Why this program?

For over 60 years °µÍøTV has been leading the field of Adventure Education where we combine rigorous academics with immersive, hands-on experiences in some of the most extraordinary landscapes in the Southwest and the world. Students gain technical outdoor skills, ecological knowledge, interpersonal fluency, teaching competency, and an equitable and just approach to the outdoors. Whether you’re drawn to outdoor leadership, experiential education, wilderness programming, or creating transformative experiences for others, °µÍøTV prepares you to turn your passion for adventure into leadership.

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What can you do with a degree in Adventure Education?

You’ll graduate with the communication, leadership, risk assessment, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. Whether you’re leading expeditions, managing teams, building communities, or launching your own path, you’ll be ready.

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What will this program look like?

We are experiential. Students apply everything they learn in the classroom to field settings through practicums, field expeditions, and special projects.

We are field-based. We spend at least 50% of our time learning in a field setting. Some expeditionary classes are 100% field-based like Environmental Perspectives & White-Water Rafting. Others like Intro to Rock Climbing take place in-town as well as in the classroom.

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Adventure Education-Specific Concentrations

Concentration: Adventure Education 

Learning Outcomes 

•  Leadership and Facilitation: Learners will apply leadership skills, experiential teaching strategies, and facilitation techniques to create intellectually, emotionally, and physically safe communities within adventure education.
• Outdoor Skills: Learners will demonstrate technical competency in outdoor disciplines necessary for the implementation of safe, high-quality experiences.
  

Concentration: Outdoor Leadership

Learning Outcomes

• Leadership and Facilitation: Leadership and Facilitation: Learners will apply leadership skills, experiential teaching strategies, and facilitation techniques to create intellectually, emotionally, and physically safe communities within adventure education.

Outdoor Skills: Learners will demonstrate a high-level of technical competency in the outdoor skills needed for the implementation of safe, excellent, and educative outdoor experiences consistent with professional outdoor leaders.

Concentration: Equity Studies in Outdoor Leadership

Learning Outcomes

• Leadership and Facilitation: Learners will apply leadership skills, experiential teaching strategies, and facilitation techniques to create intellectually, emotionally, and physically safe communities within adventure education.
• Critical Analysis: Learners will employ critical theories to analyze and evaluate the relevant foundational theories, essential practices, and current trends in adventure education.

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Adventure Education-Specific Certificates

Certificate: Environmental Education

Critical Analysis: Learners will employ critical theories to analyze and evaluate the relevant foundational theories, essential practices, and current trends in adventure education.

Students who complete the following requirements will receive a °µÍøTV issued certificate as well as the option to pursue/receive certificate as well. The AAEE is an affiliate of the . 

The learning outcomes for the °µÍøTV issued Environmental Education Certificate are aligned with the

Certificate: River Studies and Leadership

Students who take the qualifying coursework may be eligible for a certificate in River Studies & Leadership certificate through the River Management Society. For more, visit the .

Certificate: Place-based Experiential Education

Non-Credit Bearing External Certificate: Available for undergraduates, graduates, and external community members. Can be completed as stand alone intensives or stacked as a suite to earn a certificate. 

Certificate Learning Outcome:

Learners will integrate key elements and perspectives of place-based experiential education into educational experiences.