Outdoor Leadership & Recreation Technology
Associate of Applied Science Degree
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Are you interested in exploring your passion, developing your outdoor skills, gaining leadership experience, or finding employment doing what you love? The world of careers is open to students pursuing an Outdoor Leadership and Recreation Technology degree. From guiding mountaineering trips in the Colorado Rockies to teaching environmental education courses to presenting wildlife programs at local nature centers, this program provides background education in a wide scope of industry career paths.
This two-year AAS degree includes a variety of certification classes, hands-on learning opportunities and a diverse elective list allowing students to enhance outdoor skills in their specific area of interest. Training emphases include outdoor leadership, field studies, group dynamics, risk management, web design, wilderness skills, and low-impact techniques for environmental stewardship. To enhance the learning process, students will utilize their education by applying skills developed within the program to an internship of their choosing.
Non-degree seeking students can complete one or more of the four certificate options, learning specialized outdoor skills in shorter period of time. Coursework completed in certificate options may be applied to the Outdoor Leadership and Recreation Technology degree.
Students may complete academic deficiencies concurrently with the beginning courses in the program. Students must arrange with advisors to remedy deficiencies in program requirements. Students not meeting a course prerequisite must have instructor permission to enroll.
General Education Courses
Basic Ecology |
4 |
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Introduction to Environmental Science with Lab: SC1 |
(4) |
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Introduction to PC Applications |
3 |
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Computer Literacy |
(3) |
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Public Speaking |
3 |
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or |
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Natural Resource Interpretation & Communication |
(3) |
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Technical Writing I |
3 |
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Business Communication & Report Writing |
(3) |
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Career Math |
3 |
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16 |
Other Course Requirements
Wilderness First Responder |
4 |
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Public Relations of Natural Resources |
2 |
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Wilderness Survival Skills |
3 |
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Outdoor Sports Conditioning |
1 |
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Wilderness Ethics |
2 |
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Risk Management for Outdoor Professionals |
1 |
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Leave No Trace Trainer Cert. |
2 |
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Backcountry Cooking |
1 |
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Basic Search & Rescue |
3 |
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Avalanche Awareness Level I |
1 |
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Cooperative Education Internship |
3 |
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Mountaineering Leadership |
4 |
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Introduction to Recreation |
2 |
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Outdoor Leadership |
2 |
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Outdoor Recreation Programming |
3 |
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Elective |
Choose ten (10) from electives list below |
10 |
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44 |
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Total Credit Hours |
60 |
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Approved Electives
Choose 10 credit hours from the list of approved electives below:
Fundamentals of Accounting |
3 |
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Botany with Lab: SC1 |
5 |
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Introduction to Business |
3 |
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Physical Geology with Lab: SC1 |
4 |
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Colorado History: HI1 |
3 |
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Small Business Management |
3 |
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Map & Compass for the Outdoor Person |
3 |
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Winter Wilderness Survival Skills |
2 |
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Caving I |
1 |
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Caving II |
1 |
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Mountain Orientation |
2 |
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Desert Orientation |
2 |
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Canyon Orientation |
2 |
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River Orientation |
2 |
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Flyfishing I |
1 |
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Flyfishing II |
1 |
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Mountain Biking |
1 |
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Ice Climbing I |
1 |
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Rock Climbing I |
2 |
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Rock Climbing II |
2 |
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Technical Canyoneering |
2 |
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Kayaking |
1 |
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Swift Water Rescue Tech I |
1 |
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Backcountry Cooking |
1 |
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Survival Plants in the Summer I |
2 |
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Survival Plants in the Fall I |
2 |
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Survival Plants in the Spring I |
2 |
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Survival Plants: Rockies |
1 |
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Survival Plants: Southwest |
1 |
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Survival Plants in the Summer II |
3 |
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Survival Plants in the Fall II |
3 |
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Survival Plants in the Spring II |
3 |
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Avalanche Awareness Level II |
2 |
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Scuba Diving |
1 |
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OUT 202 |
Open Water Diver |
1 |
Challenge Course Facilitation |
2 |
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River Orientation II |
2 |
Certificates
Gainful Employment Disclosure located at www.ppcc.edu/ge.
Mountain Field Studies
Wilderness First Responder |
4 |
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Wilderness Survival Skills |
3 |
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Mountain Orientation |
2 |
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Rock Climbing I |
2 |
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Rock Climbing II |
2 |
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Leave No Trace Trainer Cert. |
2 |
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Basic Search & Rescue |
3 |
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Mountaineering Leadership |
4 |
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Total Credit Hours |
22 |
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Outdoor Entrepreneur Professional Business
Fundamentals of Accounting |
3 |
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Introduction to Business |
3 |
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Computer Literacy |
3 |
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Small Business Management |
3 |
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Risk Management for Outdoor Professionals |
1 |
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Leave No Trace Trainer Cert. |
2 |
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Challenge Course Facilitation |
2 |
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Outdoor Recreation Programming |
3 |
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Total Credit Hours |
20 |
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Scuba Diving Professional
Pending State Approval
Wilderness First Responder |
4 |
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Scuba Diving |
1 |
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OUT 202 |
Open Water Diver |
1 |
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OUT 203 |
Advanced Open Water Diver |
1 |
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OUT 204 |
Rescue Diver |
2 |
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OUT 205 |
Divemaster |
3 |
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OUT 206 |
Assistant Instructor |
3 |
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OUT 207 |
Open Water Scuba Instructor |
3 |
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Total Credit Hours |
18 |
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Water Recreation Studies
Wilderness First Responder |
4 |
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Wilderness Survival Skills |
3 |
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River Orientation |
2 |
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Flyfishing I |
1 |
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Flyfishing II |
1 |
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Leave No Trace Trainer Cert. |
2 |
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Kayaking |
1 |
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Swift Water Rescue Tech I |
1 |
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Backcountry Cooking |
1 |
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Scuba Diving |
1 |
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River Orientation II |
2 |
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Total Credit Hours |
20 |
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Winter Field Studies
Wilderness First Responder |
4 |
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Winter Wilderness Survival Skills |
2 |
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Ice Climbing I |
1 |
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Leave No Trace Trainer Cert. |
2 |
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Backcountry Cooking |
1 |
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Basic Search & Rescue |
3 |
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Avalanche Awareness Level I |
1 |
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Avalanche Awareness Level II |
2 |
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Total Credit Hours |
16 |
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