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OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP
This curriculum is designed to prepare individuals to be successful professionals in outdoor adventure, education and leadership.
Course work includes technical training in the areas such as backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, and rock-climbing. These skills are taught through facilitation and experiential learning methodologies. This course of study includes interpersonal skills and leadership skills such as group process, con ict resolution, program planning, and management issues.
Graduates from this program will have a sound background in outdoor leadership blended with a solid foundation of general education, business, and computer skills. Graduates are prepared for employment in the adventure tourism industry, therapeutic wilderness programs, specialized adventure/leadership programs, adventure programs for youth, challenge course industry, city, county, and state outdoor programs, public and private outdoor education centers, and private and public school outdoor programs.
The Outdoor Leadership program prepares individuals to work as educators, instructors or facilitators in parks, recreational facilities, camps and other outdoor settings. Potential course work includes instruction in leadership skills, wilderness survival skills, rst aid, group processes, counseling techniques, environmental studies and instruction in recreational activities such as rock climbing, ropes courses, backpacking, kayaking and canoeing.
ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE (AAS) - A55330 FALL SEMESTER 1
Pre x Number ACA 111
CIS 110 ENG 111 ODL 110 ODL 120 ODL 130
Title Class College Student Success 1 Introduction to Computers 2 Writing & Inquiry 3 Introduction to Outdoor Leadership 2 Challenge Course Facilitation 1 Water-Based Activities I 1 Totals 10
Lab Clinical Credit 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 3 4 0 3 6 0 3
14 0 16
0 0 3 2 0 3 3 0 4 6 0 3 0 0 3
11 0 16
0 0 3 6 0 3 0 0 3 4 0 3
2-6 0 1-8
SPRING SEMESTER 1
ENG 114 ODL 115 ODL 125 ODL 135 PSY 150
FALL SEMESTER 2
HUM 115
ODL 210
ODL 215
ODL 220
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Choose one of the following:
BUS 139 Entrepreneurship I
ODL 140 Intro to Wilderness Therapy
Professional Research & Reporting 3 Methods of Experiential Education 2 Wilderness First Responder 3 Land-Based Activities I 1 General Psychology 3 Totals 12
Critical Thinking 3 Water-Based Activities II 1 Adm. & Policy of Public Lands 3 Climbing 1
Technical Elective Totals
0-6
2019-20 Catalog
3 0 0 3
2 2 0 3 11-17 12-16 0 16-23