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