In particular, the relationship of leisure to work will be explored extensively in this course. Other topics include the politics of gender in recreation and sport, the impact of wealth on the ability to experience true leisure and stay fit and healthy, voluntarism, and the values inherent in both elite sport participation and grass-roots recreation. The art of communication is the key to transferring internal thought processes such as ideas, decisions, and factual data into readily understandable forms of information. Businesses function only as a result of effective oral, written, and non-verbal communication techniques. This is a second-level course that investigates secondary applications of WordPerfect and Quattro Pro software.
Students also develop brochures, newsletters, and complete a project using a presentations program.
During the second and third semesters of the program students are responsible for arranging a field experience. The goal is to enhance their professional competence and knowledge through practical experience, and to identify themselves to the profession for possible career placement. At the end of the Winter Semester in each year of the program, students are required to take part in a work placement. This component of the program is designed to expose the student to a variety of recreation related activities creating a better understanding of their role in leisure service programming and as a regular component of lifelong leisure. Students must participate in at least eight of these activities over the four semesters to complete the Diploma requirements.