In order to continue in Honours Recreation and Leisure Studies, students must maintain a minimum cumulative major Recreation and Leisure Studies average of 70% and a minimum cumulative overall average of 65%.
Degree Requirements
- Recreation courses (minimum of 10.5 units):
- Required recreation courses (4.0 units): REC 100, REC 101, REC 120, REC 201, REC 371, REC 373, REC 405, REC 420
- Recreation elective courses (minimum of 6.5 units):
Students must complete additional recreation electives to meet the required minimum of 10.5 recreation units.
- Note that MU353, Inclusive Arts for Children (1.0 unit) (see Wilfrid Laurier University 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.
- Courses outside the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies (9.5 units):
- Required courses (1.0 unit): AHS 107, PSYCH 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
- A fine or performing arts course: FINE, MUSIC, THPERF
- A humanities course: CLAS, HIST, HUMSC, INDG, MEDVL, PHIL, RS, SPCOM, VCULT
- A social science course other than psychology or sociology: ANTH, ECON, GSJ, LS, PACS, PSCI, SDS, SMF, SOCWK, STV
- A psychology course (other than PSYCH 101/PSYCH 101R): PSYCH
- A sociology course: SOC
- A language course from the Faculty of Arts (other than ENGL or EMLS)
- A course from the Faculty of Health (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
- Total number of units to complete degree is 20.0.
Course Sequence
Year One (Regular and Co-operative System of Study)
1A (Fall)
REC 100
REC 101
REC 120
AHS 107
PSYCH 101
1B (Winter)
Three REC electives
Two electives
Regular System of Study
Year Two
2A (Fall)
REC 201
One restricted elective
Three electives
2B (Winter)
One restricted elective
Four electives
Year Three
3A (Fall)
REC 371
Four electives
3B (Winter)
REC 373
Four electives
Year Four
4A (Fall)
REC 405
Four electives
4B (Winter)
REC 420
Four electives
Co-operative System of Study
Year Two
2A (Fall)
REC 201
One restricted elective
Three electives
Work Term 1 (Winter)
2B (Spring)
One restricted elective
Four electives
Year Three
Work Term 2 (Fall)
3A (Winter)
REC 373
Four electives
Work Term 3 (Spring)
3B (Fall)
REC 371
Four electives
Year Four
Work Term 4 (Winter)
4A (Spring)
REC 405
Four electives
Work Term 5 (Fall)
4B (Winter)
REC 420
Four electives
Note
The elective courses are used to fulfil the required number of recreation elective courses and free elective courses.