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2.00 Credits
Intermediate rock climbing assumes prior introductory knowledge of top-rope anchor construction as well as the basics of belaying and knot tying. The course will focus on top-rope climbing systems and site management, learning to place rock protection, support lead climbers as a second, and cover beginning leading skills. Students will gain experience in face and crack climbing, placing protection, anchoring, and moving efficiently as a team member on multi-pitch climbs, and getting down again. The course covers risk management and limitations of climbing systems. This course is for climbers with basic climbing skills gained on small cliffs to become effective and safe leaders of beginner groups. Credits: 2 Offered Semester I Prerequisites: AE 1012 or consent Alternate years odd
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2.00 Credits
Winter mountaineering teaches basic technical climbing skills in a winter environment. Skills covered include snow and ice travel, winter anchor and belaying systems. Part of the course uses ice climbing to focus on learning and being comfortable with climbing systems, climbing movement, and the winter environment. The course is meant for students with prior knowledge of basic anchor construction, belaying, and movement skills gained in other courses or through recreational climbing, who are ready to move to the next level. Prior ice climbing experience is not required. Topics include clothing selection, physical conditioning, the nature of ice, ice climbing movement and protection skills as well as avalanches and the alpine environment. Credits: 2 Offered Semester II Prerequisite: AE 1012 or consent Alternate years odd
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to teach students the techniques involved in facilitating low and high challenge courses. Students will experience a variety of activities including new games, initiatives, and the high and low challenge courses. Topics will include the use, care and maintenance of challenge course apparatus, safety techniques, and sequencing of activities. Skill development in the areas of facilitation and debriefing will be stressed. Students plan, conduct and evaluate either a high or low Challenge Course experience during this course. Credits: 4 Offered Semester II Prerequisite: Sophomore status
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3.00 Credits
This is a leadership-related course with a focus on developing outdoor skills related to living in and traveling through the backcountry in winter and spring. Students will learn techniques of planning, organizing, and leading backcountry trips. Specific skills include trip planning, menu planning, expedition behavior, outdoor cookery, selection of gear and clothing, winter camping and travel, campsite management, emergency response and advanced navigation. Credits: 3 Offered Semester I Prerequisites: Concurrent OBWS enrollment
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course is designed for students with appropriate qualifications to arrange, under the supervision of a faculty member, to assist in leading trips. Typically, students work as assistant instructors in courses such as Wilderness Camping and Travel, Rockclimbing, Whitewater Canoeing and others. This course is repeatable with a different topic. Credits: 1-2 Offered by arrangement Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
In this course students may work with faculty to plan and carry out an extended expedition involving outdoor pursuits such as backpacking, paddling, mountaineering, etc., throughout the world. Students will be required to complete an application process to join the expedition team. Faculty and students will meet as needed, to plan and implement the expedition. This course may be used to fulfill the Leadership Skills component of the Adventure Education Leadership program. Credits: 1-4 Offered by arrangement Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to examine the theories, principles, and practices of leadership in a wilderness environment. Experience from the pre-course trip and from personal trip leading experience is used as a basis for understanding leadership theory. Students will be expected to be involved in leading trips, or equivalent experience. The course will begin with a 6 ? C10 day experience in August. Credits: 4 Offered Semester I Prerequisites: AE 2003, AE 2213, PY 2113 Fee: $200
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to outdoor programs that deal with people with psychological disabilities. Students will learn the characteristics of certain disabilities and will examine various therapeutic wilderness programs developed to work with specific groups, such as people who have been abused, who have post traumatic stress disorder, or who are patients in psychiatric hospitals. The course will include a section on professional ethics. Credits: 3 Offered Semester I Prerequisites: PY 2113, AE 2184 alternate years even
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3.00 Credits
This course presents the basic issues of counseling in a wilderness setting with its limitations and potentials. Students will be introduced to therapeutic counseling models: Reality Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, and a trans-theoretical model for wilderness-based counseling. The course is a combination of theory, application and practice in which the students will be introduced to the philosophy and concepts of counseling in a wilderness setting as well as developing skills in each of the specific models mentioned above. This course will include a section on professional ethics in counseling. Credits: 3 Offered Semester II Prerequisites: PY 1003 or PY 1013 Alternate years even
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3.00 Credits
This course covers topics including, but not limited to, the theory, history or philosophy of experiential education, of challenge or adventure education, of recreation and outdoor adventure recreation; the professionalism of outdoor adventure recreation/education; psychological/sociological aspects of outdoor recreation research issues and current issues in the profession. Students are expected each week to read articles or book chapters, and to be able to discuss the topics. Students will also be expected to write expository or analysis/synthesis papers of varying lengths and perhaps to give an oral presentation. Students may be asked to make a presentation at, or to attend, a professional conference or other professional meeting. Credits: 3 Offered Semester II Prerequisites: Junior status Alternate years even
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