Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts Recreation and Leisure Studies degrees are available with: drama, English, environment, resources and sustainability, geography and environmental management, history, legal studies, music, political science, psychology, social development studies, sociology, and speech communication. Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts Recreation and Sport Business degrees are available with: speech communication. Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts Therapeutic Recreation degrees are available with: fine arts, history, psychology, and religious studies. For joint honours degrees, where the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies is the home department, the requirements will be:

1. Recreation and leisure studies core requirements (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.
2. All non-department required courses (3.5 units): AHS 107, PSYCH 101, SOC 101, in addition to specific degree requirements.
3. Joint honours requirements from the second department.
4. Additional recreation and leisure studies electives (minimum 3.5 units).
5. A minimum of 9.0 recreation units in total.
6. A minimum of 20.0 units in total.
7. Major average requirements for each department must be maintained. (The overall average is that of the home department.)

Notes

1. Any student pursuing a joint honours degree with the Faculty of Arts should be advised that the arts faculty restricts the combination of specific academic programs or plans. Students should refer to the Restrictions on Multiple Plan Combinations in the Arts Academic Regulations and Advice section of this Undergraduate Calendar. Students should confirm any plan combination with their academic advisor.
2. When the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies is not the home department, a student wishing to pursue a joint honours degree with Honours Recreation and Leisure Studies must complete the honours requirements with the exception of the four restricted elective courses (2.0 units). In some joint honours plans, REC 270 and REC 371 are fulfilled by the antirequisites in the home department. Two additional recreation electives (1.0 unit) are therefore required to meet the minimum of 9.0 recreation units.
3. Students wishing to pursue a joint honours degree in Honours Recreation and Sport Business or Honours Therapeutic Recreation must complete the honours requirements in addition to points 3-7 of the joint Honours degree requirements listed above.

Further information concerning joint honours degrees may be obtained from an academic advisor and the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies Undergraduate Student Handbook. If a student wishes to pursue a joint honours degree with another department not listed above, they should contact the associate chair, undergraduate studies.