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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to participate in and enjoy basic rock climbing and rappelling. Special emphasis will be given to the development of sound fundamental knowledge and skills, such as knots and their uses, understanding the belay system, selection, care and use of equipment, and basic rock climbing and rappelling technique. Due to the nature of this course, all students will be required to make class field trips to different climbing locations in the surrounding area.
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This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and skills needed to participate in and enjoy caving as a recreational lifetime activity. Special emphasis will be given to the development of sound fundamental knowledge and skills such as equipment selection, use and management, descending and ascending techniques, selection of personal equipment, safety, basic cave mapping techniques, and understanding and appreciating the cave environment. Additional emphasis will be given to development of a socially responsible attitude toward use of natural resources. Due to the nature of this course, all students will be required to make class field trips to caving sites in the surrounding area. This course will be offered in conjunction with the Center for Physical Activity and will involve additional cost to cover the use of equipment and travel to caving sites in the area.
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This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to participate in and enjoy mountain biking as a lifetime activity. Special emphasis will be given to the development of sound fundamental knowledge and skills such as selection, care and use of equipment, riding techniques, basic bike repairs, personal safety skills, and riding with environmental awareness. Due to the nature of this course, all students will be required to make class field trips to different trail and mountain biking locations in the surrounding area.
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This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to participate in and enjoy canoeing as a lifetime activity. Special emphasis will be given to the development of sound fundamental knowledge and skills such as selection, care and use of equipment, both solo and tandem paddling techniques, transporting a canoe, personal safety skills, and reading moving water. Due to the nature of this course, all students will be required to make class field trips to different lakes and rivers in the surrounding area.
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This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to participate in and enjoy snowboarding as a lifetime activity. Special emphasis will be given to the development of sound fundamental knowledge and skills such as selection, care and use of equipment. Due to the nature of this course, all students will be required to make class field trips to different snowboarding sites in the surrounding area.
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1.00 Credits
A practical learning experience dealing with snow skiing. Students take lessons from a certified ski instructor through the French Swiss Ski School in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Students have an opportunity to ski different slopes in North Carolina. There is an additional fee associated with this course.
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1.00 Credits
Orienteering is an outdoor activity in which the participant utilizes the skills of topographic map reading and following directions by compass or other means to navigate over unfamiliar terrain. The skills of orienteering can be used to enjoy many outdoor pursuits such as camping, backpacking, hiking, cross-country skiing, fishing, and hunting, or the "sport" of orienteering.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to participate in and enjoy backpacking as a recreational lifetime activity. Special emphasis will be given to the development of sound fundamental knowledge and skills such as selection, care and use of backpacking equipment, tents and their uses, fire building and cooking, menu and trip planning, personal safety skills, and backpacking with environmental awareness. Due to the nature of this course, all students will be required to make class field trips.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to participate in and enjoy outdoor living as a recreational lifetime activity. Special emphasis will be given to the development of sound fundamental knowledge and skills, such as selection, care and use of equipment, tenting, fire building and cooking, menu and trip planning, personal safety skills, and camping with environmental awareness. Due to the nature of this course, all students will be required to make class field trips.
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3.00 Credits
Open to those in the Honors Scholars Program only. The second part of a humanities course that aims at developing cultural understanding while honing critical reading and writing skills.
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