Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

The four-year General Recreation and Leisure Studies degree is offered through the regular system of study only.

1. Recreation courses (minimum of 9.0 units):
   
   
   • Required Recreation courses (3.5 units): REC 100, 101, 205, 220, 270, 371, and one 400 level REC course.
   • Recreation elective courses (minimum of 5.5 units):
     Each student must complete additional recreation electives to meet the required minimum of 9.0 recreation units.
                
     • Note that MU380E (see Wilfrid Laurier University calendar) "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 11.0 units):
   
   
   • Required courses (1.0 unit): 
     PSYCH 101
     SOC 101
   • Restricted elective courses (2.0 units):
     Select one course from four of the following eight subject categories:        
                
     • An English course
       An English writing course (one of ENGL 109, 129R, 140R, or any 210 course) is strongly recommended.
     • A Fine or Performing Arts course
       DRAMA, FINE, MUSIC
     • A Humanities course
       CLAS, EASIA, HIST, HUMSC, JS, NATST, PACS, PHIL, REES, RS, SPCOM, SPD, WS 
     • A Social Science course other than Psychology or Sociology
       ANTH, ECON, SDS, LS, PSCI, SMF, SOCWK, STV
     • A Language course from the Faculty of Arts (other than English or ESL)
     • A course from the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences (other than REC)
       GERON, HLTH, KIN
     • A course from the Faculty of Environment
       ENVS, ERS, GEOG, INDEV, INTEG, 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 an academic advisor or the department website.
              
   • Free elective courses: 8.0 units
           
3. Total number of units to complete degree is 20.0.

Course Sequence

See Honours Recreation and Leisure Studies Course Sequence.