中文摘要
　　本研究旨在探討國內休閒相關科系成立與課程規劃背景因素，以國內休閒相關科系為研究對象。採用個案研究法，利用深度訪談蒐集資料。訪談對象以滾雪球抽樣方式，共抽取五個個案進行訪談，從九十三年二月至四月間進行訪談，利用多重個案研究分析法進行所得資料分析。研究結果發現國內休閒相關科系大量成立的原因有：社會需求的增加、教育政策的改變、學校改制、私立學校為生存而設立新興科系來滿足招生需求，以及解決大專院校體育教師授課不足問題等。另外，在課程規劃方面，各科系專業課程以參考美國休閒相關系所與運動管理系所課程為主。而其課程設計主要因素為：所屬科系主管學歷背景與其專長領域為課程設計基礎，其次為以該科系現有師資背景、專長來開設主要課程；配合校所提供之可利用資源、以學校發展方向為依據及學生就業需求等。根據本研究結果提出建議有：國內教育相關單位應制定符合休閒相關科系申請成立制度；以休閒領域之專業人士共同擬定適合國內此科系發展之課程；並加強相關領域師資之培養，以及適當地改善大學體育教師授課鐘點不足問題。

Abstract
　　The purpose of this study was to explore the background of founding and the curriculum design of present recreation-related departments in Taiwan. The primary method used in this study was case study research, which took in-depth interview as the way of data collection. Five cases were involved in this research that were taken by the snowball sampling, and were analyzed by multiple-case analysis from February to April, 2004.
The findings revealed that the factors of flourishing phenomenon of recreation-related departments in Taiwan are: increasing demand of society, changing policies of education, transforming of college system, making attractive departments for recruiting students, and solving the oversize problem of P.E. teacher’s amounts. In the perspective of curriculum design, most of the recreation-related departments adept NRPA/ AALR or NASPE/ NASSM accreditation standards detail as a guideline. Additionally the head of department and faculties’ specialties were served as the secondary basis, plus the consideration of students’ career in the future and the existing resources of school.
This study recommended that governmental administration should program an accredited system to approve recreation-related departments. Besides, experts should involve in the curriculum design and professional development, for the purpose of improving current problems in recreation-related department.