6.4 Bachelor of Recreation

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School of Human Kinetics and Recreation (2019/2020)

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6.4 Bachelor of Recreation

The Bachelor of Recreation may be completed on a full-time or part-time basis and requires 120 credit hours as outlined in Table 5 Bachelor of Recreation.
An Optional Therapeutic Recreation Pathway is available in this program.
An Optional Minor is available in this program. In completing the minor students must follow the minor program regulations listed under the appropriate Faculty or School.

A student is encouraged to consider the honours regulations outlined under Honours Degree.

Table 5 Bachelor of Recreation

Required Non-HKR Courses
(24 Credit Hours)

Required HKR Courses
(54 Credit Hours)

Complementary Credit Hours
(42 Credit Hours)

3 credit hours in a Critical Reading and Writing (CRW) designated course
English 1090 or 1000
Geography 1050
Psychology 1000, 1001
Sociology 1000
3 credit hours in Sociology at the 2000 level
Statistics 2550 or equivalent

HKR 2000
HKR 2100
HKR 2300
HKR 2500
HKR 2505
HKR 2515
HKR 2545
HKR 2585
HKR 3100
HKR 3340
HKR 3400
HKR 3515
HKR 3535
HKR 3555
HKR 3575 or 3785
HKR 4485
HKR 4575 or 4685
HKR 4600

42 credit hours of complementary study courses of which 30 credit hours must be at the 2000 level or above:
15-18 credit hours in HKR complementary study courses at the 2000 level or above
24-27 non-HKR complementary study courses.

Optional Minor
In completing the minor students must follow the minor program regulations listed under the appropriate Faculty or School.

Optional Therapeutic Recreation Pathway
Students interested in pursuing a therapeutic recreation pathway shall normally complete the following among the 42 complementary study credit hours listed above:

HKR 2311, or 2310 and 2320
HKR 3485 or 3685
Psychology 3640