The Campus Recreation Program, housed in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, has a two-part mission: (1) to meet the recreational needs of students, faculty and staff through a wide range of professionally administered activities, and (2) to provide a healthy environment in which students can develop leadership, social and other personal skills. To that end, Campus Recreation programs include:

• Intramural Sports offers more than 60 programs at varied levels of competition and skill;
• Sport Clubs includes 40 active interest groups in which students develop sport and leadership skills;
• Fitness and Aerobics, housed in the state-of-the-art Student Recreation Center, offers weight training, aerobics classes, cardiovascular equipment, special events and motivational programs;
• Carolina Adventures, the outdoor education component of Campus Recreation, includes a comprehensive challenge ropes course, equipment rental, a resource center, indoor climbing wall and other facilities;
• Open Recreation includes unstructured, drop-in opportunities to play and exercise; Carolina Officials Association, which employs students as sport supervisors and officials.