Faculty of Applied Health Sciences: Prospective Students -> Recreation and Leisure Studies

Selecting your classes

If you accepted your Offer of Admission by June 2nd, 2011, a link to course enrollment information has been included in the e-mail sent to you confirming your acceptance to Waterloo. This e-mail provides a link to the Quest website for New Students, which provides you with general information about using Quest.

The following documents will provide you with the information you need to prepare for your fall term:

Recreation Enrollment Guide, which outlines your required courses and provides recommendations for elective courses based on your area(s) of interest. Your fall required courses are chosen for you; we will enroll you in these classes. You will register in your elective courses.
Course Selection Guide, which contains instructions for using Quest - Waterloo's online student information system. Beginning July 11th, you must use Quest to view your schedule for the fall term and complete your schedule by enrolling in your electives. Later in the summer, you'll also use Quest to access your financial account and view your tuition/residence fees, which should be posted by early August.

*You’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these documents.

First-year courses

Fall
REC 100	Introduction to the Study of Recreation and Leisure
REC 101	Introduction to Recreation and Leisure Services
PSYCH 101	Introductory Psychology
2 Restricted Electives	Courses chosen from subject area other than REC

Winter
2 REC Electives	Choose from: REC 200 Play, Creativity, and Child Development REC 215 Marketing Recreation and Leisure Services REC 230 Outdoor Recreation Resources Management REC 252 Therapeutic Recreation:Physical Disabilities REC 280 Introduction to Tourism
SOC 101	Introduction to Sociology
2 Electives	Choose one Restricted Elective and one Open Elective

Upper-year courses

Beginning in second year, you can focus your recreation courses in an area of specialization (e.g., Recreation and Sport Business, Therapeutic Recreation, Tourism and Parks Management, etc.) or select courses from different areas of the field. You can also use your electives to complement your program with courses from other disciplines. For a complete list of the courses you must take to complete your degree, visit the degree requirements section of the Undergraduate Calendar.

In upper years, you have the advantage of selecting from a wide range of Recreation and Leisure Studies electives taught by leading experts in the field. For descriptions of Recreation and Leisure Studies courses available, see Undergraduate Calendar course descriptions.