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ANAP
1002
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Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health This course provides an overview of the sciences of anatomy and physiology. Knowledge of the basic structure and functions of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems is essential for a variety of Health and Human Services programs. The integration of these systems will be discussed.
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COMM
1227
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Communications I This course provides the student with an overview of the communication skills required by business and industry. Students will learn to apply these communication skills to be successful in their selected workplace setting.
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COMM
1228
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Communications II This course further develops essential communications skills with a focus on basic writing. This course provides the student with the opportunity to develop written work typical of the industry related to their program of study.
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COMM
3131
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Professional Communications Students will further develop research and public speaking skills as well as cultivating management techniques for interviewing and evaluating employees. Students will continue to enhance presentation skills, reinforce public speaking adeptness and cultivate management techniques for interviewing and evaluating employees.
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COMP
1217
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Computer Applications I This introductory course is designed for students in need of fundamental computer skills including the use of an operating system and the basics of email, internet, file management and word processing.
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COMP
2175
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Computer - Publication and Data Management This second-level course introduces participants to web page design, desktop publishing and database software. The course will expose students to tools used to publish an effective web site; design and create brochures, newsletters, business cards and other publications. The course will provide an introduction to database concepts and use of database software to manage information.
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HCOM
1003
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Strategies in Post-secondary Text Management This course takes a process-based approach to managing tasks associated with the use of print material. Through participation in activities that foster clarity of understanding of the processes of reading and writing, learners will develop competency in text management. Learners will build a portfolio that demonstrates their ability to employ strategies that optimize their performance on print related tasks.
Because sharing and cooperation are strategies for enhancing text management proficiency, on-going cooperation between, learners, instructor and support personnel characterize the academic climate of this course. Attendance is crucial to each learner’s success.
Evaluation will be based on portfolio completion and a personal interview.
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RECL
1003
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Introduction to Leisure Services This introductory course will examine recreational and leisure related terms and categories of leisure service provisions, particularly at the national, provincial and community level. The focus will be on leisure as an important dimension in influencing the quality of an individual’s life. Many agencies, organizations and recreation departments will be profiled, including operation structures, clientele, financing, staffing and policies and procedures. The student will be exposed to a basic understanding of the nature of parks and recreation and develop a personal philosophy consistent within the leisure services industry. This course will create a foundation for many of the future courses offered in the Recreation Leadership program.
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RECL
1006
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Tournaments/Events Being able to understand and organize competition in tournament formats is an important skill for Recreation Leaders. This course provides insight into the theory of tournament organization (draws) as well as the many other facets of successful tournament implementation. Further, non-sport special events will be researched to determine the generic components, principles and methods of organizing, implementing and marketing these events. A major portion of the course will be a class project involving organizing and implementing a tournament. The emphasis in this course is hands on self-directed and collaborative learning particularly in terms of the class-organized tournament. Due to the extensive requirement for group work lecture time will be limited to give students opportunity to do quality work in this area.
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RECL
1013
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Risk Management and Legal Liability The majority of this course will deal with Legal Liability and Risk Management in leisure, sport, ecotourism, and outdoor recreation settings. There will, however, be significant discussion of legal liability from a generic non-specific vocational setting point of view. This course will overview civil law, legal liability and negligence as it applies to activities regularly happening in the above fields and the processes and steps required to manage risk. Methods will include lecture, case studies, Socratic method, and class discussion.
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RECL
1015
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Personal Health and Wellness Learners will become familiar with the personal dimensions of wellness (physical, spiritual, environmental, mental, emotional and social dimensions) - exploring each dimension through academic and practical study formats. Students will study specific personal wellness topics ranging from healthy behavior change, to psychosocial health, stress management, nutritious and physical active lifestyle practices.
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RECL
1017
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Leisure Programming Programming is where the Recreation Leader armed with knowledge, enthusiasm and good intentions meets the consumer/participant whose baggage includes a variety of needs, motives and expectations. Programming may be the most important skill set that entry level Recreation Leaders require. This course will introduce Leisure Programming to the student and take him or her through an examination of the major aspects of programming as a primary function of a modern recreation leader. Specifically, the course will examine the role of recreation programs in the delivery of recreation services; what people seek from recreation programs; the role of the programmer in a recreation agency; the program participant as a customer and customer behaviour, needs assessment, program development, program streams, program marketing, budgeting and pricing, direct and indirect delivery, evaluation, and future trends. Students will also be required to plan, implement and evaluate a small recreation program in groups of 4-6.
