International Outdoor Adventure Education

Catalog description

This faculty-led study abroad course is designed to introduce students to a variety of outdoor adventure activities in foreign countries while promoting cultural and global understanding. Lecture sessions at Monmouth University in the beginning of the course will highlight content knowledge related to outdoor adventure education, the theories and best practices for developing an outdoor adventure program, and students will explore their individual and collective responsibilities through analytical, practical, or creative responses to issues facing a globally interconnected society. While abroad, students will experience and reflect upon similarities and differences between a host of issuers (i.e., customs, norms, historical influences, language, religion, standard of living, food, art, music, dance, etc.) within the United States and the destination country. Students will describe how they see themselves within the context of that diversity and explore opportunities to interact in a global world. Student must pay additional travel expenses. This course also counts as a Physical Activity Skills Course. Skills Course: Outdoor Pursuits (Individual).