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3.00 Credits
This intensive, field-based course is appropriate for intermediate and advanced students with solid backgrounds in extended backcountry travel in mountain environments. The focus is on implementation of a selfcontained mountain expedition in a foreign country. The course will include the exploration of regional cultures, geography, and ascents of appropriate mountaineering objectives. The expectation is that students will be building on existing skills and knowledge. Topics to be covered include: expedition planning and logistics, itinerary development, area-specific technical skills, safety and hazard evaluation, place-based natural history and cultural studies, and leadership.
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3.00 Credits
This is a studio arts course in which students will create public art projects along cultural and political themes relevant to the Southwestern U.S. This course will include technical instruction in a variety of permanent and temporary sculptural media, including large-scale wood sculpture, mixed media, and new genres, with opportunities to integrate performance, sound, and installation. Application, permit, fundraising, and legal processes necessary to implement public projects will be researched. Students will travel throughout the region visiting public arts projects, conducting research on regional art intervention opportunities, and creating individual and collaborative art pieces in public settings.
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3.00 Credits
Wetlands, declining in both extent and quality, have become habitats of global concern. In this class, students are exposed to the diversity of wetland types in Arizona, concentrating on physical and biological characteristics, ecological relationships, and conservation approaches relating to freshwater wetlands. Field trips in the state will sample wetland ecosystems under the jurisdiction of the cities of Prescott and Sierra Vista, Arizona Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, the Nature Conservancy, and private ownerships. Students will document their learning process in portfolios and in the form of papers presented as proceedings.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the basic technical skills associated with rock climbing. The appropriate student, with little or no rock climbing experience, is led through a gentle progression using day outings and possible overnight or weekend excursions. Emphasis is on climbing at top rope and multi-pitch climbing sites in an outdoor setting utilizing natural and fixed anchor systems. Students are introduced to basic knots and rope handling, belaying, signals, anchors, rigging. In addition, students are asked to consider risk management, problem solving, and decision making in the development of these skills. Movement on rock, balance, as well as physical and emotional safety are elements of the curriculum practiced daily as the group moves through a progression of skills training.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with the opportunity to learn the basic skills of whitewater kayaking in several different Western rivers. The educational value of the course is heightened by involving the group in discussion and observation of the widely varying geographical locations and the natural history of river valleys. Course content may include: equipment selection and care, kayaking terminology, safety issues, wet exits, self rescue and rescue of others, eddie-turns, ferry gliding, surfing techniques, and other related subject matter. The grade of difficulty encountered ranges from easy to class III white water. Students are encouraged to paddle at a level that is comfortable for them.
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3.00 Credits
This is an introduction to the identification and classification of angiosperms. Lab and field studies supplement lectures and readings. Objectives include: studying representatives of major families and orders; learning to use dichotomous keys so that unknown plants can be identified to genus; building a functional vocabulary of terms used in keying and classification; understanding basic trends in the evolution of flowering plants; and investigating plant-animal interactions.
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4.00 - 6.00 Credits
Spanish Intensive is a total-immersion, intensive Spanish language learning program taught in Mexico. Students study the language four to six hours daily for two to three weeks, and live with a Mexican family to experience the culture and society of a Spanish-speaking community. This provides them a natural setting in which to practice and develop their ability to communicate in Spanish. In addition to language learning, course work, and living with a Mexican family, students participate in service projects, lectures, discussions, and field trips that introduce them to the history, traditions, arts, and contemporary conditions of Mexico.
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3.00 Credits
Sea kayaking places us in intimate contact with the ocean environment. Kayakers are as much in the water as they are upon it. This unique perspective allows us to experience the power of the ocean's physical nature as well as giving us the opportunity to closely observe the living communities in the water and on the shore. This course is an introductory study of the interrelated topics of marine natural history and expeditionary sea kayaking. Topics for study will include tides and currents, wind and waves, and the natural history of near shore organisms, including fishes, seabirds, marine invertebrates, and marine mammals. When conditions permit, we will snorkel to observe subtidal life. Students will learn minimum impact travel and camping skills and will be introduced to the regional impacts of coastal commerce and recreation. As apprentices to the sea, students will learn and practice paddling skills, navigation, and ocean survival techniques drawn from the rich, thousand-year history of sea kayaking.
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3.00 Credits
Over the past decade, Arizona has increasingly been at the forefront of national immigration debates. Migration is a widespread phenomenon throughout the Americas that often lacks historical perspective and political and economic contextualization. Beginning with a historical overview of migration in the Americas, this course will focus on migration streams since World War II. We will analyze the dynamics behind political and economic migration, forced migration (including human trafficking), migration and gender, and issues of identity and transnationalism. Although much of our emphasis will rest upon undocumented migration into the United States, we will also examine internal migration within Latin American countries as well as lesser-known migration streams in the Americas. The course will include a week-long field study in the Arizona-Sonora border region.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will explore women's unique psychology, learning styles, and group behaviors in the context of wilderness expeditioning. The ultimate intention will be to discuss and develop methods for effectively serving female adventure education participants. Building competence and confidence, students will practice technical skills, which may include rock climbing, backpacking, canyoneering, boating, mountaineering, navigation, and low-impact camping in a supportive, non-competitive environment. Students successfully completing this course will be more able to perform in single and mixedgender adventure education settings as leaders and participants. This course is also intended to serve as additional preparation for upper division technical skills courses.
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