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 and Applied Health Sciences courses (minimum of 10.0 units):
   
   
   • Required Recreation courses (5.5 units): REC 100, REC 101, REC 105, REC 120, REC 201, REC 270, REC 356, REC 371, REC 373, REC 405, REC 420
   • Recreation elective courses (minimum of 4.5 units):
     Each student must complete additional recreation electives to meet the required minimum of 10.0 recreation units.
     
     
     • Note that MU353 Inclusive Arts for Children (1.0 unit) (see Laurier calendar) 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 courses (1.5 units):
     AHS 107
     PSYCH 101
     SOC 101
   • Restricted elective courses (2.0 units):
     Students must complete a total of four courses from the following twelve subject categories. To fulfill this requirement, students may only choose one course per subject category.
     
     
     • An English course
       An English writing course (one of ENGL 109, ENGL 129R, ENGL 140R) is strongly recommended.
     • A fine or performing arts course
       DRAMA, FINE, MUSIC
     • A humanities course
       CLAS, HIST, HUMSC, MEDVL, NATST, PHIL, RS, SPCOM, VCULT 
     • A social science course other than psychology or sociology
       ANTH, ECON, LS, PACS, PSCI, SDS, SMF, SOCWK, STV, WS
     • A psychology course (other than PSYCH 101/PSYCH 101R)
     • A sociology course (other than SOC 101/SOC 101R)
     • A language course from the Faculty of Arts (other than English or EMLS)
     • A course from the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences (other than REC)
       AHS, GERON, HLTH, KIN
     • A course from the Faculty of Environment
       ENBUS, ENVS, ERS, GEOG, INDEV, INTEG, PLAN
     • A course offered by the School of Computer Science
     • A course offered by the Faculty of Mathematics
       ACTSC, AMATH, CO, COMM, MATBUS, MATH, MTHEL, PMATH, STAT
     • A course offered by the Faculty of Science
       BIOL, CHEM, EARTH, MNS, PHYS, SCI
     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: 6.5 units
   
   
3. Total number of units to complete degree is 20.0.

Course Sequence

See Honours Recreation and Leisure Studies course sequence.