Exercise and Sport Studies 940 - OUTDOOR SKILLS:WILDRNSS SKLLS

Sectioned course. This course teaches students the fundamentals of wilderness skills, outdoor living and travel. This includes, but is not limited to, principles of orienteering and navigation, backcountry camp craft, shelter building, travel techniques in different regions and conditions, low-impact camping theories, fire building and various primitive skills. It emphasizes traveling light-weight while practicing leave no trace (LNT) principles. Enrollment limit of 11.