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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Provides skills related to hiking and wilderness travel. Emphasizes hiking skills, proper conditioning, route finding, equipment, and hiking hazards and ethics. The course involves conditioning in the fitness center and weekend hikes. 30 Contact Hours.
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2.00 Credits
Provides skills related to wilderness travel and outdoor adventure. Emphasizes knowledge of backpacking skills, survival techniques, proper physical conditioning, route finding, equipment selection, and an understanding and respect for the environment. The course incorporates lecture and discussion sessions followed by a weekend trip in the mountains. 45 Contact Hours.
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2.00 Credits
Consists of a group expedition covering seven to ten days incorporating hiking, backpacking, climbing, or paddling in remote North American regions. Examines the rationale for organizing and conducting wilderness trips. 30 Contact Hours.
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3.00 Credits
Provides students with a combination of skills and practical experience in the fundamentals of mountaineering. Emphasizes basic climbing skills and techniques, equipment usage, safety systems, mountain travel and awareness, problem solving and decision-making, high altitude climate and weather, wilderness ethics, and physical fitness. 75 Contact Hours. Prerequisite: PED 150 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Covers the reading of highway, forest service, and topographical maps including symbols, legends, border information, and contour lines. Explores the use of magnetic compasses in an outdoor environment and functions that plot a course on maps. Supplemental navigation skills are included. 45 Contact Hours.
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3.00 Credits
Combines the topics of using different topographical maps and compasses in order to safely plan a route in the wilderness with Orienteering (organized competitive cross-country land navigation). Orienteering rules, symbols, clues, and clubs are covered. field trips may include student participation in a scheduled Orienteering meet. 45 Contact Hours.
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1.00 Credits
Designed for students who want to increase flexibility and improve muscle tone through proper exercise techniques using mat work. Body alignment, breathing, and work on the abdominals, hips and thighs will be emphasized. 30 Contact Hours.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasizes the physiological, psychological and practical principles of survival. Survival equipment, wilderness improvising techniques, and wilderness dangers are included. 75 Contact Hours.
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1.00 Credits
Requires student divers to demonstrate mastery of performance requirements for four (4) different open water dives to become a certified open water diver through the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI). 30 Contact Hours. Prerequisite: PED 129, or equivalent, or permission from instructor,
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2.00 Credits
Focuses on the field of physical education and sports. Includes trends, precedents and their effects in the health and total wellness of those involved. 30 Contact Hours.
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