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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
NRM 66 | Title:
WILDERNESS SKILLS |
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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 |
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| 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:
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Beginning principles and techniques of wilderness camping skills and leadership. Students will develop beginning 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:
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Beginning principles and techniques of wilderness camping skills and leadership. Students will develop beginning 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: | |
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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 1984 | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Evaluate and select proper equipment and tools for practicing wilderness skills techniques.
2. Organize and successfully complete short backcountry trips for individuals and small groups.
3. Implement safety and first aid procedures required for safe backcountry trips.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should 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. Recommend proper campground safety and courtesy.
4. Select and illustrate proper rigging and knot-typing techniques for backcountry use.
5. Choose and practice wilderness skills techniques.
6. Organize backcountry trips.
7. Describe and apply conservation and Leave No Trace principles in the wilderness.
Topics and Scope
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I. Introduction
1. Review of low-impact camping and survival skills
2. Emergency medical training review
II. Do-It-Yourself Equipment and its Implementation
1. Back pack
2. Tent
3. Snowshoes
4. Stoves
III. Safe Cross Country Winter Travel with Skies or Snowshoes
IV. Organization Principles and Practices for Backcountry Trips
V. Group Dynamics for Wilderness Leaders
VI. Employment and Service Opportunities in Wilderness Leadership Programs
VII. Personal and Land Management Factors
A. Conservation of time
B. Conservation of energy
C. Conservation of the environment
VIII. Leave No Trace Principles
All Topics are covered in both lecture and lab.
Assignments:
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Lecture-Related Assignments:
1. Reading assignments that will average ten pages per week
2. Thirty minute presentation on outdoor recreation equipment selection, use and maintenance
3. Written assignments during semester as scheduled by instructor
4. Midterm and final exam
Lab-Related Assignments:
1. Field demonstration and test of proper land orienteering techniques using the hand compass
and topographic maps
2. Field demonstration and test of proper rigging and knot-tying techniques for backcountry use
3. Field Demonstration and test of wilderness skills techniques
4. Participation in two scheduled backcountry trips with the class
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. |
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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 | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 40 - 50% |
Implementation plans; demonstration of field skills; presentation on outdoor recreation equipment selection | |
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; | |
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:
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Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival. Kochanski, Mors. Lone Pine Publishing. 2016
Wild Edible Plants of the Western United States. Kirk, Donald. Naturegraph Publishers. 1975 (classic)
Instructor prepared material
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