Are you passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles, building stronger communities, or fostering social and environmental change?
The Bachelor of Recreation and Leisure Studies enables you to build knowledge, skills and confidence in recreation administration, leadership and policy while contributing to the broader understanding of recreation and leisure through research, advocacy and innovation.
The concentration in Outdoor Education provides extensive outdoor field experience, outdoor education practices and pedagogy, risk management, outdoor leadership skill development and place-based education.
Mentored by industry professionals in a variety of settings across sectors, you will make a meaningful impact on local, provincial and national issues through diverse placements, internships and community projects. Our graduates can be found thriving in fulfilling careers in municipal recreation, non-profit organizations and outdoor education settings around the globe.
For those interested in teaching at the Junior/Intermediate level (Grades 4 to 10), the five-year Concurrent BRLS/BEd program allows you to complete both an Honours degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies with a focus on Outdoor Education and a Bachelor of Education.
Expected cut-off: mid 70s
OUAC Code: BW
- Bachelor of Recreation and Leisure Studies (BRLS)
- Bachelor of Recreation and Leisure Studies (BRLS)/Bachelor of Education
Not an Ontario Secondary School applicant? Find your admissions criteria here.
