This program is not being offered in the 2006-2007 academic year.

The Outdoor Education degree and Certificate of Completion.

Colorado Mountain College blends the Associate of Arts degree with Outdoor Education for an exciting transferable degree program. Graduates are guaranteed transfer to four year colleges and universities in Colorado. Similar programs across the nation, including Alaska, may also accept transfer credit for further study in the Outdoor Recreation field.

The Associate of Arts: Outdoor Education Concentration allows you to build a solid foundation in communications and liberal arts combined with wilderness leadership and technical skills. We do much more than "go camping." Colorado Mountain College wilderness-related courses teach not only the "nuts and bolts" of outdoor skills, but also leadership, judgment and decision making.

You will study theoretical concepts in classrooms, then apply them in some of the most spectacular and challenging outdoor settings throughout the western United States, Canada and Central America. You might train with us to be a river guide in the summer, take a rain forest ecology course in Costa Rica, or learn route finding and avalanche safety on winter ascents in Colorado.

Colorado Mountain College graduates are working in a number of professions including military outdoor recreation, city park/community recreation, the National Outdoor Leadership School, the National Ski Patrol, public school programs and private recreation companies.

You can choose to focus on specialty areas such as: climbing, challenge/ropes course facilitation, water sports, desert environments or winter travel. These specialty areas add to your knowledge base for four year programs or the job market.

The Outdoor Education Certificate of Completion.
This option offers a comprehensive series of backcountry travel and appreciation courses. Course work in the natural sciences, humanities, recreation and environmental appreciation are blended to provide opportunities for growth and challenge.

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Last modified: May 04, 2007