Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

In order to continue in the Four-Year General Recreation and Leisure Studies plan, students must maintain a minimum cumulative major Recreation and Leisure Studies average of 65% and a minimum cumulative overall average of 60%. Students are eligible to submit a Plan Modification or Internal/Faculty Transfer Application Form to request one of the other Recreation and Leisure Studies plans, once a student has achieved a minimum cumulative Recreation and Leisure Studies major average of 70% and a minimum cumulative overall average of 65%. 

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

1. Recreation 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):
     Students 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 12 subject categories. To fulfil this requirement, students may only choose one course per subject category.
     
     
     • An English course: ENGL
       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, INDG, 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: PSYCH (other than PSYCH 101/PSYCH 101R)
     • A sociology course: SOC (other than SOC 101/SOC 101R)
     • A language course from the Faculty of Arts (other than ENGL 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: CS
     • 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
      
     
     
   • 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.