THE 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:
| KINE | 460 | Phil Found of Outdoor Educ | 3.0 | FS |
| KINE | 464 | Facilitating Adventure Exp | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: KINE 460.
1 course selected from:
| KINE | 226 | Meth of Tch Wilderness Living | 3.0 | FA |
Prerequisites: Wilderness 1st Responder or faculty permission.
| RECR | 185 | Camp Mgmt & Outdoor Leadership | 3.0 | FS |
3 courses selected from:
| PHED | 110 | Phys Fitness: A Way of Life | 3.0 | FS * |
OR (the following course may be substituted for the above)
| KINE | 323 | Physiology of Exercise | 4.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: BIOL 104.
| KINE | 320 | Embodied Knowledge: Kinesiol | 3.0 | FS WP |
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.
| KINE | 462 | Theory of Experiential Educ | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: KINE 460.
| RECR | 200 | Foundations Leisure/Recreation | 3.0 | FS |
| RECR | 240 | Outdoor Recreation Systems | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of RECR 200, or faculty permission.
| RECR | 310 | Natrl Resource/Inform Citizen | 3.0 | FS * |
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
1 course selected from:
| KINE | 224 | Mthd Tch Rock Climbing | 3.0 | FA |
Prerequisites: Wilderness 1st Responder or faculty permission.
| KINE | 227 | Winter and the Mountain | 4.0 | JA |
Prerequisites: Wilderness 1st Responder, KINE 226 or RECR 187.
| KINE | 228 | Meth of Tch Canoeing/Kayaking | 3.0 | SP |
Prerequisites: Wilderness 1st Responder.
2 courses selected from:
| GEOS | 101 | General Geology | 3.0 | FS * |
| GEOS | 105 | Introduction to Astronomy | 3.0 | FS * |
| GEOS | 130 | Intro to Environmental Science | 3.0 | FS * |
| KINE | 305 | Philosophy of School Based PE | 3.0 | FS |
| KINE | 312 | Outdoor Education & Aquatics | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.
Prerequisites: BIOL 103 or faculty permission for non-majors, basic computer literacy skills.
| KINE | 462 | Theory of Experiential Educ | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: KINE 460.
| KINE | 470 | Practicum in Outdoor Education | 9.0 | SM |
Prerequisites: Wilderness 1st Responder, KINE 224, KINE 226, KINE 227, KINE 228, KINE 460, KINE 464, RECR 240.
| RECR | 187 | Outdoor Leadership Practicum | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: RECR 185, or faculty permission.
| RECR | 200 | Foundations Leisure/Recreation | 3.0 | FS |
| RECR | 240 | Outdoor Recreation Systems | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of RECR 200, or faculty permission.
| RECR | 310 | Natrl Resource/Inform Citizen | 3.0 | FS * |
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
| RECR | 448 | Mthds/Materials for Environ Ed | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: BIOL 342 or GEOS 130 or equivalent or faculty permission.
| RECR | 570 | Trends Outdoor Recr & Tourism | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in or prior completion of RECR 200, or faculty permission.