uwloo

REC 422Urban Recreation

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 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course examines the employment of recreation, sport, and tourism to transform, enliven, and/or alter community spaces. In doing so, it explores the potential of (re)shaping, (re)territorializing, and (re)making the built environment with the intent of interpreting, narrating, and imagining places to inscribe them with meaning and value. With an emphasis on principles of transformative placemaking, students are encouraged to envision meaningful alterations of places to better meet the needs of communities.

Prerequisites

  • Students must be in level 3A or higher

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00173010 / 60TTh 08:30–09:50
LEC 701828561 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

100% liked it100% easy50% useful

From 2 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Super easy class. 12 reflections over the term but you only need to do three out of the 12 unless you want to do more to make up for one that was a lowered grade. One group presentation worth 25 percent, and a fun opinion editorial on a choice of topic related to the course another 25 percent. Workload was very low. Alex did a great job and he is the prof you want!

    Jul 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

One post or comment in 1 thread mentions REC 422, April 2021 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Winter 2021

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

Calendar versions

Undergraduate Calendar