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RECL
1609
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Sports, Philosophy & Fundamentals This course begins by defining what sport is and is not and why this is important. The “reasons for” amateur sport and professional sport are also examined in terms of the roles each plays in our society. Methods of classifying sports are developed as well. The course continues on to expose the learner to the basic rules and requirements for a number of popular Canadian sports. These core sports may include Ice Hockey, Canadian Football, Soccer, Basketball and Volleyball. The learners will choose 3-5 additional sports for study.
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RECL
2004
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Outdoor Recreation Outdoor Recreation is a study of leisure as a vehicle for personal growth, social development, adventure and challenge. This course will build upon an awareness of the Outdoor Recreation industry/field through classroom involvement, several field trips and a 24-36 hour overnight outdoor field trip to Gitten’s Lodge.
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RECL
2005
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Recreation Facilities This course will overview the topic of recreation facility development and operation. Specifically, types of facilities, a basic development process, design, operation, maintenance, and marketing are topics that form the basis for the course. Specific issues that face recreation facility operators will also be examined including access for those with disabilities, life cycle planning, facility users facility staff interactions, and fiscal management. The course will examine some of the basic physical operational aspects of common recreation facilities including ice arenas, swimming pools, sport fields, and community/multi-purpose centres. Other facility related course content will also be introduced including general information on the Recreation Facility Association of Nova Scotia, the NSSRC Recreation Facility Development Program, and other related topics. The format for the course will be dialogic lecture, field experiences, facility investigations and class discussions.
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RECL
2011
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Recreation Issues Although the overall approach of the Recreation Leadership Program is to provide practical technician oriented skills it is vital that students be exposed to some of the major issues and philosophical concepts that face the field. By thinking critically about the values and politics surrounding these issues the student will be able to develop his/her own philosophy that in turn will drive their future work in the leisure services field. In other words the student must realize that recreation is not just about programming or facility operation but that larger societal issues are at play as well and that these have enormous impact on how society experiences leisure and how leisure services are provided. Recreation and leisure, as a human endeavour, does not operate in a vacuum. Leisure is part of the milieu of the human condition and as such it has an important role in society. Of particular note is the relationship of leisure to work. This relationship will be explored in this course. Other topics students will explore include the politics of gender in recreation and sport, the impact of wealth on the ability to experience leisure and stay healthy & fit, and the basic values inherent in both elite sport participation and grass roots recreation. Students will also have the opportunity to bring their own issues to the table. The course will consist of class discussions of selected readings with the instructor relying primarily on Socratic methods to prompt debate and argument. Significant class time will be taken up with student led debates on issues of their choice.
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RECL
2013
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Inclusive and Special Recreation Individuals with disabilities and special needs reside in rural and urban communities throughout Nova Scotia, thus it is incumbent upon our recreation professionals to strive to meet their needs by providing inclusive and accessible leisure and recreation opportunities. Students will become familiar with specific medical conditions that result in a need for special recreation services; they will study past and current terminology as it relates to persons with special needs, they will discuss personal and community attitudes/ concepts related to persons with special needs and finally explore the relationship of all the above to the leisure program planning process. Students will explore ways and means to assess, plan, improve, implement and evaluate recreation programs, services and facilities for persons who have special needs. Students will study recreation and leisure services and the positive/ or negative impact they may have on the persons with special needs who live and work in our communities.
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RECL
2014
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Recreation Activities Students are required to actively participate and attend a minimum of six (6) Pre-approved training and/or professional development sessions with relevance to the goals and objectives of the Recreation Leadership Program. Each separate training session must be a minimum of eight hours (1day) in length, allow the student to receive some tangible proof of completion (i.e. certificate) and should be selected based upon the interests and within appropriate time schedules as determined by the student. It is intended that participation in these activities will continue to develop the skill levels of the student and emphasize the importance of personal responsibility for learning and ongoing skill enhancement. Due to the diversity of the leisure industry, students are expected to participate/receive training in a minimum, of two of the four primary leisure area: Community & Sport, Outdoor, Therapeutic and Fitness. Participation at one professional conference MAY be considered to meet course requirements.
