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The Outdoor Education Program
offers
a required
Outdoor Education Core, plus
four academic majors
and two
minors.
They are
Adventure Education,
Therapeutic and Universal Design,
Natural History,
and
Native American Studies/Outdoor Education,
with minors in
Outdoor Education
and
Adventure Education.
These courses of study expose students to the following aspects of the
field of Outdoor Education:
leadership and
management issues,
risk
management,
program
design, educational
philosophy,
personal
growth,
communication,
wilderness
skills,
block semester programs,
and a
senior level capstone experience.
By completing an
Outdoor Education
major,
students are empowered to establish and maintain a relationship with
nature. The program advocates community and environmental justice
and promotes a stewardship philosophy toward the land, water, and living
systems on this planet. The diverse faculty has a commitment to
academic
excellence,
interdisciplinary programs,
and to the pedagogies of
environmental
education,
experiential
education,
service
learning,
reflection,
and oral
tradition.
Finally, the program integrates
Outdoor Education
with an
environmental liberal arts curriculum
and the overall mission of Northland College.
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