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Beginning Fall, 2009

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   Beginning: Fall 2009

The Outdoor Education Major: Beginning Fall, 2009
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The Outdoor Education program at Northland College will provide you with the skills, knowledge, experience, and confidence to enter the profession as an educator, and a leader. At Northland, you will work with faculty who are redefining the role of outdoor education in environmental and social sustainability, gain experience providing outdoor and environmental education to children and adults, and engage people of all ages and abilities in establishing sustainable relationships with nature and humanity.

While in the program, you will gain an understanding of the principles that effective outdoor education experiences are founded upon, read the works of leading outdoor educators, gain perspective from historical expeditions, and embark on your own experiences within the woods, waters, and wilderness of our region. Students may also develop advanced professional skills and knowledge during their junior and senior years under the close supervision and support of program faculty. Finally, you will join a family of graduates who are experienced educators of universally designed outdoor and environmental education and skilled in sustainable outdoor living and travel principles and practices.