Outdoor Leadership Undergraduate Program Overview

Naturalist Concentration

Students who have identified a real love for the natural world and a passion to make it come alive for others are given the tools to succeed with the Environmental Education degree. Along with the Outdoor Leadership core classes, these students concentrate on the biological field sciences such as ornithology, botany, entomology, mammalogy, marine biology, and herpetology, as well as general biology, environmental conservation and ecology. These classes give students a deep, working knowledge of nature, natural systems, and the human impact on these systems, preparing them for outdoor leadership positions in many venues (National Park Service, outdoor schools, natural history museums, nature centers, and other non-formal education facilities, eco-tourism, and others) as naturalists, educators, interpreters, and adventure guides.

Major--B.S. Outdoor Leadership (55-62 Hours)

Title	Hrs
Major	55-62
Required Cognates	17
General Education	52-53
Total	124-132

Required Core Courses

Title	Hrs
EDOE 301 Outdoor Ministries	3
EDOE 345 Environmental Education	2
OUTL 138 Outdoor Basics	3
OUTL 391 Outdoor Education Sem (W)	1
OUTL 420 Nat & Cultural Interpretation	3
OUTL 430 Adventure Leadership	3
OUTL 492 Outdoor Education Intern	10
OUTL Electives	10

Select two (2) or three (3) hours from the following:	2-3
OUTL 154 Wilderness First Aid
OUTL 319 First Responder
OUTL 465 T: WEMT

Required Cognates

Title	Hrs
EDUC 325 Phil of Christian Educ (W)	2
ERSC 105 Earth Science	3
MATH 215 Statistics	3
PSYC 122 General Psychology*	3
OR
PSYC 128 Developmental Psychology*	3
PSYC/OUTL 221 Challenge Course Facilitator	3
RELT 317 Issues in Physical Sci & Religion	3

*Both classes required for Counseling Concentration

Naturalist Concentration

Title	Hrs
BIOL 151, 152 General Biology	8
Select three (3) hours from: Any Ecology course	3
Select seven (7) hours from: Any Botany, Ecology, or Zoology Field Courses	7
Total	18