Outdoor Recreation Leadership

Course Code:
REC 220
Course Group(s):
Degree Applicable, ENST: Practitioner Skills Cluster, Integrative Studies: RECR Program Options, Lab Courses, Responsibility & Expression - Reinforcing
Course Description:
This course provides an introduction to leadership in outdoor recreation. Traditional and contemporary definitions, theories, and models of leadership are presented and discussed. Attention is given to leadership in various settings, as well as effective leadership qualities/characteristics and their development. Students complete several leadership assessments and inventories which relate, for example, leadership style tendencies. This course emphasizes decision making and judgment as foundational to effective leadership. Teaching skills, communication skills, group process skills, and basic camping skills are also emphasized given their importance to effective leadership. The labs provide students with opportunities to practice and develop their leadership skills through experiential teaching and learning exercises (involving, for example, basic?minimum impact?camping and backcountry travel skills) coupled with instructor and peer feedback. Pre-requisite: REC 104 Adventure Education I. Completes General Education Requirement:RE-R.
Credit:
3
Prerequisites:
Prereq: Lecture: REC 104 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00
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