Recreation & Leisure Services Diploma to Honours Bachelor of Outdoor Recreation Degree Transfer Program

Program Information

You enter into Year 2 of the four-year Honours Bachelor of Outdoor Recreation program and can complete your degree in as little as three years.

Lakehead University's School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Tourism is the only one of its kind in Canada. Offering a unique integration of theoretical and applied perspectives, the program is extremely popular, and demands a significant level of commitment in addition to high standards of academic excellence. Our program includes practical study in all aspects of outdoor recreation, research on nature-based recreation, parks and tourism; activities from local to international scales, including Indigenous and multi-cultural perspectives; and direct experience and interaction with practitioners. You will learn about leadership and independent critical thinking, social and environmental responsibilities, and recreational activities and leisure pursuits related to and dependent upon the natural environment.

Admission Requirements

To be considered for admission, you must:

Complete Georgian College's two-year Recreation & Leisure Services Diploma, and
Achieve an overall average of at least 75%.

Application Process

To apply, please:

Use the OUAC Undergraduate Application. You may need to create an account first, if you have never applied using the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) before.
Select the program Outdoor Recreation (Pathways with Select Ontario Colleges: Confederation, Dawson, Georgian, and Sault) (Thunder Bay Campus only). The OUAC program code is ABI.
Select Outdoor Recreation Major (Thunder Bay) from the Subject of Major Interest drop-down menu.
As you proceed through the application process, use the Online Transcript Request to have your transcript(s) sent to us, if applicable:
1. We require all of your post-secondary transcripts (i.e. from all colleges and universities attended).
2. We do not require your high school transcript.
3. Some colleges do not add in progress courses to their transcripts. If you are currently completing courses, you are encouraged to upload a screenshot of your upcoming winter term courses to your myInfo account. You will receive your myInfo login credentials in an acknowledgement email from us upon receipt of your application (which can take a few days after you apply using the OUAC).

Who Can I Contact If I Need Assistance?

Thinking of Applying? Contact a Recruitment Advisor

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