Office of Student Life

Learn to Swim - Group Lessons

Group Lessons are designed to meet the recreational needs of children and adults in a group setting. The Department of Recreational Sports uses American Red Cross curriculum to guide students through skills and water safety progressions.

Autumn 2025 Sessions

Autumn 2025 Session Dates and Class Times

Session 1:                            Coming soon!
Session 2:                            Coming soon!

Anticipated Sunday Class Offerings: Each group lesson session includes six 30 or 45-minute lessons. American Red cross levels Parent-Child through Adult Intermediate are offered. Offerings, and the number of available time slots per lesson time, are subject to change based on instructor availability.

Actual offerings will be posted in recregister.osu.edu prior to the start of registration.

Class Length:

For children aged 6 months to 3 years (30-minutes)

  • Parent-Child                                      

For children aged 3 to 5 years (30-minutes)

  • Preschool Levels 1, 2 & 3            

For children aged 6 to 13 years (45-minutes)

  • LTS Levels 1 - 6                               

For students aged 14 to 99 (45-minutes)

  • Adult Beginner                               
  • Adult Intermediate                            

Determination of Level Placement: Students participating in the current session will be provided with level progress sheets and placement recommendations on the last day of lessons. For back-to-back sessions, placement recommendations will be provided midway through the session.

Families new to our program, and those returning after a break in participation, should determine appropriate level placement before registering by reviewing the ‘Learn to Swim Class Selection Guide’ located at the top right corner of this webpage. Please contact us via email at agegroup@osu.edu if you have questions about which class to enroll in prior to registering. 

Academic Year Group Lesson Fees

Rec Sports Members:                     $90 per participant, includes six group lessons
Rec Sports Non-Members:            $105 per participant, includes six group lessons

Autumn Registration Dates

Returning Families:                         Date and time will be sent via email by Noon on July 9, 2025.
New Families:                                  Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 9 a.m.

Register at recregister.osu.edu 

A returning family is defined as a family that had a participant in the previous session (spring semester 2025). Registration will close for group lessons one week prior to the start of the session.