure industry is not well developed to fulfill current people’s needs. Therefore, there is a strong need for leisure- and recreation-related talent to support the development of the leisure industry.
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The goal of the Department of Recreational Sport and Management is to incubate leisure and recreational sports-related managerial talents, promote recreational sports, and enhance people’s health and leisure quality in Taiwan.
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We buy teaching materials annually to ensure our students have the latest knowledge. Currently, we have 505 leisure and sports management-related Chinese textbooks in the university library, 699 English textbooks, 35 Chinese journals, 82 foreign language journals and five videotapes.
Students have sufficient facilities to practice recreational sports at National Taipei University. On our San Xia campus, the sports area occupies 36 acres. Currently, we have 10 baseball courts, five volleyball courts, a baseball diamond, a soccer field, two tennis courts, a rock climbing area, a golf driving range and a fitness center. In the future, the school will build a track and field arena, a gym and a swimming pool.
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After finishing the study, our students may decide to:
(1) pursue graduate studies in leisure, physical education and management-related departments;
(2) take the government exam for physical education administration;
(3) work in health and fitness-related clubs;
(4)work in holiday resorts;
(5) work in amusement parks;
(6) be K-12 or college teachers; and
(7) be recreational sport instructors.
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Becoming a famous department nationally and worldwide is our ultimate intention. In order to reach this objective, we plan to:
(1) continually hire prominent scholars;
(2) improve sports facilities and teaching equipment;
(3) cooperate with related businesses to increase students’ managerial experiences;
(4)encourage research to enhance the department’s academic status;
(5) have exchange programs with worldwide, famous universities and scholars; and establish graduate programs.
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