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WLEE 101 Introduction to Outdoor Education 3
Semester Hours
This course explores the theories, principles and skills of
wilderness leadership and experiential education,
including the historical and philosophical foundations. Field
experiences may include minimum impact
backcountry travel and living skills, environmental ethics and
interpretation, navigation, climbing,
canoeing, sea kayaking and service learning opportunities. There is
a required weekend trip.
WLEE 200* Leadership and Group Dynamics in Outdoor Pursuits
3 Semester Hours
This course is offered as a component of the Immersion Semester
in which five interrelated courses are
taught in an on-going fashion. This course will study theories and
principles of small group dynamics,
leadership principles, including problem solving, group member
roles, decision making, ethical issues,
communication skills and a variety of other concepts. Emphasis will
be placed on situations and populations
relevant to wilderness based and experiential education programs.
*Only offered as part of the Immersion
Semester.
WLEE 201 Lifeguarding 1 Semester Hour
With completion of this course, students will receive their
American Red Cross Lifeguard Training
Certification. Students must be at least 17 years old.
WLEE 202 Water Safety Instructor (WSI) 2 Semester
Hours
This course equips students to plan, conduct, teach, and
evaluate swimming and water safety courses.
The program covers skills and knowledge in a logical
progression for aquatic skill development.
Prerequisites: ARC Lifeguard Training Certification (WLEE 201);
students must be at least 17 years old.
WLEE 220 Theory and Practice of Experiential
Education 3 Semester Hours
This course begins with an examination of historical, philosophical,
social and psychological foundations of
experiential education and proceeds to examine current trends and
theoretical developments. Particular
attention will be focused on understanding how current theory may be
applied to the practice of Wilderness
Leadership and Outdoor/Adventure Education.
WLEE 250* Wilderness First Aid 3 Semester Hours
This course is offered as a component of the Immersion Semester
in which five interrelated courses are
taught in an on-going fashion. This course focuses on medical
emergencies when help is miles away and
dialing 911 is not an option. Lecture and hands-on simulation
sessions help students prepare to handle
emergency situations that involve prolonged patient care, severe
environments, and improvised gear.
Students will have an opportunity to receive Wilderness First
Responder certification through a
nationally recognized medical education provider with complete
attendance and ability to meet WFR
knowledge, skill, and certification criteria. Taking the course does
not guarantee certification. * Only
offered as part of the Immersion Semester.
WLEE 252 Advanced Rock
Climbing 2 Semester Hours
This 2-credit advanced WLEE skills course will introduce and provide
many opportunities to practice the
advanced techniques and systems required to participate and lead
safe, enjoyable, and environmentally sound
climbing trips. It will include examination of and participation in
top rope climbing, multi-pitch climbing,
rappelling, fixed line climbing, and basic rock rescue. A weekend
trip is required. Prerequisites:
Completion of Immersion Semester and WLEE Major.
 WLEE 256 Advanced Navigation 2 Semester Hours
This 2 credit advanced WLEE skills course is designed to
familiarize students with advanced wilderness
navigation skills including the use of various map grids, the
various map types used in North America,
the Global Positioning System, deduced reckoning, triangulation,
coastal navigation, off trail navigation
and the use of computer software in trip planning. Two Saturday
field days will be required. Prerequisites:
Completion of Immersion Semester and WLEE Major.
Prerequisite: Completion of Immersion
Semester or permission of instructor.
WLEE 260 Challenge I: Group
Games & Initiatives 2 Semester Hours
This 2-credit advanced WLEE skills course is designed to introduce
the students to the basics of facilitating
group games, initiatives and low ropes elements. History, theory,
principles and skills of group and game
initiative leadership will be explored in an experiential context.
Emphasis will be on sequencing and leading
activities safely and methods of group processing. Prerequisites:
WLEE 101 or with permission of instructor.
WLEE 261 Challenge II: Ropes
Course Facilitation 2 Semester Hours
This 2-credit advanced WLEE skills
course is designed to introduce the student to basics of high
challenge course facilitation skills. Emphasis will be on
safety, program design, rescue skills, and
processing. Students will become familiar with national standards
regarding challenge course facilitation
and administration. Administrative skills will also be covered.
Prerequisites: Completion of Immersion
Semester and WLEE 260: Challenge I.
WLEE 265 Advanced Swiftwater Rescue 2 Semester Hours
This 2 credit advanced WLEE skills course focuses on the
prevention of river accidents, including knowledge
of river and flood dynamics, swiftwater hazards, swimming, boat
handling and trip management. The course
emphasizes the safety of rescuers, while instilling the skills,
knowledge, and rescue philosophy needed
for access and rescue of river victims. Certification in American
Canoe Association Advanced Swiftwater
Rescue may be offered; however, participation in the course does
not guarantee certification. There is a weekend trip
required.
