Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Degree Requirements

1. Recreation courses (minimum of 10 units):
   • Required (4 units): REC 100, 101, 205, 220, 270, 371, REC 471A/B or two 400 level REC courses.
   • Recreation Electives (minimum of 6 units):
     Each student must complete additional Recreation Electives to meet the required minimum of 10 Recreation units.
   • Please note that MU 380e (WLU) "Creative Arts for Children with Special Needs" is accepted as a UW Recreation Elective.
   • All cross-listed courses with REC may be counted as Recreation Electives.
2. Courses outside the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies (maximum of 10 units):
   • Required (1.5 units):
     CS 100 (currently under review)
     PSYCH 101
     SOC 101
     
   • Select one course from four of the following six categories (2 units Restricted Electives):
     • An English Course
       An English writing course (one of ENGL 109, 129R, 140R, 209, any 210 course, or 240R) is strongly recommended.
     • A Fine or Performing Arts Course or Language Course (other than English or ESL)
       DANCE, DRAMA, FINE, MUSIC, SPCOM or any language course other than ENGL
     • A Humanities Course
       CLAS, EASIA, HIST, JS, NATST, PACS, PHIL, RS, SPD
     • A Social Science Course other than Psychology or Sociology
       ANTH, ECON, ISS, PSCI, SMF, SOCWK, STV, WS
     • An Applied Health Sciences Faculty Course (other than Recreation)
       GERON, HLTH, KIN
     • An Environmental Studies Faculty Course
       ENVS, ERS, GEOG, PLAN
       Note: The course subjects listed may not be comprehensive. For a complete list, or approval of a specific course subject, please see the undergraduate advisor or the department website.
   • Students must take an additional 6.5 units of Open Electives.
3. Total number of units to complete degree is 20.

Course Sequence