ENVR 144Wilderness Training
Provides technical skills to deliver wilderness programs and leadership skills to manage student groups on wilderness programs. The course combines reading and experiential components with assessment through competency demonstration and a reflective essay due at the end of the course. Course topics include leadership and group management, decision making and risk management, the art of teaching and facilitating, conflict resolution, and working in and understanding wilderness environments. Students must participate in two quarters of non-credit-bearing work with Outback Adventures (as part of their Outdoor Leadership program) in order to enroll in ENVR 144.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “upper-division standing and department approval required.”