Outdoor Leadership
Why study Outdoor Leadership?
"I have grown more this year than all my previous 19 years combined. The Outdoor Leadership program isn’t just about having class outside and enjoying nature, it’s about finding yourself, pushing your boundaries, and realizing just how strong you really are."
Students can earn a concentrated one-year certificate through the annual cohort (capped at 24 students) or combine the cohort with a year’s worth of prerequisite studies to yield either an Associate of Science degree (transfers to Oregon State University) or an Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer degree. Through outdoor classrooms and field experiences client-oriented exercises, and a series of five-day expeditions in the mountains and rivers of Central Oregon, students refine new competences in navigation, outdoor living skills, expedition planning, and risk management as they participate in canoe touring, whitewater rafting, rock climbing, and other wilderness pursuits.
Outside of degree programs, the COCC Outdoor Leadership program also offers annual trainings for outdoor professionals and enthusiasts in avalanche level 1 and avalanche level 2 courses as well as in Wilderness Medical Society wilderness first-aid/Wilderness First Responder certification.
Program-Specific Information
Outdoor Leadership prepares professionals to provide adventurous, challenging, and educational opportunities in natural areas. Program completers tend to work in positions related to outdoor recreation, outdoor education, adventure education, wilderness therapy, and outdoor tourism and leisure.
Unique Features
Contacts
Health and Human Performance Department
541-383-7760
Department Directory
Tim Peterson
Program Director, Outdoor Leadership
541-383-7421
tmpeterson@cocc.edu
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