Certificate in Outdoor Education
Course Requirements for the Certificate: 27-36 units
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required
of all candidates for this certificate.
A grade point average of 2.5 or better must be earned for courses required
for the certificate, with at least a C earned in each course.
Wilderness 1st Responder certification is required for this certificate.
It is granted and authorized through three different agencies: Wilderness
Medical Institute (WMI), Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA), and Stone
Hearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO). These companies conduct courses
throughout North America and each company recognizes the others’ certification.
Wilderness 1st Responder is offered on the CSU, Chico campus through WMI
and is sponsored by the Associated Students, Adventure Outings. Wilderness
1st Responder certification also includes Standard First Aid and cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) certification.
2 courses required:
PHED 260 Phil Found of Outdoor Education 3.0 FS
PHED 264 Facilitating Adventure Exp 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: PHED 260.
1 course selected from:
PHED 026 Methods of Tch Wilderness Living 3.0 FA
Prerequisites: Wilderness 1st Responder or faculty permission.
RECR 085 Camp Mgmt & Outdoor Leadership 3.0 FS
3 courses selected from:
PHED 114 Embodied Knowledge: Kinesiology 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 001 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.
PHED 179 Physical Fitness: A Way of Life 3.0 FS *
OR (the following course may be substituted for the above)
PHED 180A Physiology of Exercise 4.0 FS
Prerequisites: BIOL 004.
PHED 262 Theory of Experiential Education 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: PHED 260.
RECR 010 Foundations Leisure/Recreation 3.0 FS
RECR 040 Outdoor Recreation Systems 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of RECR 010;
or faculty permission.
RECR 110 Natural Resource/Inform Citizen 3.0 FS *
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
1 course selected from:
PHED 024 Methods of Teaching Rock Climb 3.0 FA
Prerequisites: Wilderness 1st Responder or faculty permission.
PHED 027 Winter and the Mountain 4.0 JA
Prerequisites: Wilderness 1st Responder, PHED 026 or RECR 115.
PHED 028 Methods of Tch Canoeing/Kayaking 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: Wilderness 1st Responder.
2 courses selected from:
GEOS 001 General Geology 3.0 FS *
GEOS 005 Introduction to Astronomy 3.0 FS *
GEOS 020 Weather 3.0 FS
GEOS 030 Intro to Environmental Science 3.0 FS *
PHED 112 Outdoor Education & Aquatics 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: faculty permission.
PHED 143 Philosophy of School Based PE 3.0 FS
PHED 185 Biomechanics 4.0 FS
Prerequisites: BIOL 003 or faculty permission for non-majors, basic computer
literacy skills.
PHED 262 Theory of Experiential Education 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: PHED 260.
PHED 270 Practicum in Outdoor Education 9.0 SM
Prerequisites: Wilderness 1st Responder, PHED 024, PHED 026, PHED 027,
PHED 028, PHED 260, PHED 264, RECR 040.
RECR 010 Foundations Leisure/Recreation 3.0 FS
RECR 040 Outdoor Recreation Systems 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of RECR 010;
or faculty permission.
RECR 110 Natural Resource/Inform Citizen 3.0 FS *
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
RECR 115 Outdoor Leadership Practicum 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: RECR 085; or faculty permission.
RECR 251 Methods/Materials for Environ Ed 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: BIOL 142 or GEOS 030 or equivalent or faculty permission.
This course is the same as EDCI 251 which may be substituted.
RECR 271 Trends Outdoor Recr & Tourism 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of RECR 010;
or faculty permission.
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