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3.00 Credits
This course questions the role of author and visual consumer in culture today as students explore how contemporary artists draw from existing work and ideas to create new forms and meaning in society. This course attempts to place student as active cultural participants in their world of images whether it be with online media like YouTube, or alternative music. Students will produce artworks for a variety of forms, including video, music, writing, and performance.
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3.00 Credits
The students are introduced to interdisciplinary practices. Students incorporate various media into hybrid systems of display, such as installation, performance, and video art. The focus is on time-based as well as traditional media, conceptual strategies, the body and digital media.
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3.00 Credits
The students further explore interdisciplinary practices. Students formulate and incorporate their medium of concentration into hybrid systems of display, such as installation, performance and video art. The focus is on time-based as well as traditional media, conceptual strategies, the body and digital media.
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3.00 Credits
The student learns an expressive, critical and informed visual language utilizing knowledge and skills brought to the course from a variety of disciplines. Integrating these disparate practices into hybrid forms, the student demonstrates concepts and tactics used in contemporary New Genres practice. Specific forms that the student works with include performance art, time based art, conceptual and installation art as well as the more traditional media such as ceramics, painting and photography.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides students with an introduction to a wide range of outdoor skills, i.e., backpacking, navigation, whitewater rafting, canyoneering (fall semester only), winter camping (spring semester only), and rock climbing. These outdoor skills will be taught over the course of four weekend field expeditions. Classroom sessions will be used to plan and prepare for expeditions, as well as introduce complimentary topics like the origins and directions of outdoor adventure education. This course serves as an introduction to the outdoor Adventure Leadership Program and provides students with the means of assessing and determining their own interest in pursuing future outdoor pursuits. Note: This course satisfies the PHED requirement. Note: The materials fee covers field trip expenditures.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the skills, attitudes and inner resources needed to be an effective leader in the outdoors and/or in any other part of life. Topics include all aspects of leadership intention, preparation, personal styles, decision making, communication/facilitation, conflict resolution, group (gender/age) dynamics, and organizational/political leadership. Through an experiential learning approach in class, students will utilize first hand experiences to obtain the techniques needed to improve their leadership skills. This course also includes a field expedition where students will learn basic backcountry skills.
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3.00 Credits
This course prepares students to handle medical emergencies when help is miles away and dialing 911 is not an option. Through classroom lectures, field instruction, and role playing scenarios, students will learn to handle emergency situations that involve prolonged patient care, severe environments, and improvised equipment. A Wilderness First Responder (WFR) and a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) certification are provided to those students who meet all course criteria. NOTE: Course fees will only be refundable up to 30 days prior to the start date.
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3.00 Credits
This course aims to combine direct experience, personal reflection, and community building in the pursuit of starting off on a path of real contribution as an environmental educator. Environmental education is a key component to all outdoor leadership pursuits. After peer teaching demonstrations and evaluations, students will design and deliver an environmental education activity to the community. Students are expected to participate in two-class field trips and will evaluate and document their involvement. Students will review the history of environmental education while implementing place-based environmental education in their community.
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3.00 Credits
This course serves as the capstone course for students pursuing an Interdisciplinary Degree in Outdoor Adventure Leadership. Through an extended field expedition; students practice and build on their acquired knowledge of outdoor adventure leadership. Students are guided in the process of designing, planning, and implementing their field course. Topics to be taught in both the classroom and the field expedition include: ethically responsible group management, risk management, course planning, logistics, decision making, lesson planning, and facilitation skills such as framing, delivery, and debriefing. Field location is to be determined.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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