Therapeutic Recreation

Therapeutic Recreation is an evolving and specialized field that plans specific recreation activities and leisure experiences for people with compromised health conditions, disabilities and other disadvantaged social conditions. As an exciting and young field of practice, Therapeutic Recreation attracts outgoing and caring individuals interested in developing a career in healthcare services.

Specialization in Therapeutic Recreation — 60 credits

Therapeutic recreation can be described as a service that helps address the leisure needs of individuals with physical, social, intellectual, or emotional disabilities. The ultimate goal is to help them attain healthy and independent leisure functioning. Therapeutic recreation specialists are part of an interdisciplinary team responsible for addressing all aspects of the individual's functioning; the approach is holistic, rather than segmented.

See the BA degree description for information on the core and elective requirements. For a complete list of courses: Undergraduate Calendar

Sample courses include:

• Life Span Growth and Development for Practitioners
• Interpersonal Communication and Relationships
• Respecting Diversity in Human Relations
• Adolescence: Issues and Intervention
• Older Adulthood: Issues and Intervention
• Fundamentals of Child- and Youth-Care Work
• Leisure Assessment and Counselling

Department of Applied Human Sciences

The Department of Applied Human Sciences at Concordia offers a range of challenging and innovative programs for students who are interested in working with individuals, groups, organizations and communities.

Rather than representing a single discipline, our department name expresses our approach to teaching and learning:

• Applied – We emphasize practice as well as theory.
• Human – The models and methods we teach focus on people and the systems that they are part of.
• Sciences – We draw on diverse disciplines to identify what is most relevant to intervention. Our Faculty come from social science backgrounds, and all have ongoing involvement in practice and research.

The educational philosophy of our department centers on experience-based learning or learning-by-doing. Most of our programs include fieldwork or internships outside the university.

Admission Requirements

Therapeutic Recreation (BA - Specialization) requirements: Minimum cut-off averages, admission statistics and program requirements.

Undergraduate admissions guidelines: For information on international admission, required documents, proof of language proficiency, the university admissions timetable, selection and notification process.