Program Overview

PhD Aging, Health and Well-being

The Aging, Health and Well-being doctoral program (AHWB) is a collaborative program between Kinesiology and Health Sciences, the School of Public Health Sciences, and the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies in the Faculty of Health.

This program provides students with an interdisciplinary platform upon which to develop a broad understanding of issues related to the health and well-being of our aging population. The program affords the opportunity to cross departmental boundaries to access courses and resources including dissertation committee members who can add different perspectives to research problems.

Program Requirements

Students must fulfill the minimum requirements of their home department, as well as obtain credit for each of the courses listed below. They will normally complete a minimum of four half (0.50 credit) courses, consisting of:

• a core/fundamentals course
• a graduate level statistics/research methods course
• two electives which will be related to aging, health and well-being

Specific courses include:

• REC 750 Fundamentals of Aging, Health and Well-being
• Graduate level statistics/research methods course
• Two electives related to aging, health and well-being

Additionally, students will participate in the doctoral research milestone seminar in Aging, Health and Well-being and are also encouraged to participate in the Recreation and Leisure Studies PhD milestone seminar. Recreation and Leisure Studies students must also complete REC 700, required of all doctoral students in Recreation and Leisure Studies.

Graduate Student Resources

Important resources for graduate students include:

• Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs Office (GSPA)
• Graduate Studies Academic Calendar
• Graduate Student Handbook
• Forms (GSPA)
• Forms (Recreation and Leisure Studies)
• Program checklists
• Health Computing Office
• Tuition and fees
• Schedule of Classes
• QUEST login
• Waterloo LEARN

Department and Faculty Information

The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies is a unit of the Faculty of Health. The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.