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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course provides students with previous experience and proficiency in a specific technical outdoor skill to serve as a teaching assistant for a designated OEL skill course. Students will be required to attend seminars on teaching, facilitation, and instruction during the semester as well as actively participate and contribute to the skill course to which they are assigned.
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4.00 Credits
This is a field-based expedition-style course. Students will play a significant role in planning and implementing the expedition it its entirety and will share ownership of and responsibility for course outcomes. Students will be highly involved in leadership, teaching, ration planning, assessment of group abilities, evaluation of group goals, hazard evaluation, and equipment needs. Throughout the course, students will also explore the concept of Wilderness through reading, reflection, and concrete experiences.
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4.00 Credits
What does it take to be an effective outdoor instructor, and how can you build an effective outdoor program? These are the fundamental questions that this course seeks to answer. By using two textbooks to guide discussion and learning--Outdoor Program Administration: Principles & Practices and Effective Outdoor Program Design and Management-students will learn how human, educational, and outdoor skills form the cornerstone of effective program instruction and management. Students will also put these ideas to the test. With the help of instructors, students will plan a 2 week expedition.
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4.00 Credits
This course addresses the need for the student and future practitioner to understand and demonstrate the ability to integrate applied social psychological theory and effective group facilitation practices while using outdoor education-based activities. This course highlights the major impacts that facilitators have on both groups and individuals. Effective outdoor educators are trained to ensure that the lessons of adventure transfer into everyday lives. The course will emphasize the stages of group development, peer mediation, briefing/debriefing, and transference in field-based settings.
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2.00 Credits
Working in concert with other courses in the immersion semester, the Skills Practicum affords students the opportunity to engage with a wide range of adventure activities, each providing unique site management challenges for instructors. Through observation, participation, practice, and reflection, this course is designed to bring students to an advanced level of abilities to conduct outdoor education programs.
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2.00 Credits
This course is the industry standard for wilderness medicine certifications for outdoor guides and leaders traveling for multiple days and/or in remote settings. Certification is dependent on testing and performance and participation in the course. Through this course, students will learn how to assess, treat, and prioritize illnesses and injuries in remote settings. Active engagement is required as students will participate in skills labs and simulations.
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1.00 Credits
This course is the industry standard for wilderness medicine certifications for outdoor guides and leaders traveling for multiple days and/or in remote settings. Certification is dependent on testing and performance and participation in the course. Through this course, students will learn how to assess, treat, and prioritize illnesses and injuries in remote settings. Active engagement is required as students will participate in skills labs and simulations. In order to attend the practical session students must study for and pass the pre-course exams.
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3.00 Credits
In Desert Writing, students will explore creative writing and wilderness simultaneously. While hiking in the desertand mountains, students will be given writing prompts and exercises to generate new work. While meeting in the classroom, students will workshop works-in-progress and study the craft of creative writing. By the end of the course, students will have developed a polished piece of writing. Students can work in the genre of their choice and are encouraged to write about a range of topics--they do not need to produce nature or wilderness writing.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, discussion and experiential group activities will provide an introduction, exploration, and application of theoretical models, psychological frameworks, best practices and ethical considerations of Adventure Therapy (AT). Students will survey the major characteristics and tools utilized in AT and investigate how they are applied in the practice of AT. Students will design and implement an experiential activity that synthesizes all of the major tenants of AT. The course includes a 3-day, 2-night field-based trip that will allow students to experience and apply the principles and techniques of adventure therapy in an outdoor, wilderness-like setting.
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3.00 Credits
In this course students will explore the art of multimedia storytelling through video, photography, and social media in outdoor and adventure settings. Students will learn to gather content in outdoor settings, which includes managing resources and equipment to capture powerful images in challenging conditions. Students will focus on creating compelling stories, editing imagery, and using different platforms to showcase their work. The course will include classroom, lab, and time in the field.
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