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6.00 Credits
6 Credit Hours Summer Sess. This course will provide hands-on learning opportunities for the application of recreation concepts, outdoor leadership skills and techniques that were introduced in Outdoor Recreation Leadership (REC 120). The Outdoor Recreation Practicum offers both mental and physical challenges; students typically carry 50-75 pound backpacks and canoes, climb 4,000-foot peaks, complete rigorous off-trail navigation exercises, and are required to spend extended stays (7-12 days, 21 days total) in remote wilderness locations. Small groups will travel by canoe and foot in the back-country, away from immediate medical assistance. Class meetings on campus will involve skills assessment, planning, preparation, instruction and evaluation. Components of this course will include the development and refinement of camping skills (minimum impact techniques, sanitation, personal hygiene, cooking and baking, navigation, trail techniques, environmental ethics), travel skills (travel techniques and navigation, canoeing skills), and outdoor leadership skills (judgment and decision making, teaching techniques, group development and group dynamics, facilitation and debriefing techniques, etc.). The course uses the Wilderness Education Association curriculum and offers an optional WEA certificate of participation. (5 weeks, including mandatory weekends). Prerequisite: Outdoor Recreation Leadership (REC 120) or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Spring Sem. This course will provide an insight into the impact of recreational use on the natural resources of soil, water, wildlife, and vegetation. Topics covered will include the recreational opportunity spectrum, limits of acceptable change, human carrying capacity of recreation environments and experiences, monitoring recreation impacts, and visitor and site management. (3 hours lecture).
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Spring Sem. This course is designed to further broaden the student's knowledge in recreation management, policy procedures, and in land-use planning. It will expand the student's knowledge of resource planning and design process of recreational facilities. (2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab). Prerequisites: Introduction to Recreation (REC 101) and Interpreting the Environment (REC 132), or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Spring Sem. This course provides an introduction to various aspects of winter recreation, including history, marketing trends, job prospects, techniques, teaching and leadership, required equipment and product design, risk management, user impact and resource requirements of select winter activities (e.g., snowshoeing, alpine and Nordic skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, and winter camping). Management issues and outdoor education concepts as well as topics specific to winter, including cold injury, ice safety, winter weather patterns and snow formation will also be covered. (2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab). Prerequisite: Outdoor Recreation Leadership (REC 120) and Outdoor Recreation Practicum (REC 263) or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Summer Sess. This is a required course of supervised off-campus work experience in an appropriate aspect of the park and/or recreation field, relating to the student's recreation education. The course requires a minimum of 240 hours of work experience. Enrollment in this course requires a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or better. Grading is pass/fail.
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6.00 Credits
6 Credit Hours d.b.a. This is an optional course requiring a minimum of 400 hours of a supervised off-campus work experience in an appropriate aspect of the park and/or recreation field related to the student's recreation education. The course is offered during July and August, but time periods other than the summer session may be arranged at the discretion of the instructor. Enrollment in this course requires a GPA of 2.00 or better. Grading is pass/fail.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours d.b.a This is a topical course in recreation, in which the subject matter will vary from year to year. In a given year, the subject may be an issue of current importance to the field of recreation. Alternatively, the focus may be on developing particular outdoor recreation skills, such as backcountry skiing or rock climbing. The overall purpose of the course is to allow students to engage in a particular subject in greater depth and/or in a more timely manner than is possible in other recreation courses. (3 hours lecture).
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours d.b.a. This course is a 10-day intensive, field-based examination and analysis of examples of adventure travel and ecotourism that depend directly on the integrity of the Adirondack ecosystem. The course will examine private and public nature-based tourism agencies, providing students opportunities to learn about the environmental, social, political and economic implications of a range of recreational programs and products. Emphasis will be on diverse interpretations of "nature," "wilderness," and "recreation," as they apply to nature-based tourism offerings. The course will also place the Adirondack model of nature-based tourism within a national and international context, providing insights about best recreational practices both in the Adirondacks and beyond. Students will spend most of the 10 days in the field, and will spend several nights in primitive wilderness locations. (Ten 8-hour days). Prerequisite: Adventure Travel and Ecotourism (REC 320) or may be co-enrolled or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Fall Sem. This course explores and provides a perspective on nature-based tourism practices and their inter-relationships with human culture and ecosystem health. Detailed exploration of international case studies will afford insights into the various forms of nature-based tourism and local ecosystems and the legal and moral obligations of nature-based tourism providers to society and the global environment. This course is required for Recreation, Adventure Travel and Ecotourism students and clarifies the promises and pitfalls of the various forms of "green" recreation and tourism. This course is offered in an on-line, distance education format using computers and the Internet. Prerequisite: Introduction to Recreation (REC 101).
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours d.b.a. This upper-level course offers the opportunity for highly-motivated and skilled students to assist in planning, administering and leading the Earth-Trek Practicum (REC 233) and facilitating student teams. Students enrolled in Earth -Trek Planning will work closely with the Earth-Trek Basecamp (REC 232) instructor to manage the complex and multifaceted Earth-Trek program. Earth-Trek Planning students will specialize in their area of interest and/or expertise within the overall Earth-Trek planning process and will work intensively in labs with small student teams. (See description of Earth-Trek Basecamp [REC 232]). (2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab).
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