Bachelor of Arts in Recreation and Leisure Studies - Recreation, Leadership, and Health

University of Waterloo

We know recreation is key to happy, healthy, and connected communities. It takes strong, people minded leaders to build new opportunities for recreation and make positive change in the world. You’ll learn how to plan, implement, and evaluate recreation programs and initiatives to build healthy populations. Throughout your degree, you’ll strengthen your leadership, communication, and teamwork skills, and learn to apply a social justice lens to your work to become an inclusive and innovative leader. With 12 electives, you can easily customize your degree to make it your own. Explore a wide range of minors including Social Development Studies Gerontology Addictions, Mental Health, and Policy Tourism and Human Resources Management. , with co op and lots of opportunities to get out of the classroom and into the real world, you’ll graduate ready to jump in at any level and make a difference.