Diploma in Recreation and Leisure Services (RELS)
Georgian College
Key Information
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Campus location
Barrie, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
Blended
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
CAD 9,451 / per semester *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Aug 2024
* *international fall semester fee / international winter semester Fee: $9,186 | domestic fall semester fee: $2,629/ domestic winter semester Fee: $2,584
Introduction
Learn to deliver rec and leisure programs in a variety of settings
Learn the business side of the recreation and leisure industry. Paid co-op work term in a variety of sectors, field trips, industry certifications, participation at conferences, and more!
Students are introduced to skills and knowledge needed to succeed in recreation and leisure services. The curriculum includes community recreation, outdoor adventure, arts, culture, heritage, leisure, fitness, retirement activities, life enrichment in long-term care, adaptive-therapeutic recreation, facility operations, programming, and event planning. Business administration fundamentals are incorporated with courses in marketing, accounting, technology, human resources, entrepreneurship, and research. Experiential learning opportunities include a paid cooperative work semester, field trips, and participation in several events or programs working with children to seniors. Students gain competencies in leadership and group facilitation by designing, delivering, and evaluating diverse, inclusive, relevant, environmentally sustainable recreation leisure and wellness initiatives.
Benefits of studying part-time:
- Register on a course-by-course basis, paying as you go!
- MORE choices. We are always adding more flexible delivery programs and courses.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Awards, scholarships, and bursaries
Postsecondary education is an investment in your future. We know many students find it tough to make ends meet, which is why we offer so many options to help you pay your way to graduation.
Georgian offers awards, scholarships, and bursaries to students of all walks of life — domestic, international, and Indigenous, full-time and part-time, first years, upcoming graduates, and everyone in between. You can afford this!
Curriculum
Semester 1
Program Courses
- COMP 1058 Technology in Administration
- REAS 2003 Research in Recreation and Sport
- RECR 1000 Introduction to Recreation
- RECR 1001 Program Planning
Communications Course
- Select 1 course from the communications list during registration.
General Education Course
- Select 1 course from the general education list during registration.
Semester 2
Program Courses
- ACCT 1013 Accounting Fundamentals
- FITN 1002 Fitness and Wellness
- MKTG 1000 Introduction to Marketing
- RECR 1002 Event Planning
- RECR 1006 Recreation Across the Lifespan
Communications Course
- Select 1 course from the communications list during registration.
Semester 3
Program Courses
- RECR 2003 Sport and Recreation Administration
- RECR 2012 Arts Culture and Heritage in Recreation
- RECR 2013 Recreation Leadership and Group Dynamics
- RECR 2014 Inclusive and Adaptive Recreation
General Education Course
- Select 1 course from the general education list during registration.
- Program Option Courses - Group 1
- Select 1 course from the available list during registration.
Semester 4
Program Courses
- RECR 2001 Outdoor Recreation and Environmental Sustainability
- RECR 2006 Community Development
- RECR 2016 Professional Opportunities and Issues
General Education Course
- Select 1 course from the general education list during registration.
- Program Option Courses - Group 2
- Select 1 course from the available list during registration.
- Program Option Courses - Group 3
- Select 1 course from the available list during registration.
Co-op Work Term
- COOP 1041 Recreation and Leisure Work Term (occurs after Semester 2)
Program Option Courses - Group 1 may include:
- RECR 2015 Therapeutic Recreation
- RECR 2005 Sport and Recreation Facility Operations
Program Option Courses - Group 2 may include:
- ENTR 1000 Social Entrepreneurship
- ENTR 2009 Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Program Option Courses - Group 3 may include:
- RECR 2017 Activation in Gerontology
- TOUR 2014 Sports Tourism
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Your Recreation and Leisure Services diploma gives you many career opportunities
Career opportunities include retirement home and long-term care activity director/life enrichment, adaptive/therapeutic recreation, facility, and parks operations, municipal programmer, administrator in community, arts, heritage, and cultural organizations, leader, director, and facilitator at registered charities, athletics in education institutions, fitness and healthy/active lifestyle centers, private and commercial clubs, event planning services, recreation supervisor- youth organizations, correction facilities, resorts-sport and recreation manager, outdoor and adventure recreation.
Experiential learning opportunities
Georgian’s Recreation and Leisure Services program provides many experiential learning opportunities.
Certification
- Parks and Recreation High Five
- Quest 1 – prepares supervisors and managers to assess, develop, measure, and adopt child-focused policies and procedures
- Principles of Healthy Aging – provides insights into the unique needs of older adults when participating in recreation or leisure activities in municipal or retirement communities
- SmartServe Ontario
Conferences
- YMCA Geneva Park Outdoor Recreation Experience
- Parks and Recreation Ontario Conference
Practical learning experience
- Town of Innisfil sport plan proposal and ice analysis
- Springwater Township Recreation public meeting
- Elmvale District High School recreation program usage proposal