sentences:  The National Recreation and Park Association is the national organization in the United States for leisure studies, and offers accreditation to many universities to offer courses of study (degree programs) in leisure studies.The "Journal of Leisure Research" and "Journal of Park and Recreation Administration" are some scholarly US academic journals of leisure studies.While leisure studies has existed for much longer, a first centralized organization for directing leisure studies was established in Birmingham, England, in May 1975, and is known as the Leisure Studies Association.