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  • 1.00 Credits

    This course will cover the basics of avalanche hazard awareness and stability assessment. Introductory level material covering terrain evaluation, safe travel protocols, self-rescue, snowpack formation and metamorphosis, stability test procedures, and interpretation and decision-making strategies, will be presented and practiced. Students should have some experience in winter backcountry travel and skiing.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Basic first aid skills applied to wilderness or remote settings. This class provides nationally recognized certification.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course prepares students to care for injured and ill patients in a setting where professional responders are likely to arrive within thirty minutes. A wide variety of problems are covered but care focuses on the initial care until EMS arrives.
  • 3.00 Credits

    What makes a healthy community? This course is designed to give students an introduction to many health issues associated with any given community. The primary goal of this class is to provide students with the knowledge to use empirical and epidemiological skills to assess the extent of community health issues, problems, potential problems, and viewpoints in addition to examining possible solutions to the given problems.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Human Sexuality is an inter-disciplinary course exploring topics in biology, health, psychology, and sociology. The course provides an introduction to basic concepts of human sexuality, including anatomy, reproduction, and sexual response across the life cycle. The material will deal with gender roles, sexual orientation, dysfunction, and sexually transmitted disease. Students will also examine sexuality from the perspective of ethics, religion, the law, and education. Students will assess their own sexual attitudes and acquire information that should enable them to make responsible sexuality decisions.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This Stress Management Course is about learning to live wisely and well; more specifically, this course is aimed at advancing your understanding of how stress affects you and how different stress management methods may be used to help you to live more effectively in your world.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to prepare outdoor enthusiasts and world travelers who have no formal medical training to prevent and attend to injuries and medical problems that might occur in the back country. This course does not result in certification.
    General Education Course
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is an introductory course in to the field of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). This course reviews the antecedents of modern industrial safety going from ancient origins, through the industrial revolution, and to modern times. The course includes a series of important topics in injury prevention including prevention of fires, falls, accidents, chemical injuries and other workplace problems. The goal is to convey broad principles of Occupational Safety and Health and to enable students to recognize when they and others may be in danger regardless of their industry or profession.
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course is designed for backcountry recreationists with Level 1 avalanche skills who want to go deeper with their snow and avalanche knowledge, as well as travel in more complex terrain. In this course, we spend time expanding student's knowledge of the science of snow metamorphism and apply this knowledge to have a better understanding of the season snowpack history and the nature of existing avalanche problems. We present and utilize a systematic approach for sorting and prioritizing information in the field, setting a tone of teamwork, and minimizing human factor traps. Prior to enrollment in the course, students must provide Level 1 Avalanche and Rescue Fundamentals certifications. Students must be proficient in traveling in the backcountry and downhill skiing in variable conditions in avalanche terrain on skis or snowboard in a winter environment.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Language of health care is explored, from prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms through surgical and diagnostic terms. This class is helpful to anyone going into the health field including management, clinical areas, insurance, and technical fields.