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Outdoor Education Major (B.S.)

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Major Requirements:

Take all of the following:

OED 221 - Group Process and Leadership 4 Credits
OED 261 - Foundations in Environmental Education 3 Credits
OED 265 - Teaching & Facilitation Skills 3 Credits
OED 276 - Foundation and Principles of Outdoor Education 3 Credits
OED 279 - Access and Diversity 3 Credits
OED 361 - Interpretive Programming and Design 3 Credits
OED 363 - Applied Program Design & Delivery: Apostle Islands School 4 Credits
OED 364 - Outdoor Program Design & Delivery 4 Credits

Field Skills Options

Choose one of the following (12-16 Credits):

1. Outdoor Leadership Immersion Semester (16 Credits)

Take all courses below:

OED 237 - Woodscraft and Woodland Skills 1 Credits
OED 262 - Outdoor Leadership 5 Credits
OED 263 - Outdoor Living Skills 5 Credits
OED 264 - Technical Outdoor Skills 5 Credits

2. NOLS or Outward Bound Semester Course (12 Credits)

3. Eco-League Semester (12-16 Credits)

Choose one of the following:

Prescott College Adventure Education Semester

Alaska Pacific University Outdoor Education Expedition (Leadership, Mountaineering, or Sea Kayaking)

Diverse Perspectives Options

Choose one of the following:

GWS 266 - Ecofeminism 3 Credits
GWS 343 - Queer Ecologies 3 Credits
HIS 209 - Gender in the United States Landscape 3 Credits
HIS 215 - Black Natures 3 Credits
NAS 216 - Indigenous Representations 3 Credits
NAS 260 - Indigenous Environmental Justice 3 Credits
NAS 315 - American Indian Environmental Perspectives 3 Credits
REL 258 - Religion and Nature 3 Credits

Environmental Foundations Options

Choose one of the following:

ENG 211 - Humanity and Nature in Literature 3 Credits
ENG 318 - Nature Writers 3 Credits
HIS 241 - American Environmental History 3 Credits
HIS 325 - Nature and Nation: Environment, Art, Ideology 3 Credits
OED 228 - Wilderness Writers and Philosophers 3 Credits
NAS 211 - Native American History and Experience 3 Credits
PHL 226 - Environmental Ethics 3 Credits
PHL 262 - Environmental Philosophy 3 Credits
PHL 266 - Environmental Aesthetics 3 Credits
PHL 280 - Nature & Technology 3 Credits
PHL 360 - Concepts of Nature 3 Credits

Specialization Topics Options

Choose at least 13 Credits, not previously taken, from the lists below (Focus within one emphasis area or mix to achive individual goals):

Adventure Leadership

OED 240 - Wilderness Emergency Care 4 Credits
OED 332 - Winter Travel and Living Skills 3 Credits
OED 409 - Paddling Instructor Development 3 Credits
OED 414 - Climbing Instructor Development 3 Credits
OED 446 - Wilderness Instructor Training 4 Credits
OED 472 - Accident Theory & Risk Management 3 Credits

Equity and Inclusion

OED 385 - Urban Outdoor Education 3 Credits
OED 439 - Therapeutic Principles and Practices 4 Credits
PSY 203 - Lifespan Developmental Psychology 3 Credits
PSY 241 - Positive Psychology 3 Credits
PSY 322 - Health Psychology 3 Credits
SOC 225 - Social Problems 3 Credits
SOC 336 - The Nature of Social Inequality 4 Credits
SOC 374 - Human Rights and Social Justice 3 Credits
SOC 381 - Undoing Racism 3 Credits

Natural History

BIO 222 - Spring Flora 4 Credits
BIO 224 - Entomology 4 Credits
BIO 225 - Aquatic Invertebrates 4 Credits
BIO 231 - Paleobiology 4 Credits
BIO 234 - Ecology 4 Credits
BIO 242 - Ichthyology 4 Credits
BIO 244 - Field Ornithology 4 Credits
BIO 328 - Vegetative Communities of Northern Wisconsin 4 Credits
CLM 244 - Understanding Climate Change 4 Credits
CLM 364 - Land-Atmosphere Interactions 4 Credits
GSC 120 - Physical Geology 4 Credits
GSC 260 - Geology of the Lake Superior Region 4 Credits
WRI 273 - Writing the Environmental Essay 3 Credits

Outdoor Program Management

BUS 222 - Fundamentals of Accounting 4 Credits
BUS 228 - Marketing Management 3 Credits
BUS 232 - Principles and Practice of Management 3 Credits
BUS 359 - Entrepreneurship 3 Credits
BUS 362 - Non-Profit Management 3 Credits

Professional Experience

Choose one of the following:

OED 491 Field Experience 3-4 Credits

OED 492 Internship 3-4 Credits

Total Outdoor Education Major: 61-69 Credits

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