Students in the Experience Design and Management program learn how to: plan, implement, and evaluate recreational experiences. They also learn how to: apply key leadership skills to event and venue management (crowd management, capital improvement, booking, rental rates, housekeeping, event coordination, promotion, contracts, signage, second experience, press relations, box office, etc). The name of the department was changed in September 2017 from Department of Recreation Management to Department of Experience Design and Management.