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RECL
2015
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Community Health and Wellness This course will build on the learning outcomes delivered in the Personal Health and Wellness course. Learners will have an opportunity to expand their understanding from the personal focus of health and wellness (personal dimensions of health) to the broader concept of community health. Learners in this course will become familiar with the Determinants of Health - which include physical environments, healthy child development, education and literacy, social supports, social environments, income and social status, employment / working conditions, culture and diversity, health services, biology and genetic endowment, gender, and personal health practices and coping skills. Learners will explore the combined influence of all of the determinants of health and how they impact participation in recreation and leisure services (particular attention will be given to the personal health practices and coping skills determinant). Learners will study the provincial government response to the physical inactivity epidemic facing our children and youth and how this particular health issue is impacting our community health. The Active Kids Healthy Kids Strategy and the ongoing Physical Activity Children and Youth (PACY) research will be a major component of the course. Learners will be required to volunteer in a local activity that supports the Active Kids Healthy Kids Strategy.
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RECL
2018
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Recreation Management This Course will overview Recreation Management by outlining what generic management is and what its components are and then extrapolating to recreation agency management and administration. Basic introductory management theory will be covered including the four traditional elements of management: Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling. Traits of successful managers, managerial styles, management skills, organizational culture, relationships of managers to organizational effectiveness and efficiency are all topics included in this course. Other topics include strategic vs. operational planning, a brief overview of human resource management, and motivation of staff, managing change, leadership vs administration, and organizational politics, budgeting and selected others. The course will also explore the concept of how volunteer management is similar to, but also different from, the management of paid staff.
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RECL
2019
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Recreation Marketing and Customer Service This course will introduce and overview Marketing as a business discipline with some emphasis on the marketing of recreation agencies their products and services. Basic marketing theory will be the basis for this course. The evolution of marketing, the marketing mix, the importance of marketing in a hyper-competitive world, the importance of customer focus in marketing, market segmentation and target marketing are all topics covered in this course. Marketing for not-for-profit recreation agencies will also be examined. An eight-hour customer service workshop entitled SuperHost Atlantic (Tourism Industry of Nova Scotia Human Resource Council) will form a component of this course. Students that pass the workshop evaluation will receive certification in this area.
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RECL
2020
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Work Experience II Work experience provides the learners with the opportunity to develop a better understanding of their career choice while they learn more about the conditions they will encounter as employees.
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RECL
2025
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Tourism and Recreation This course explores the close relationship between tourism and recreation in Nova Scotia. Learners are exposed to tourism theory focusing upon the eight major sectors of the industry and how they combine to make tourism the economic engine that it is. Special attention is paid to how the province of Nova Scotia organizes and markets itself to tourists via the Doers & Dreamers guide. Significant work is done using this resource to allow learners to understand the province and the tourism industry through the lens of a tourist. Methods include lecture, guest speakers from industry (tourism operators), discussion, field trips and research.
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RECL
2044
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Advanced Outdoor Recreation This course provides various teaching strategies (relying heavily on the experiential education approach) to support opportunities for the second year recreation leadership learner to solidify the leadership responsibilities inherent in the program planning process for facilitating an outdoor recreation experience for others.
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RECL
2055
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Advanced Fitness This course is a Fitness Theory certification course recognized by the National Fitness Leadership Alliance. The National Fitness Leadership Alliance (NFLA) is a Canadian partnership of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to developing, promoting and implementing national standards for training and certification of fitness leaders in Canada. This course is designed to meet the NFLA guidelines and performance standards.
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SAFE
1000
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Introduction to WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems) This course offers the students the introduction to WHMIS, which is training required by any person employed in a Nova Scotia workplace. This is a generic, introductory course that provides basic knowledge in WHMIS for the workplace and is considered to be the basis from which more specific training can be given.
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SAFE
1001
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Introduction to NS OH&S Act This course offers the students the introduction to the Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Act of Nova Scotia, which is required by any person employed in a Nova Scotia workplace. This is a generic, introductory course that provides basic knowledge of the Act for the students and is considered to be the basis from which more specific training can be given.
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Recreation Leadership Elective General course requirement: Student must complete 2.0 units of course electives that have been approved by the Academic Chair.
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Recreation Leadership Work Experience course requirement: Student must complete one course either Work Experience I or Recreation Leadership Co-op.
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