Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Degree Requirements

1. Recreation courses (minimum of 10.0 units):
   • Required (4.0 units): REC 100, 101, 205, 220, 270, 371, REC 471A/B or two 400 level REC courses.
   • Recreation Electives (minimum of 6.0 units):
     Each student must complete additional Recreation Electives to meet the required minimum of 10.0 Recreation units.
   • Please note that MU 380e (WLU) "Creative Arts for Children with Special Needs" is accepted as a University of Waterloo Recreation Elective.
   • All cross-listed courses with REC are counted as Recreation Electives and are included in the major average.
2. Courses outside the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies (maximum of 10.0 units):
   • Required (1.0 unit): 
     PSYCH 101
     SOC 101
   • Select one course from four of the following seven categories (2.0 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)
       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
     • A Faculty of Environment Course
       ENVS, ERS, GEOG, INDEV, PLAN
     • A Course offered by the School of Computer Science 
       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 7.0 units of Open Electives.
3. Total number of units to complete degree is 20.0.

Course Sequence

Note:

1. The elective courses are used to fill the Recreation Electives and Open Electives.