1. Increasing Extra-Curricular
Activities at CSUSB
College of Business and Public
Administration
Marissa Parris
Management 306
Winter 2012

2. Content
• Definition
• Importance of extra-curricular activities
• Reasons for getting involved
• Types of activities
• Steps to improves student involvement in extra-curricular
activities
• Graphs
– Gender participation
– Number of activities students are involved in
– Types of actives students are involved in

3. Extra-Curricular Activities
Extracurricular activities are activities performed by
students that fall outside the realm of the normal
curriculum of school or university education.
Extracurricular activities exist at all levels of education, from
4th-6th grades, junior high/high school, college and university
education

4. Importance of
Extra-Curricular Activities
• Time management skills: improves balancing school,
homework, family life and after school activities
• Self-Confidence. Enhances the chance to excel in the arts or in
sports, can make a huge difference in self-esteem.
• Teamwork and Respect. Working together for achieve a
common goal and remove the focus from the individual to the
team

5. Good Reasons for Getting Involved
• Allows you to develop • Brings together people from
personal interests outside of different majors/ levels of
class education
• Demonstrates you’re a well – • Provides chance to serve the
rounded individual community
• Confirms to yourself that • Exposes you to health/
there is more to education medically – related project(s)
than just class

6. Types of extra-curricular
• Student government
• Track and field
• Basketball
• Soccer
• Music club
• Political club
• Religious club

7. Steps to improve student involvement in
extra-curricular activities
• Increase student-peer interaction
• Promoting activities that enrich
student experiences in both
academic and social reinforcement.
• Have classroom presentations about
the different types clubs and
activities available on campus

8. Gender participation in
extra-curricular activities

9. Number of activities students
participate in

10. Types of activities students
participate

11. Conclusion
• Extra-curricular activities that are available to
students on campus should be advertised more to
encourage student involvement.
• Another way students become involved in
campus life is through organizations and
experiences which promote diversity