Outdoor Leadership - One-Year Certificate of Completion (CC1)
The Outdoor Leadership One-Year Certificate of Completion prepares students to enter the outdoor leadership industry workforce immediately upon completion. The outdoor leadership industry often leads to careers in outdoor recreation, outdoor education, wilderness therapy, and tourism and leisure enterprises. The Outdoor Leadership program is grounded in the principles of lifelong learning, environmental stewardship, personal growth, and leadership. This certificate emphasizes experiential methodologies to combine theory and practice in a strong, field-based curriculum. Students will develop current and accepted skills and will have comprehensive knowledge and standards. Highly skilled and knowledgeable faculty exemplify the highest level of standards, integrity, and ethics. The College offers two related options: Associate of Science with an Outdoor Leadership emphasis designed for transfer to OSU-Cascades; Associate
Courses
- HHPA 108 — Introduction to Canoeing (1 Credit)
- HHP 212A — AHA Basic Life Support for Providers CPR (1 Credit)
- OL 111 — Introduction to Outdoor Leadership (3 Credits)
- OL 171 — Technical Skills for Outdoor Leadership (2 Credits)
- OL 207 — Seminar in Outdoor Leadership (2 Credits)
- OL 244 — Psychology of Risk and Adventure (3 Credits)
- OL 253 — Wilderness Advanced First Aid (3 Credits)
- OL 255 — Outdoor Living Skills (5 Credits)
- OL 271 — Facilitating Group Experiences (5 Credits)
- OL 273 — Outdoor Recreation Leadership (5 Credits)
- OL 294AC — Alpine Climbing (3 Credits)
- OL 294CA — Canoe Program Instruction and Guiding (3 Credits)
- OL 294MB — Mountain Bike Guiding and Trail Stewardship (3 Credits)
- OL 294RC — Teaching Rock Climbing (3 Credits)
- OL 294WG — Whitewater Raft Guiding (3 Credits)
- BA 178 — Customer Service (3 Credits)
- BA 214 — Business Communications (4 Credits)
- WR 121Z — Composition I (4 Credits)
- MTH 102 — Applied Technical Mathematics (4 Credits)
- MTH 105Z — Math in Society (4 Credits)