Outdoor Education Certificates
By completing the Outdoor Education Certificate Program, you will have a well-rounded outdoor education experience and a high degree of training specific to employment within the outdoor industry. Types of organizations that may employ graduates include recreation facilities, outfitters and guide services, ski areas, summer adventure camps, community nature centers and outdoor programs, whitewater river outfitters, outdoor equipment purveyors, and other outdoor education and/or recreation companies and organizations. In addition to field-based experiential learning of basic technical skills, you will be prepared to be a future outdoor trip leader by examining and developing the interpersonal skills needed for positions in outdoor leadership.
Each certificate requires a set of core courses and elective groupings specific to the area of concentration. These certificates are designed to prepare the student to incorporate a more focused emphasis area within outdoor education as well as include other more interdisciplinary emphasis areas that incorporate other subject areas into the curriculum. One certificate is required as part of the AAS degree requirements. The Introduction to Outdoor Education does not meet the AAS degree certificate requirement but the courses will apply to other certificates.