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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
OUT 220Trail Design & Construction

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:22

Medical Science Courses

Choose either OUT 244 or EMS 115 and one HPR or HWE course

OUT 244Wilderness First Responder

4
EMS 115Emergency Medical Responder

3
HPR 102CPR for Professionals

0.5
HPR 108Dietary Nutrition

1
HPR 126Outdoor Emergency Care Refresh

0.5
HPR 130Pediatric Adv Life Support

1
HPR 230Trauma Assessment-Intervention

1
HPR 269Stress Management

0.5
HWE 121Wilderness First Aid

2
Total Credit Hours:4

Elective Courses

Choose 6 credits from the following:

AST 108Colorado Night Sky I

1
AST 109Colorado Night Sky II

1
AST 110Colorado Night Sky III

1
FSW 100S-190 Intro to Wildland Fire

1
FSW 101S-130 Firefighting Training

2
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
OUT 108Wilderness Survival Skills

3
OUT 107Orienteering and Routefinding

2
OUT 134Wilderness Ethics

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
PRA 218Outdoor Leadership

3
Total Credit Hours:6

Total Credit Hours: 32