12/21/2024 5:19:14 PM	NRM 66 Course Outline as of Summer 2012	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  NRM 66	Title:  WILDERNESS SKILLS
Full Title:  Wilderness Skills
Last Reviewed:9/24/2018

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	1.00		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	17.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	4.00			Contact Total	70.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00

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 66

Catalog Description:

Advanced principles and techniques of wilderness camping survival and leadership. Students will develop skills required for planning, organizing, and conducting safe group trips in the wilderness. Course targeted for students pursuing careers in park management and outdoor recreation. Students who enroll should be able to hike/snowshoe at least 5 miles in the snow with 30-pound pack.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:
Health or Safety: Students who enroll should be able to hike/snowshoe at least 5 miles in the snow with 30-pound pack.

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Advanced principles and techniques of wilderness camping survival and leadership. Students will develop skills required for planning, organizing, and conducting safe group trips in the wilderness. Course targeted for students pursuing careers in park management and outdoor recreation. Students who enroll should be able to hike/snowshoe at least 5 miles in the snow with 30-pound pack.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:Health or Safety: Students who enroll should be able to hike/snowshoe at least 5 miles in the snow with 30-pound pack.
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1984	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

1.  Identify and explain proper equipment selection for a number of different climatic environments and activities.

2.  Use hand compass, topographic maps, and/or basic GPS systems for orienteering purposes in wilderness backcountry.

3.  Obtain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and first aid certification.

4.  Recommend proper campground safety and courtesy.

5.  Select and illustrate proper rigging and knot-typing techniques for backcountry use.

6.  Choose and practice wilderness survival techniques.

7.  Organize backcountry trips.

8.  Describe and apply conservation and "leave no trace" principles in the wilderness.

Topics and Scope

A.  Introduction

    1.  Review of low-impact camping and survival skills

    2.  Emergency medical training

B.  First Aid (for Red Cross Certification)

C.  Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (for American Red Cross Certification)

D.  Do-it-yourself equipment and its implementation

     1.  Back pack

     2.  Tent

     3.  Snowshoes

     4.  Stoves

E.  Safe cross country winter travel with skies or snowshoes

F.  Organization principles and practices for backcountry trips

G.  Group dynamics for wilderness leaders

H.  Employment and service opportunities in wilderness leadership programs

I.  Personal and land management factors

     1.  Conservation of time

     2.  Conservation of energy

     3.  Conservation of the environment

J.   "Leave no trace" principles

Assignments:

1.  Reading assignments that will average ten pages per week

2.  Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and first aid certification activities and exam

3.  Thirty minute oral presentation on outdoor recreation equipment selection, use and maintenance

4.  Field demonstration and test of proper land orienteering techniques using the hand compass and topographic maps

5.  Field demonstration and test of proper rigging and knot-tying techniques for backcountry use

6.  Field Demonstration and test of wilderness survival techniques

7.  Participation in two scheduled backcountry trips with the class

8.  Written assignments during semester as scheduled by instructor

9.  Midterm and final exam.

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 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 20 - 30%
Written assignments; planning, organizing, implementing group trips; CPR training activities
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 40 - 50%
CPR training activities; implementation plans; demonstration of field skills
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 20%
Midterm and final exam: multiple choice, true/false, matching items, completion, short essay; CPR examination
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 20%
Participation in class trips

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

First Aid and CPR Manual, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, by Jon R. Krohmer, 2006.

Wild Edible Plants of the Western United States, by Donald R. Kirk, Naturgraph Publishers, 2003. (classic)

Instructor prepared materials

Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival. Kochanski, Mors. Lone Pine Publishing. 2008

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