4/23/2024 10:03:34 PM	NRM 66 Course Outline as of Fall 1994	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	2.00		8 min.	Lab Scheduled	35.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	5.00			Contact Total	87.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 192.50

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 66

Catalog Description:

Advanced principles and techniques of wilderness camping survival and leadership.  Emphasis on skills required for safe supervision of groups in wilderness living.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Adv principles & techniques of wilderness camping, survival & leadership.

(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

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:

The student will:

1.  Demonstrate and explain proper equipment selection for a number

   of different climatic environments and activities.

2.  Demonstrate the proper use of the hand compass and topographic

   maps for orienteering purposes in wilderness backcountry.

3.  Obtain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and first aid

   certification.

4.  Demonstrate and practice proper campground safety and courtesy.

5.  Learn and illustrate proper rigging and knot-typing techniques

   for backcountry use.

6.  Use and practice wilderness survival techniques.

7.  Successfully complete two scheduled backcountry trips.

Topics and Scope

A.  Introduction

   Review of low-impact camping and survival skills.  Introduction

   to emergency medical training.

B.  First Aid (for Red Cross Certification)

C.  Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (for American Red Cross Certifica-

   tion)

D.  Do it yourself equipment fabrication (pack, tent, snowshoes,

   stoves)

E.  Cold weather and snow skills and equipment adaptations -Including

   classroom and field instruction in safe cross country winter travel

   with skies or snowshoes.

F.  Group dynamics for wilderness leaders.

G.  Employment and service opportunities in wilderness leadership

   programs for social and psychological change.

H.  Potential of wilderness leadership programs for social and

   psychological change.

I.  Conservation of time, energy, and the environment:  personal and

   land management factors.

Assignments:

Students will be required to complete:

1.  Reading assignments that will average ten pages per week.

2.  Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and first aid certification.

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.  Two scheduled backcountry trips with the class.

8.  Written assignments during semester as scheduled by instructor.

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 - 20%
Field work, Exams
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 50 - 50%
Class performances, Field work
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 20%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, SHORT ESSAY QUESTIONS
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

"National Red Cross First Aid and CPR Manual"

Kirk, Don, "Wild Edible Plants of the Western United States", 1980

 Naturegraph Publishers 180 pp.

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