All courses required for the Recreation and Leisure Studies major
Recreation: 8 courses
Recreation electives: 13 courses
Restricted electives outside Recreation: 4 courses
Social science: 2 courses
Free electives: 13 courses
Recreation: 8 courses
Recreation electives: 13 courses
Restricted electives outside Recreation: 4 courses
Social science: 2 courses
Free electives: 13 courses
Course requirements and offerings are subject to change.
These courses are designed to help you develop a detailed understanding of recreation and leisure and their relationship to health and well-being.
Recreation courses
YOU'LL TAKE ALL EIGHT OF THESE COURSES
Recreation electives
YOU'L CHOOSE 13 COURSES FROM THIS LIST
Restricted electives outside Recreation
These are courses you can choose - but there are some guidelines about which course groups they're from. You need to take one course from four different categories below.
- An English course
- A Fine or Performing Arts course: THPERF, FINE, MUSIC
- A Humanities course: CLAS, HIST, HUMSC, MEDVL, INDG, PHIL, RS, COMMST, VCULT
- A Social Science course (other than Psychology or Sociology): ANTH, ECON, GSJ, LS, PACS, PSCI, SDS, SMF, SOCWK, STV
- A Language course from the Faculty of Arts (other than ENGL or EMLS)
- A Psychology course (other than PSYCH 101/101R)
- A Sociology course
- A Faculty of Health course (other than REC): HEALTH, GERON, HLTH, KIN
- A Faculty of Environment course: ENBUS, ENVS, ERS, GEOG, INDEV, INTEG, PLAN
- A School of Computer Science course
- A Faculty of Mathematics course: ACTSC, AMATH, CO, COMM, MATBUS, MATH, MTHEL, PMATH, STAT
- A Faculty of Science course: BIOL, CHEM, EARTH, MNS, PHYS, SCI
Social science courses
YOU'LL TAKE THESE TWO COURSES
Free electives
YOU'LL CHOOSE ALL 13 OF THESE COURSES
Here's your chance to explore! Take courses outside of Recreation and Leisure Studies (like Social Development Studies, Psychology, or English) or customize your degree within Recreation and Leisure Studies.
SHARON
RECREATION AND LEISURE STUDIES GRADUATE
CURRENTLY: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Connecting with the people in your community has a positive impact on health and well-being. Learning how to design meaningful opportunities for connection is an important part of our program. For a class assignment, Sharon and her classmates organized, implemented, and evaluated a day-long community engagement event at the local YMCA.