Recreation Management

Dalhousie University · Halifax and Truro/Bible Hill

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5 years
Duration (years)
5 years
Dalhousie Recreation Management undergraduate degree
16-week final-semester internship
Work experience
16-week final-semester internship
Dalhousie Recreation Management undergraduate degree
70% minimum
Academic minimum
The university publishes a 70% academic minimum, not an entering-average range.
Dalhousie undergraduate high school admission requirements

Deadlines

May 2027

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Next deadlineSaturday, May 1, 2027

Admission deposit
2027 entry
Official deadline

Requirements

Admission requirements

High-school prerequisites

Grade 12 academic English

Complete secondary school and Grade 12 academic English.
Grade 12 academic mathematics
Complete 3 more academic Grade 12 subjects.
Published overall minimum 70%.

Application steps

Step 1Check the admission requirements
- Check the published entry route for your applicant category.
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Step 2Apply through Dal admissions
- Create your application and select this program.
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Step 3Academic records requested in your application portal
- High school applicants provide mid-year and final results; Ontario and Nova Scotia applicants can include their student ID for automatic retrieval. Early applicants upload Grade 11 final marks and Grade 12 course registrations. College/university applicants submit official records from every postsecondary institution attended.
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Step 4English proficiency evidence if required
- Applicants from a country or school where English is not the primary instructional language need accepted proficiency evidence unless they meet an exemption. An offer can be conditional on providing the requested evidence.
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Applicant pathways

Canadian high school requirements

Applicants entering from Canadian high school

Complete secondary school and Grade 12 academic English.
Grade 12 academic mathematics
Complete 3 more academic Grade 12 subjects.
Published overall minimum 70%.

Regional selection preference

School of Health and Human Performance applicants

Dalhousie gives preference to applicants living in Atlantic Canada or who have a parent living there at the time they apply.

Degree requirements

Credits and degree requirements

Complete the published three-credit-hour writing requirement as part of the combined degree.
Register for IPHE 4900, section 02, each term. It is a portfolio registration with no scheduled lecture attendance.

References

Program facts

Academic minimum

Internship16-week final-semester internship

16-week internship in the final semester.

Check work experience options

Courses

Dalhousie’s 2026–27 first-year planning guide. Course offerings and delivery depend on the intake.

2026–27 first-year plan

Fall 2026

One open elective. The sociology or anthropology course can be swapped with it if needed.

LEIS 1127Foundations of Recreation
ECON 1101Principles of Microeconomics3 credits
How do you decide whether or not to go to university?
MGMT 1301Interdisciplinary Management I3 credits
HAHP 1200Health Communications

Winter 2027

The first-year guide places the writing requirement here.

LEIS 1167Introduction to Recreation Management Professions
ECON 1102Principles of Macroeconomics3 credits
Why are some countries rich and others poor?
MGMT 1302Interdisciplinary Management II3 credits
SOSA 1002People and Culture: Introduction to AnthropologyChoose one
Choose one
Choose introductory anthropology or sociology.
- SOSA 1002 · People and Culture: Introduction to Anthropology
- SOSA 1003 · Introduction to Sociology
Dalhousie 2026–27 first-year planner · Combined BSc Recreation and Bachelor of Management

Elective choices

The degree includes 27 open elective credit hours and 6 in Management or Leisure Studies. At least 15 open elective hours must be at the 2000 level or above, and at most 12 of the 33 elective hours may be at the 1000 level.

Study locations

Study locations: Halifax and Truro/Bible HillDalhousie · Recreation Management (BSc)(BMgmt) program location

References

Careers

Professional recognition

Council on Accreditation of Parks, Recreation, Tourism, and Related Professions (COAPRT). The Council on Accreditation of Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Related Professions lists Dalhousie’s Recreation Management program.

Accreditation