Admission Requirements

Admissions

New students are admitted into the Therapeutic Recreation - Gerontology campus-based program in the Fall (September) term. Qualified applicants may be admitted into programs outside of normal intakes. Interested applicants are considered on an individual basis for acceptance into a program in an alternative or modified format.

 

Academic Requirements

Applicants are required to have an Alberta High School Diploma or equivalent with a minimum 65 percent in English Language Arts (ELA) 30-1 or 30-2 or equivalent and 50 percent in Biology 30. Students lacking Biology 30 requirements are required to complete BIO-149 Introduction to Physiology in their first term.

 

Alternate Admission 

Applicants are required to have a minimum 60th percentile in Reading and 50th percentile on Sentence Skills sections of placement testing. Students that lack Biology 30 entrance requirement are required to complete BIO-149 Introduction to Physiology in their first term.

 

Practicum Experience Requirements

There is a required practicum component to this program. The College dictates the legal terms and conditions governing the practicum experience. Failure by the student to accept by way of legal contract and abide by these terms and conditions will result in non-completion of the program.

 

Applicants will be required to provide a Criminal Record Check, Standard First Aid and CPR (level C) before entering the fieldwork experience component of the program. The existence of a criminal record may affect work experience placement, program completion and employment prospects. The consequences of a prior conviction will be examined and discussed on an individual basis.

 

Health Requirements

Applicants must provide a specific schedule of health requirements (form provided by the Centre Placement Office). Students are responsible for ensuring that health requirements are kept current throughout the program. Failure to do so will affect fieldwork placements.

 

Note: Campus-based students must complete field work on a full-time basis from April 1st to May 31st; students may be required to relocate to complete the field work placements.

 

Distributed/Online Learning students must complete field work on a full-time basis and must advise the program one semester prior to applying for field work.

 

Students may be required to relocate to complete the field work placements.