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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
This course teaches wilderness users to practice responsible habits that promote the health and safety of self and others. Students are exposed to the theory and practice of outdoor leadership, teamwork and expedition behavior. Students will learn to live and travel in the wilderness within a framework of personal safety and care of the environment. Students will develop an awareness of how to apply "Leave No Trace" philosophy to their lives beyond the course. Students will apply principles of environmental ethics during the wilderness experience. This course may be repeated once if in a different location. (1-5 lect.)
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1.00 Credits
This expedition-based course emphasizes leadership, teamwork, and outdoor skill development. Various offerings of this course include both land and water sections highlighting wilderness travel skills such as: backpacking, kayaking, canoeing, whitewater rafting, backcountry skiing or snowboarding, sailing, sea kayaking, mountaineering, canyoneering, horseback riding and packing, mountain-biking or rock-climbing. Students will learn to live and work closely with their course mates. Tolerance for adversity and uncertainty, respect for others and the environment, and a willingness to work hard will be critical to success. Students should expect ongoing verbal coaching and feedback throughout the course, as well as performance summaries at the end of each section. When this course is offered in conjunction with NOLS, NOLS permission is a prerequisite. As part of the NOLS semester, this course must be taken concurrently with EDUC 2050, G&R 2050, and on select NOLS semesters with HLED 2010 or 2015. This course may be repeated once in a different location. (1-5 lect.)
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to enable you to enjoy winter in the mountains safely and comfortably. Snow travel may be either by skiing or snowboarding. Winter mountain skills taught include cold injuries, dressing for winter, avalanche awareness, and snow shelters. Skills will be practiced both in the backcountry and a base camp or other accommodations. Traveling with a pack will be required. This course may be repeated with a different skill set or in a different location. (1-5 lect.)
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1.00 Credits
This is a base camp course that includes some backcountry travel, emphasizing leadership and teamwork. Outdoor skills learned in this course include map reading, navigation, hiking and low-impact camping. Climbing skills include belaying, knots, rope handling, signals, top-roping and rappelling, climbing ethics, protection placement, anchor building and climb leading. While this course will focus on outdoor skills, expedition behavior will be part of the course curriculum. Students will learn to live and work closely with their course mates. Tolerance for adversity and uncertainty, respect for others and the environment, and a willingness to work hard will be critical to success. Students should expect ongoing verbal coaching and feedback throughout the course, as well as verbal performance summaries at the end of each section. There will also be opportunities for interpreting and understanding the natural environment. This is a demanding and fast-paced course. This course may be repeated once with a different skill set or in a different location. (1-5 lect.)
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
This is a small group travel-based course, emphasizing leadership and teamwork. Various offerings of this course include water sections emphasizing different skills, such as kayaking, canoeing, sailing or rafting. While this course will focus on outdoor skills, expedition behavior will be part of the course curriculum. Students will learn to live and work closely with their classmates. Tolerance for adversity and uncertainty, respect for others and the environment, and a willingness to work hard will be critical to success. Students should expect ongoing verbal coaching and feedback throughout the course, as well as verbal performance summaries at the end of each section. There will also be opportunities for interpreting and understanding the natural environment. This is a demanding and fast-paced course. This course may be repeated once with a different skill set or in a different location. (1-5 lect.)
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1.00 Credits
This course if offered in conjunction with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). This course involves immersion in the geography and culture of the area in which the course is held. Class work in physical and cultural geography will provide students with information that is easily integrated with the environmental ethics of land management and low impact camping. This course is part of the NOLS semester and must be taken concurrently with EDUC 2050 and BIOL 2045. On certain semesters it is also taken concurrently with HLED 2010. NOLS semesters are taught experientially, so climate, season, terrain, participants, specific course selection, and other factors generally support some outcomes more than others. (1-5 lect.)
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2.00 Credits
The Avalanche Level 2 course provides backcountry leaders the opportunity to advance their avalanche knowledge and decision making skills. The Level 2 builds from the introductory avalanche hazard management model introduced in the Level 1 course, and adds the evaluation of factors critical to snow stability analysis. Students will spend a mix of their time in a classroom and outdoors in the snow. This course is taught in partnership with the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) and successful students will receive a certificate of completion for the AIARE Level 2 Avalanche Training. Prerequisites: G&R 1090, Avalanche Level 1: Decision Making in Avalanche Terrain. (1 lect, 2 lab.)
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1.00 Credits
No course description available.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides a systematic exploration of patterns and processes of the Earth's physical geographic environment, including the atmosphere, climate, hydrological cycle, tectonics, landforms, soils, ecosystem dynamics, and the influence of humans on these systems. The student will learn principles and tools within the discipline of geography and apply them to studying relationships between the Earth's atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere at multiple spatial and temporal scales. (3 lect., 3 lab) LSCI
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3.00 Credits
An introductory course in human (cultural) geography for students who may not have previously taken a college-level geography course. The main purpose of the course is to introduce students to the study of geography as a social science by emphasizing the relevance of geographic concepts to human problems. We try to answer two basic questions: Where are people located on the earth's surface? and; Why are they located in particular places? (3 lect.) SOC
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