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Park Ranger Specialist Certificate

The Park Ranger Specialist Certificate is for those working in a front or back country setting. Focus is on park ranger skills, medical training and outdoor/environmental theory..

Requirements

Required Courses

OUT 136Leave No Trace Trainer Cert

2
OUT 135Risk Mgmt of Outdoor Prof

1
PRA 102Intro to Park Ranger Tech

3
PRA 178Park Ranger Skills Seminar

6
PRA 203Natural Resource Management

3
PRA 205Resource Interpretation

3
PRA 280Park Ranger Internship

1-6
Total Credit Hours:21

Health Sciences Courses

HWE 129Wilderness First Responder

4

Elective Course. Choose 7 credits from the following:

OUT 134Wilderness Ethics

2
PRA 218Outdoor Leadership

3
FSW 100S-190 Intro to Wildland Fire

1
FSW 101S-130 Firefighting Training

2
OUT 108Wilderness Survival Skills

3
OUT 107Orienteering and Routefinding

2
OUT 140Swift Water Rescue Tech I

1
OUT 143Backpacking

2
OUT 156Survival Plants in Summer I

2
OUT 157Survival Plants in the Fall

2
OUT 158Survival Plants in Spring I

2
AST 108Colorado Night Sky I

1
AST 109Colorado Night Sky II

1
AST 110Colorado Night Sky III

1
GEY 116Geology of Minerals and Gems

1
GEY 118Rock & Mineral Identification

1
GEY 125Plate Tectonics

1
GEY 127Oil and Gas Geology

1
GEY 140Intro to GPS

1
Total Credit Hours:7

Total Credit Hours: 32