Sport and Recreation Management, BHPE

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The Sport and Recreation Management major is of value and importance to Alberta’s economic and social future. Graduates will be trained and educated to address the challenges associated with increased levels of sedentary behaviour currently being experienced and the increase in health issues connected to this behaviour. Producing leaders that will take active roles in sport and recreation in the province, including recreation centres, community programming, sport and athletic facilities, and other grassroots partners, would, therefore, enable Alberta to tackle these issues by providing lasting legacies locally, and providing leadership nationally.

Graduates will be able to:

Develop and demonstrate content and disciplinary concepts related to the field of sport and recreation management.
Transform theory into practice.
Integrate the merits and values of sport, recreation, and physical activity into program and community development and management.
Exhibit management and organizational skills within the field of sport and recreation management.
Formulate, design and deliver an experience within the field of sport and recreation management.
Knowledge and application of Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action in relation to the discipline of health and physical education.
Knowledge and application of principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in relation to the discipline of health and physical education.

Curriculum

The Bachelor of Health and Physical Education (BHPE) requires students to complete a total of 120 credits (the equivalent of 40 three-credit courses). The 120 credits required will be taken from the following areas: core courses, major-specific courses, General Education* and electives.

* Please consult the University Calendar for information concerning the University’s General Education requirement.

Major Specific Courses

All BHPE - Sport and Recreation Management students must complete the following 18 major courses as part of their requirements:

Electives

Five Electives

General Education Requirements

Ten courses must be completed to meet the General Education requirements to graduate with a Bachelor of Health and Physical Education - Sport and Recreation Management.

Four courses will be taken at the foundational level: one from each of the thematic clusters.
Three courses will be taken at the second tier: no more than one from each of the thematic clusters. One of these courses must be from the Numeracy and Scientific Literacy cluster.
Three courses must be taken at the third tier, selected from at least two of the thematic clusters.

Students admitted to the Bachelor of Health and Physical Education should seek clarification of these requirements and up-to-date registration information through an Academic Advisor in the Department of Health and Physical Education. For details on the nature and structure of General Education visit: mtroyal.ca/gened/courses.

Graduation Requirements

To be eligible for graduation, Bachelor of Health and Physical Education students must achieve a minimum final grade of C in each core course and major course. Students must satisfactorily complete all of the Mount Royal General Graduation Requirements as published in this Calendar as well as all the Major specific graduation requirements.

Students must follow the graduation application procedure outlined in the current Academic Calendar. Applications must be submitted by the date published in the Calendar. All BHPE students must successfully complete at least two practicum related courses in order to graduate (see major-specific curriculum for additional information).