Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Degree Requirements

1. Recreation and Applied Health Sciences courses (minimum of 10.0 units):
   
   
   • Required Recreation courses (7.5 units): REC 100, REC 101, REC 105, REC 120, REC 201, REC 213, REC 215, REC 270, REC 313, REC 356, REC 371, REC 373, REC 405, REC 413, REC 420
   • Recreation elective courses (minimum of 2.5 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 (5.0 units):
     AHS 107
     AFM 123
     AFM 131 or BUS 111W (see Laurier calendar)
     BET 100
     BUS 121W (see Laurier calendar)
     BUS 352W (see Laurier calendar) or ECON 344
     BUS 288W (see Laurier calendar) or PSYCH 238 or MSCI 211
     HRM 200
     PSYCH 101
     SOC 101
   
   
   • Recreation and Sport Business elective courses (2.5 units):
     
     Recreation and Sport Business electives have been categorized into the following focus areas. Students may opt to choose courses from any of the areas, or concentrate on one area. The focus area does NOT appear on your transcript or degree. It is only a guideline for selecting your elective courses. Some courses may have prerequisite courses that the student will need to complete.
     
     Select 2.5 units from the following lists:
     
     Communications
     
     • ENGL 210F
     • ENGL 295
     • SPCOM 100 or BUS 208W (see Laurier calendar)
     • SPCOM 101
     • SPCOM 223
     • SPCOM 225
     • SPCOM 226
     • SPCOM 228
     • SPCOM 324
     
     Entrepreneurship
     
     • BET 300
     • ECON 220
     • REC 218
     • REC 311
     • SPCOM 433
     • WS 207
     
     Finance
     
     • AFM 102
     • AFM 231 or BUS 231W (see Laurier calendar)
     • BUS 311W (see Laurier calendar)
     • ECON 101
     • ECON 102
     • ECON 254
     
     Government and Policy
     
     • PSCI 100
     • PSCI 231
     • PSCI 252
     • PSCI 260
     • PSCI 283
     • PSCI 331
     • PSCI 334
     
     Human Resources
     
     • HRM 301
     • HRM 303
     • HRM 305
     • HRM 307
       Note that these courses may require declaration of the minor.
     
     Leadership/Group Dynamics
     
     • PACS 202
     • SPCOM 227
     • SPCOM 432
     
     Marketing
     
     • BUS 362W (see Laurier calendar)
     • BUS 412W (see Laurier calendar)
     • BUS 432W (see Laurier calendar)
     • BUS 452W (see Laurier calendar)
     • BUS 462W (see Laurier calendar)
     • BUS 472W (see Laurier calendar)
     • BUS 482W (see Laurier calendar)
     
     Occupational/Culture
     
     • PHIL 206
     • PHIL 215
     • SOC 241
     
     Practicum
     
     • REC 312
   
   
   • Free elective courses: 2.5 units

Course Sequence

Year One (Regular and Co-operative System of Study) 

Regular System of Study

Year Two

Year Three

Year Four

Co-operative System of Study 

Year Two

Year Three

Year Four

Notes

1. The elective courses are used to fill the recreation elective courses and free elective courses.
2. Students are permitted to pursue a double major in any of Honours Recreation and Sport Business, Honours Therapeutic Recreation, and Honours Tourism Development, by meeting the requirements of each plan.