Students will acquire knowledge and have opportunities to apply what they learn in various types of organizations and contexts related to sport, leisure and physical activity. They will gain theoretical and practical training in governance and management principles, related to planning, policy making, marketing, entrepreneurship, and communications. Students will critically examine the impacts of organizations, sport events and festivals, and learn to evaluate the influence of policy relating to sport, leisure and physical activity, on individuals and society.
Students will acquire the management skills needed to understand the Canadian sport system, its organizations and people. This option offers an opportunity to improve knowledge and skills in critical analysis of sport, physical activity and leisure. For example, students will gain an enriched understanding of governmental, for-profit, and non-profit organizations in sport and leisure, ranging from local to international organizations in professional sport, municipal recreation departments, sport events, and the commercial sector. Students will receive training informed by social sciences (e.g., management, sociocultural, leisure studies, psychology). Management courses will give students opportunities to gain competencies in the planning, organizing, marketing, leadership, and evaluation of sport, leisure and recreation organizations and events. Students will acquire cutting-edge knowledge and skills related to the latest developments in branding and marketing a sport, leisure or recreation organization, and managing volunteers in a sport event or festival. Sociocultural courses will enable students to learn about historical and contemporary issues affecting how people interact in organizations and in society. Students will have opportunities to understand the reasons behind current situations and gain skills in critical inquiry they can use to facilitate change in organizations.
Graduates will have developed management skills allowing them to better integrate into the workplace upon graduation and contribute to their organization and society. They will have acquired skills to provide advocacy and recommendations to policy and decision-makers at all levels of the sport system, from the municipality to Sport Canada, and international sport organizations. Our graduates will also have gained interpersonal, networking, and critical thinking skills, which will benefit their job marketability. They can pursue career-paths in various segments of the sport, leisure and recreation industries (government, nonprofit or for-profit) at the local, regional, national and international levels. The emphasis of our program on both foundational knowledge but also how knowledge translates into action enables our graduates to pursue different occupational roles. For example, our graduates can take on leadership, management, and governance roles in local and national amateur sport organizations (e.g., sport clubs, university athletics department, Olympic sport organizations), event organizations (e.g., FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015), professional sport teams and government departments (e.g., Sport Canada, provincial and municipal recreation departments). Our graduates can also pursue research-based or professional-based graduate degrees.
The Option in Studies of Social Issues in Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure offers an opportunity to improve your knowledge and skills in critical analysis of sport, physical activity and leisure to help you become an actor of social change in, and through, sport, physical activity and leisure. You will learn about the effect of social issues on sporting, physical and leisure practices as well as the impact of these practices on social change. In the process, you better understand how power relations are enacted in the context of sport, physical activity and leisure as well as understand how these practices become tools of social change.
This program is offered in English and in French.
The French immersion stream is available with this program.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Basic skills | ||
| ENG 1100 | Workshop in Essay Writing | 3 Units |
| 3 course units from: | 3 Units | |
| Technical Report Writing | ||
| Selected Topics in Literature and Composition | ||
| Compulsory Courses at the 1000 level | ||
| APA 1122 | Physical Activity in a Global Health Perspective | 3 Units |
| APA 1302 | Sociology of Sport and Physical Activity in Canada | 3 Units |
| APA 1313 | Musculoskeletal Anatomy | 3 Units |
| LSR 1100 | Introduction to Leisure Studies | 3 Units |
| LSR 1105 | Leisure in Canadian Society | 3 Units |
| Compulsory Courses at the 2000 level | ||
| APA 2134 | Administration of Leisure, Sport and Physical Activity Services | 3 Units |
| APA 2180 | Research Methods in Human Kinetics | 3 Units |
| APA 2302 | History of Sport and Physical Activity in Canada | 3 Units |
| LSR 2118 | Recreation Program Development and Evaluation | 3 Units |
| LSR 2121 | Recreation and Environmental Quality | 3 Units |
| LSR 2122 | Tourism | 3 Units |
| LSR 2312 | Principles of Leadership in Recreation | 3 Units |
| Compulsory Courses at the 3000 level | ||
| APA 3113 | Management of Sporting Events and Festivals | 3 Units |
| APA 3146 | Sport and Recreation Marketing | 3 Units |
| APA 3301 | Ethics in Sport, Physical Activity and Health in Canada | 3 Units |
| APA 3381 | Measurement and Data Analysis in Human Kinetics | 3 Units |
| Compulsory Courses at the 4000 level | ||
| APA 4112 | Political Economy of Sport and Physical Activity | 3 Units |
| APA 4119 | International Sport Management Perspectives | 3 Units |
| Optional courses | ||
| 3 course units from: | 3 Units | |
| Introduction to Psychology: Foundations | ||
| Introduction to Psychology: Applications | ||
| 3 course units from: | 3 Units | |
| Principles of Sociology | ||
| Exploring Diversity in Canada | ||
| 3 course units from: | 3 Units | |
| Reasoning and Critical Thinking | ||
| Philosophical Issues in Health Care | ||
| Introduction to Psychology: Foundations | ||
| Introduction to Psychology: Applications | ||
| Principles of Sociology | ||
| Exploring Diversity in Canada | ||
| 3 course units from Studies of Social Issues in Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure: | 3 Units | |
| Recreation, Sport and Community Development | ||
| Hockey and Canadian Culture | ||
| Sociology of Health and Physical Activity in Canada | ||
| Anthropology of Sport and Leisure | ||
| Sport and Identities | ||
| Sport and Physical Activity in Aging Populations | ||
| Parks and Protected Areas | ||
| Leisure Education/Counselling | ||
| 6 course units from: | 6 Units | |
| Research Project | ||
| Internship/Clinical Experience | ||
| 12 optional course units at the 3000 or 4000 level from the list of optional courses | 12 Units | |
| Elective courses | ||
| 30 elective course units | 30 Units | |
or a minor | ||
| Total: | 120 Units | |
List of Optional Courses
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| APA 3111 | Physical Education Methods: Intervention, Observation and Experimentation | 3 Units |
| APA 3118 | Recreation, Sport and Community Development | 3 Units |
| APA 3119 | Coaching Training Methods | 3 Units |
| APA 3120 | Psychomotor Behavior Laboratory | 3 Units |
| APA 3121 | Human Motor Skill Development | 3 Units |
| APA 3122 | Physical Activity and Health | 3 Units |
| APA 3123 | Hockey and Canadian Culture | 3 Units |
| APA 3125 | Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries | 3 Units |
| APA 3142 | Sociology of Health and Physical Activity in Canada | 3 Units |
| APA 3150 | Neural Control of Human Movement | 3 Units |
| APA 3311 | Musculoskeletal Biomechanics | 3 Units |
| APA 4101 | Anthropology of Sport and Leisure | 3 Units |
| APA 4115 | Sport and Identities | 3 Units |
| APA 4116 | Applied Sport and Performance Psychology | 3 Units |
| APA 4117 | Quality of Life: Theory, Research and Application | 3 Units |
| APA 4120 | Sport and Physical Activity in Aging Populations | 3 Units |
| APA 4123 | Physical Activity Counselling | 3 Units |
| APA 4320 | Advanced Coaching: Global Preparation in a Sport | 3 Units |
| APA 4323 | Selected Topics in Human Kinetics | 3 Units |
| APA 4900 | Directed Studies | 3 Units |
| LSR 3105 | Parks and Protected Areas | 3 Units |
| LSR 3116 | Leisure Education/Counselling | 3 Units |