Recreation & Health Education (RHED)

EPHE Advising Officer: Dr. Brad Temple (250-721-6554).

What can I do with a degree in Recreation and Health Education? - download pdf file. Read about two of our RHED students, Tavis Morton & Heidi Hopkins

The Bachelor of Arts in Recreation and Health Education program is an interdisciplinary program that prepares you to enter the fields of recreation, wellness and health promotion, leadership and administration. This degree is an excellent foundation to work in the public and not for profit sectors as it prepares graduates with a foundation that supports social change. Course work focuses on planning, implementing, evaluating and supervising recreation, leisure, fitness, wellness and health promotion programs, services and policies. Your learning is enhanced through involvement in cooperative education experiences.

• Prerequisites for applying to the BA Recreation and Health Education program
  
• Link to Calendar description: BA Major in Recreation & Health Education- Cooperative Education
  
• Required courses and work term rotation
  
• Approved upper level electives
  
  

The Recreation & Health Education program is available only on a Cooperative Education model. This is a minimum four and a half year program which combines academic study on campus with alternating periods of work in a variety of agencies. Link to more information about our Cooperative Education Programs.