Outdoor Education Emphasis |
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The Outdoor leadership emphasis trains students to work as leaders, guides and educators in outdoor environments. The emphasis is associated with the Wilderness Education Association and includes the option of a two semester course sequence leading to outdoor leadership certification at the national level. The emphasis focuses on experiential learning and includes field-based activities to develop technical and interpersonal skills. Students who select this emphasis find employment with organizations such as National Outdoor Leadership School, Outward Bound, public and private guiding services, outdoor and environmental education centers, camps, community and university outdoor programs.
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Outdoor Education &
Leadership Emphasis Advisement Sheet (.pdf) |
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Emphasis Area (18 hours) Required Courses: (6 hours) PRM 331 (3) Outdoor Leadership Certification I PRM 352 (3) Experiential Learning Select one of the following courses (3 hours): PRM 431 (3) Outdoor Leadership Certification II OR PRM 460 (3) Advanced Interpretation Studio
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OUTDOOR LEADER TRACK (9 Hours)
Required Courses: (3 Hours)
PRM 452: Outdoor Program Administration (3)
Select 6 hours from the following: PRM 210: Basic Water Skills (1) PRM 212: Basic Safety Systems (1) MS 203: Land Navigation and Orienteering (1) PRM 214: Challenge Course Facilitator (2) PRM 216: Wilderness First Responder (3) WST 391: Women and the Outdoors (3) FOR
203/204/205: Project Learning Tree/Project Wild/Project Wild-Aquatic (1/1/1) [NOTE: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
may be selected from a community college and transferred to NAU] |
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OUTDOOR EDUCATION TRACK (9 Hours)
Select 9 hours from the following:
FOR 212: Trees and Forests of North
America (2)
FOR 220: Introduction to Forest and Range Plants (2)
FOR 222: Environmental Conservation (3)
FOR 250: Arizona Forests and Wildlife (3)
ANT 250: Introduction to Archeology (3)
PRM
214: Challenge Course Facilitator (2)
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403/404/405: Project Learning Tree/Project Wild/Project Wild-Aquatic (1/1/1)
SC 111: Fundamentals of Oral
Communication (3)
JLS 130: Writing for Communication
Channels (3)
COM 150: Environmental Communication (3)
PR
272: Introduction to Public Relations (3)
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