Prerequisite: Completion of Immersion
Semester or with permission of instructor.
WLEE 301 Wilderness/Experiential Education Practicum
1-6 Semester Hours
This course provides students with practical work experience,
either through a program offered by the
College or in an existing outdoor or experientially based agency.
The student’s work program must be
approved by the faculty. Prerequisite: Junior level standing or
permission of instructor.
WLEE 305 Legal Aspects of Wilderness Leadership, 3
Semester Hours
Experiential Education and Exercise Science
This course familiarizes students with civil law as it applies
to experiential and exercise programming.
Topics covered include torts, legal duties, legal liability, the
structure of the lawsuit, the notion of the
prudent practitioner, the "reasonable man or woman standard,"
readings in relevant case law, and risk
management from a legal perspective.
Prerequisite: Junior level standing or permission of instructor.
WLEE 310* Outdoor Pursuits Education: Water-Based 3
Semester Hours
This course is offered as a component of the Immersion Semester
in which five interrelated courses are
taught in an on-going fashion. The focus will be on developing
teaching styles, techniques and methods
for water-based outdoor pursuits. This course offers hands-on
experience in skill development and
leadership training of sea kayaking, flatwater and whitewater
canoeing, and flatwater and whitewater
kayaking. * Only offered as part of the Immersion Semester.
WLEE 320* Outdoor Pursuits Education: Land-Based 3
Semester Hours
This course is offered as a component of the Immersion Semester
in which five interrelated courses are
taught in an on-going fashion. The focus will be on developing
teaching styles, techniques and methods
for land-based outdoor pursuits. This course offers hands-on
experience in skill development and
leadership of backpacking, rock climbing, caving, navigation and
backcountry living skills. Other landbased
activities may be included. * Only offered as part of the Immersion
Semester.
WLEE 330 Camp Counseling 3 Semester Hours
An introduction to the field of camp counseling, including
philosophies, national standards, leadership
training, conflict resolution, communication skills, normal
and abnormal developmental processes,
behavior management, and program activities. This course also
includes a study of the characteristics
and needs of today’s youth, with emphasis on how a camp counselor’s
guidance and leadership can meet those
needs. Prerequisite: Junior level standing or permission of
instructor.
WLEE 340 Outdoor Program Administration 3
Semester Hours
This course examines administrative and program issues uniquely
related to outdoor recreation and
education programs in a variety of program settings including camps,
schools, colleges and universities,
community/county recreation programs, and military recreation
programs. Prerequisite: Junior level
standing or permission of instructor.
 WLEE 350* Wilderness Expedition 3 Semester Hours
This course is offered as a component of the Immersion Semester
in which five interrelated courses are
taught in an on-going fashion. This course involves participation in
the planning, leadership, instruction,
execution and evaluation of a 21-day expedition in the Southern
Appalachian Mountains. * Only offered as
part of the Immersion Semester.
WLEE 392 Wilderness/Experiential Education
Internship 6 Semester Hours
This course is a broad-based experience with an approved agency
for a minimum of 40 hours within ten
weeks. Evaluation involves the student, job supervisor, and Brevard
College faculty. Prerequisite: Junior
level standing or permission of instructor.
WLEE 402 Ethics of Wilderness Leadership, Experiential Education, and Exercise Leadership
3 Semester Hours
This course has a threefold focus: (1) students take a critical
look at the complex ethical dilemmas and
situations that arise within camps, wilderness and fitness programs,
and other experiential settings; (2)
students learn to use the tools of normative and analytic ethics
from a philosophical perspective, consider
various approaches to ethics in general, and apply these approaches
to practical situations; (3) students
examine their own personal ethical perspectives as these influence
their work within professional contexts.
Prerequisite: Junior level standing or permission of instructor.
WLEE 404 Wilderness Philosophers 3 Semester Hours
This course familiarizes students with the important ideas and
people within the deep intellectual
history of the wilderness movement. The philosophy of Muir, Leopold,
Carson, Thoreau and others will be studied
to help students develop a greater understanding and appreciation as
well as develop a personal philosophy for
the wilderness. Prerequisite: Senior level standing or permission of
instructor.
WLEE 405 Seminar: Open Topics 3 Semester Hours
It is important that students majoring in wilderness leadership and
experiential education have the
opportunity to explore topics that may not be covered within
existing courses. The open topics seminar
can be either faculty- or student-generated and will have as its
reason-for-being the establishment of an
open-ended format that can meet emerging student and faculty
interests. Prerequisite: Senior level
standing or permission of instructor.
WLEE 420 Special Topics 3 Semester Hours
Advanced study of varying focuses in Wilderness Leadership and
Experiential Education. Prerequisite:
Senior level standing or permission of instructor. |