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  • OED 331: Outward Bound Course

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Northland College

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  • OED 346: Wilderness Instructor Training

    4.00 Credits
    Northland College

    Prerequisite: Instructor consent Designed as instructor training in backpacking, navigation, and water travel for Outdoor Education majors and involves students in a variety of wilderness environments. Field leadership skills are emphasized in this expedition-oriented course. Teaching techniques as well as risk management, group dynamics, and basic wilderness ethics are all applied. Off campus. Recommended: OED 240 or WFR.
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  • OED 349: Search and Rescue

    4.00 Credits
    Northland College

    Coverage includes techniques of lost victim search, search design, high angle rescue, and swift water rescue. It combines lecture and lab to equip students with the skills and background required to function as useful members of a search or rescue effort. Offered Fall 2008
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  • OED 361: Interpretive Program Design

    3.00 Credits
    Northland College

    Explores methods and strategies for designing and evaluating interpretive programs for the public. Topics include the use of firsthand experience, storytelling, displays, living history, nature trails, audio-visual materials, and publications to communicate the natural and cultural environments effectively and to interest a variety of audiences. Provides opportunities for peer teaching, individual and group presentations, and community outreach.
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  • OED 371: Philosophy of Experiential Education

    3.00 Credits
    Northland College

    The historical and current pedagogies of outdoor and/or experiential education will be examined. Topics include the basic premises of experiential education, its philosophical foundations, and an exploration of its strengths and limitations. An emphasis will be placed on developing meaningful and applicable educational philosophy. Students are encouraged to develop a personal educational philosophy as well as strategies to experientially teach a variety of concepts, skills, and attitudes.
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  • OED 378: Adventure Programming and Leadership

    3.00 Credits
    Northland College

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  • OED 379: Therapeutic Design

    4.00 Credits
    Northland College

    Prerequisite: Must have completed or be enrolled in OED 378, OED 381, OED 382, and OED 279 An examination of outdoor education as used in a therapeutic context. This course exposes students to the use of goals, objectives, program design, and development for prescriptive programs. Students apply theory in cooperative partnerships with community agencies. Must be taken concurrently with all four Winter Outdoor Educator Professional Development Block courses.
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  • OED 381: Outdoor Education Teaching Techniques

    4.00 Credits
    Northland College

    Fall Block prerequisites: Junior standing, OED 361, and GSC 120. Recommended preparation: OED/EDU 261. Winter Block prerequisites: Junior standing, PED 045, OED 279, and one of OED 221, PGS 215, PSY 203, or PSY 315. Development of understanding and proficiency in outdoor education teaching theories and techniques and creation of lesson plans and instructional materials for use in a variety of settings. Fall Outdoor Educator Professional Development Block students focus on natural history interpretive programs, Native American crafts, and wild food workshops for trail adventure programs and school and public programs. Winter Outdoor Educator Professional Development Block students focus on teaching initiative activities for personal growth, adaptive alpine ski instruction, and the experiential education cycle. In addition, Winter Block students spend nine days as volunteer adaptive ski instructors at the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center in Colorado. Must be taken concurrently with all Fall or Winter Outdoor Educator Professional Development Block courses.
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  • OED 382: Outdoor Education Practicum

    4.00 Credits
    Northland College

    Prerequisite: Must have completed or be enrolled in OED 381 and OED 383, and junior standing An application of many of the skills of outdoor education. Fall Outdoor Educator Professional Development Block students complete a two-week nature center internship and develop a proposal to lead an interpretive weekend program. The internship provides students with experience at a center different from the Audubon Center of the North Woods, exposing them to teaching styles of other professionals and to new teaching experiences. The weekend program allows students to plan travel, equipment, food, budget, safety, and lesson plans for the trip. Winter Outdoor Educator Professional Development Block students focus on developing programs for youth at risk and teaching adaptive alpine skiing. The various experiences allow students to manage travel, budget, logistics, risk, skills progression and presentation, program adaptation, food, and interagency cooperation. In addition, students complete a three-week internship at an outdoor or alternative education center exposing them to teaching styles of other professionals and to new teaching experiences. Must be taken concurrently with all Fall or Winter Outdoor Educator Professional Development Block courses.
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  • OED 383: Ecological Ecosystems Interpretation

    8.00 Credits
    Northland College

    Prerequisite: GSC 120, OED 361, and junior standing This course trains the student to interpret the full ecology of an area including geological, animal, plant, human and meteorological factors. Emphasis is on field application of previous course work to make the on-campus in-class experiences come alive. Field experiences include trips to northern Minnesota and such topics as fire ecology, hardwood and coniferous forests, prairies, plant and animal distribution, natural patterns in ecological systems, and present and historic human uses and effects upon the land. Students will keep field interpretive journals, interpret from maps and other resources, and complete field projects. Recommended preparation: OED 289. Must be taken concurrently with all three Fall Outdoor Educator Professional Development Block courses.
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