Therapeutic Recreation (BScR-TR) at Dalhousie University

Enhance lives through recreational therapy. Learn how recreation and leisure experiences can be used to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, illnesses and other limitations. Therapeutic Recreation specialists are allied health professionals who design and implement purposeful and meaningful recreation and leisure programs and interventions for holistic health and wellbeing.

Faculty: Health  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

What you will study

The Therapeutic Recreation Program prepares competent recreation therapists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behaviour) learning domains, to work in a variety of settings as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS). Class sizes are small, so you have the opportunity to work closely with fellow students and faculty.

Career pathways

Dalhousie students regularly achieve higher than the national average of pass rates on the NCTRC exam. Therapeutic Recreation is a rapidly growing field and new career opportunities are constantly being created. You’ll be well prepared to start a rewarding career as a member of an interdisciplinary team within the healthcare and recreation sectors.

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