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REC 252Therapeutic Recreation: Physical Disabilities

Units
0.50
Faculty
Health
Subject
Recreation and Leisure Studies

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course is designed to explore medical, sociocultural, and experiential understandings of physical disability and the role of therapeutic recreation in the lives of people disabled by physical, natural, and social environments and structures within community.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed the following:
    • REC100 - Introduction to the Study of Recreation and Leisure (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001286057 / 75TTh 13:00–14:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

44% liked it89% easy67% useful

From 9 ratings and 6 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Let me tell you this. For someone who's in Sports Rec Management, this is a pretty useful course to take in my opinion. I found this class pretty engaging where we learned about physical disability and the importance of inclusivity and many other interesting topics. I would say the workload isn't that heavy but it is mainly group projects.

    Dec 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • The professor you get will truly make or break this course. Zara Rafferty is the professor you want. The TAs actually read your big accessibility assessment and provide incredible feedback as well as highlight their favourite parts of your paper. Quizzes are perfect correlating exactly with what is taught in this class. Organized, cohesive, and the accessibility assessment is actually fun and a very enlightening experience. Very pleased with this course. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

    Nov 2021 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • As a TR student, I was obviously looking forward to this class and the material. Corey was a terrible prof and did not teach anything - he had the students teach all the material through their own presentations and sometimes he was not even there for class and his TA's would teach the lessons.

    Dec 2016 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Only take this course if you have to, I learned nothing except for how much I hate working in groups. No new information learned.

    Nov 2016 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • it was really straightforward stuff and I didn't feel like we were learning much but I think that had to do a lot with the prof

    Apr 2014 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

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