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Contact Sara Houston for course overrides, department consent and waiting lists for REC courses.
Spring 2012 term Pre-Enrolment Course Selection October 24-30; Class Enrolment appointments February 6-11; Open enrolment begins February 13 Fall 2012 term
Therapeutic Recreation Awareness Week February 6-10 REC 253, "Applied Practicum in Therapeutic Recreation" Interested students should contact Leeann Ferries for more information. Unsure what plagiarism is or how to avoid it? Check out this Plagiarism Document. AHS Counselling Services Office Undergraduate Handbooks are available in PDF Format Professional Organizations of interest to students in Recreation and Leisure Studies. More... Got a question? Maybe our FAQ can help you find the answer... |
The undergraduate program is based on a core of the most current knowledge and research in Recreation and Leisure Studies. This is further developed by exposure to courses in the arts and sciences. In first year, students are introduced to the study of recreation and leisure as a phenomena as well as the planning, delivery and evaluation of recreation and leisure services. Students will learn how policies have changed over the years to reflect the increasing awareness of the need to make leisure services more accessible to persons with special needs. Students will study how protecting the environment affects leisure services, and will explore the impact of tourism locally and globally. The courses will also teach students about programming for an aging population as “baby boomers” approach retirement and place specific demands on leisure providers. Analytical and research skills are developed in second, third and fourth year along with courses focusing on more specialized areas of interest.The Recreation and Leisure Studies program gives students the flexibility to choose an area of specialization or take courses from a broad range of disciplines. Beginning in second year, students have three program paths from which to choose: continue in Recreation and Leisure Studies, or declare a major in Therapeutic Recreation or Recreation and Business. In addition, students may choose to complete an option in Parks or Tourism or one of many interdisciplinary options available across campus, a minor or a joint honours program to further tailor their degree. Many students choose to continue in Recreation and Leisure Studies and tailor their courses to specialize in municipal recreation, cultural recreation or leisure and well-being.
The University of Waterloo continues to rank "most innovative, most likely to produce the leaders of tomorrow, and best overall compared to other comprehensive Canadian universities" in the Maclean's magazine rankings out of 47 universities across Canada. The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies is the highest ranking leisure studies department amongst the top 41 of 213 North American institutions in terms of research publications in peer-reviewed scholarly leisure journals. This unusally high level of quality research productivity means that students benefit from the latest research in their courses. The university is also ranked in the top ten of the world's tourism researchers out of 200 institutions based on publications in selected tourism journals. The University of Waterloo offered one of the first undergraduate degree programs in recreation and leisure studies including the first co-operative education program, as well as the first MA and PhD programs in recreation and leisure studies in Canada. Our program remains one of the largest leisure programs in Canada.
The department celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2008-2009 and has over 2900 graduates, including 26 PhD graduates all employed in teaching and research positions at universities around the world.
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
Burt Matthews Hall
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. W.
Waterloo ON N2L 3G1
519.888.4567 ext. 33530
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