Therapeutic Recreation at Dal

Deadlines

High-school prerequisites

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

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.

Credits and degree requirements

Register for IPHE 4900, section 02, each term. It is a portfolio registration with no scheduled lecture attendance.

References

Academic minimum

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 guide permits swapping the two SOSA courses across the terms.

Winter 2027

One open elective.