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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
NRM 63 | Title:
PARK INTERPRETATION |
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| Full Title:
Park Interpretation |
| Last Reviewed:2/22/2021 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 3.00 | 17 min. | Lab Scheduled | 52.50 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 5.00 | | Contact Total | 87.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
FOR 63
Catalog Description:
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Principles and applied techniques used to explain natural and cultural resources to the park and museum visitor.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Principles and applied techniques used to explain natural and cultural resources to the park and museum visitor.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Describe the principles and methods of environmental interpretation.
2. Evaluate the role of interpretation and public relations in achieving
organizational management objectives.
3. Plan and present interpretive programs, utilizing audio/visual
equipment, photography, and computer graphics.
4. Interact with organizations and practitioners involved in the field of
interpretation.
5. Evaluate effectiveness of a variety of interpretive services.
Topics and Scope
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I. Roots of and Reasons for Interpretation
A. History of interpretation
B. Interpretation defined
C. Interpreters
II. Values of Interpretation
A. Tilden's principles
B. Clients
III. Practicing Thematic Interpretation
A. Preparing and presenting a talk
B. Presenting a guided tour
C. Using visual aids
1. slide presentations
2. computer-generated graphics
3. PowerPoint
4. storyboards
D. Historic and cultural interpretation
E. Interpretation for children
F. Environmental education curricula
IV. Interpretive Planning Model
A. Planning and preparing exhibits
B. Self-guided tours/trails
V. Management of Interpretive Programs
A. Education
B. Organization
C. Personnel management
Assignments:
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Representative assignments:
1. Readings in assigned texts and handouts, averaging 15 - 20 pages per
week.
2. Class field trips.
3. Interpretation site visits and written evaluations (4 sites and 2-3
pages for each evaluation).
4. Group interpretive technique demonstration (15 - 20 minutes).
5. Midterm and final exam.
6. Final interpretive project: thematic presentation.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 20% |
| Site evaluations. | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
40 - 60% |
| Class performances, Performance exams | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
20 - 40% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Short answer. | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 20% |
| Class and field trip attendance/participation. | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Interpreting Our Heritage. Tilden, Freedman. The University of
North Carolina Press, 1977.
Environmental Interpretation. Ham, Sam. Fulcrum Publishers, 1992.
Sharing Nature with Children II. Cornell, Joseph. Dawn Publishing, 1989.
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