OUTDOOR RECREATION AND HEALTH

Catalog description

Outdoor adventure and time in nature provide important wellness benefits that can be integrated into the college experience and that can lead to healthy life-long behaviors. This hybrid course explores local outdoor adventure opportunities, health benefits of visiting protected areas, and strategies for reducing recreation impact on the environment. This course involves weekly outdoor experiences in order to help students learn basic outdoor adventure skills that prepare them to find and carry out their own outdoor adventures in the future.