BS Parks, Recreation, and the Outdoors (Health & Wellness Design) at Indiana University Bloomington

Programme overview

The Bachelor of Science in Health and Wellness Design with a parks, recreation and outdoors focus is offered by the School of Public Health at IU Bloomington. It prepares professionals to improve quality of life for individuals and communities through parks, recreation and outdoor careers, with a focus on purposeful design, organizational management and service delivery across public, nonprofit and private sectors, within a public health framework emphasizing social justice, equity and access.

Faculty: School of Public Health | Department: Health and Wellness Design | Location: Bloomington, IN, United States

What you will study

Study of parks, recreation and outdoor programme design, management and service delivery, with varied fieldwork opportunities and a small faculty/student ratio.

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Application information

Entry requirements

School of Public Health undergraduate programmes: applicants choose a School of Public Health major on the IU Bloomington application and are admitted directly to the major; the IU early-action deadline is November 1; transfer applicants must have completed at least 12 semester hours of college coursework after high school.

Requirements published at faculty level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Freshmen can start in the fall or spring semester; freshmen applying for the spring semester should apply by November 1 (priority deadline).

Transfer students can start in fall, spring (January start) or summer.

Freshman early action (non-binding) deadline is November 1 (response January 15); regular decision deadline is February 1 (response March 15); after February 1 applications are considered on a space-available basis. The enrollment deposit of $100 is due May 1. IU Bloomington is test-optional (SAT, ACT and CLT scores are optional). Apply with either the Apply IU application or the Common Application.

Transfer priority deadlines: fall start June 1, spring (January start) November 1, summer start March 1; School of Nursing applicants for fall must apply by April 1 and Kelley School of Business applicants by June 1. Apply with either the Apply IU application or the Common Application.

The undergraduate application fee is $65 (US citizen and international); the Jacobs School of Music application fee is $95.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.indiana.edu/apply/index.html

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