Outdoor Leadership Education, Minor

Introduction

The Outdoor Leadership Education Minor prepares students to be instructors and teachers in outdoor adventure residential camps, outdoor experiences in K-12 educational settings, and on shorter non-technical outdoor adventure trips. Students who successfully complete this minor will be ready to lead participants on shorter term residential outdoor adventure settings. They will develop tools in creative problem solving, anti-oppression, and methods of inquiry that better prepares them to meet life’s challenges in graduate school or in any profession they choose to pursue.

The Outdoor Leadership Education Minor develops students’ outdoor teaching skills.

Minor Requirements: 21-23 Credits

All of the Following: 9 Credits

HPER 157 - Outdoor Recreation 0-1 credit(s)
SLAM 201 - Leadership Dynamics in Rec & Sport 2 credit(s)
OL 205 - Outdoor Leadership Theory 2 credit(s)
OL 206 - Outdoor Leadership Practice 2 credit(s)
OL 340 - Risk Management in Recreation & Sport 2 credit(s)

All of the Following Education & Program Content: 6 Credits

EDUC 210 - Education for Sustainability 2 credit(s)
SLAM 345 - Facility & Event Management 2 credit(s)
SLAM 362 - Program Development & Design 2 credit(s)

One Course from Each Category: 6-8 Credits

One course must be upper division.

Equity: 2-4 Credits
GSS 200 - Introduction to Queer Studies 4 credit(s)
GSS 201 - Introduction to Gender & Sexuality Studies 4 credit(s)
HIST 245 - African American History Since 1865 4 credit(s)
SLAM 363 - Adaptive & Inclusive Recreation 2 credit(s)
SOC 360 - Critical Race Theory 4 credit(s)
PH 354 - Special Topics in Disability & Health 2 credit(s)
Environment: 4 Credits
ENGL 222 - Environmental Literature 4 credit(s)
ENV 160 - Energy & the Environment 4 credit(s)
ENV 200 - Sustainability Science 4 credit(s)
ENV 260 - Oregon Natural History 4 credit(s)
PH 320 - Environmental Health 4 credit(s)
PHIL 321 - Environmental Ethics 4 credit(s)
POLS 224 - Environmental Politics 4 credit(s)
PSY 313 - Psychology of Sustainability 4 credit(s)

Program Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate a level of mastery in general outdoor adventure in order to instruct participants on short non-technical experiences.
Evaluate leadership, facilitation, and risk management theories and apply these to real world settings in order to create meaningful outdoor adventure experiences.
Investigate the dynamic relationship between outdoor adventure recreation and the natural environment.
Develop an awareness of what a systemic oppression lens is and how it can be applied.