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Outdoor Adventure Leadership Transfer to Southern Oregon University

Associate of Science Degree

About the Program

The Associate of Science (AS) degree is based on a signed articulation agreement with Southern Oregon University (SOU). The program is designed for students transferring to SOU’s bachelor’s degree program in outdoor adventure leadership. Students must work closely with advisors in their areas of interest to ensure electives are appropriate.

The curriculum allows for 38-47 core credits within the major area. By completing all appropriate credits (including electives), students will fulfill required lower division coursework for transfer to SOU. Students should be aware, however, that if they transfer before completing this degree, their courses will be evaluated individually toward the transfer requirements of the college of their choice.

Program Learning Outcomes

The curriculum in RCC courses is derived from a set of identified learning outcomes that are relevant to the discipline. Program learning outcomes for the Outdoor Adventure Leadership Transfer to Southern Oregon University degree are:

Demonstrate responsible wilderness ethics as defined by current industry trends.

Demonstrate excellence in technical skills with competence in safety and industry standards.

Demonstrate expertise in logistics and expedition planning.

Facilitate a quality program through the use of effective communication, appropriate relationships, and compassionate leadership.

Document a personal knowledge of demographic health changes and trends in chronic and acute diseases in the U.S. over the last 100 years.

Entry Requirements

Students are required to complete the Placement Process to determine skill level and readiness in math, reading, and writing. As part of their training program, students must begin with the courses within their skill level as determined through the Placement Process. In addition, students may also be required to enroll in classes that would increase their employability and success.

Advanced Standing

Coursework from accredited universities will be accepted in accordance with college policies. In order to ensure that coursework is current, program courses over 10 years old must be reviewed and approved by the appropriate department chair before being accepted toward core requirements.

Graduation Requirements

The Associate of Science degree will be awarded to students who complete all credits in this program with a grade of “C” or better. Certain required courses are also graded on a pass/no pass basis only. A grade of “P” for these courses indicates a student earned the equivalent of a “C” or better grade.

TOTAL PROGRAM CREDITS:
90-91

Program Map

This guide lays out an optimal path to graduate. Where zero credits are listed in the prerequisites, students may place into a higher level(s) based on designated placement score(s). Note, some prerequisites may be required for graduation. Please consult an advisor with any program completion questions.

Program Prerequisites
Course No. Course Title Credits Alternate Course Comments

WR115

Introduction to Expository Writing

0-3

 

 

MTH96

Applied Algebra II

0-4

MTH95

 

CIS120

Concepts in Computing I 1

0-2

 

 

Prerequisites credits vary based on Placement Score(s):

0-9

 

 
Fall

HE131

Introduction to Exercise and Sport Science

3

 

fall term only

WR121

English Composition I

4

 

 

HPE295

Health and Fitness for Life

3

 

G101

Introduction to Geology I

4-5

 

or approved Science transfer course (credits vary by course)

PE185KSA

Kayaking the Sea Coast Adventure

1

PE185SUA

or approved Water PE185 course F/W/Sp

 

Total Credits:

15-16

 

 
Winter

HE253

Wilderness First Aid

3

 

 

WR122

English Composition II

4

WR227

 

MTH243

Probability and Statistics

4

 

 

PE185WSA

Winter Survival and Snow Camping Adventure

1

PE185SSS

or approved Land PE185 course F/W/Sp

G102

Introduction to Geology II (Surface Process)

4-5

 

or approved Science transfer course (credits vary by course)

 

Total Credits:

16-17

 

 
Spring

HE259

Care and Prevention of Athletic Injury

3

 

 

COMM225

Small Group Communication and Problem-solving

4

COMM111
COMM218

 

HE250

Personal Health

3-0

 

or program elective course applied toward total of 6-15

REL201

World Religions

3-4

REL243

or approved Humanities transfer course (credits vary by course)

PE185RRV

Rafting the River

1

 

or approved Water PE185 course F/W/Sp

ENV111

Introduction to Environmental Science

3-4

GEOG110
GEOG120

GEOG110/GEOG120 if not taken as Social Science elective

 

Total Credits:

17-16

 

 
Fall

LIB127

Introduction to Academic Research

1

 

 

NFM225

Nutrition

4

 

 

OAL150

Outdoor Living Skills

2

 

fall term only

PHL101

Philosophical Problems

3-4

ENG275
MUS105

or approved Humanities transfer course (credits vary by course)

SPAN101

First Year Spanish I

4-3

 

or program elective course applied toward total of 6-15

PE185SUA

Surfing Adventure

1

 

or approved Water PE185 course F/W/Sp

 

Total Credits:

15

 

 
Winter

OAL250

Foundations of Outdoor Adventure and Leadership

3

 

 

PHL102

Ethics

3-4

HUM101
ENG107

or approved Humanities transfer course (credits vary by course)

SOC228

Environment and Society

3-4

 

or approved Social Science transfer course (credits vary by course)

PE185MTA

Mountaineering Adventure

1

PE185SSS

or approved Land PE185 course F/W/Sp

SPAN102

First Year Spanish II

4-3

 

or program elective course applied toward total of 6-15

 

Total Credits:

14-15

 

 
Spring

BI100SB

Biology of Human Body Systems

3-5

 

or general transfer course applied toward total of 6-15

PE185RCB

Rock Climbing Beginning

1

PE185BPA

or approved Land PE185 course F/W/Sp

SPAN103

First Year Spanish III

4-0

 

or program elective course applied toward total of 6-15

OAL223

Wilderness Navigation

2

 

spring term only

SOC230

Introduction to Gerontology

3-4

 

or approved Social Science AAOT transfer course (credits vary by course)

 

Total Credits:

13-12

 

 
Summer Optional Electives

PE185RRV Rafting the River
PE185BAP Backpacking
PE185RCA Rock Climbing Adventure 
Land

(choose a minimum of three classes from the following list):

Course No.

Course Title

Credits

PE185BPA

Backpacking Adventure

1

PE185HOA

Hiking Oregon Adventure

1

PE185MTA

Mountaineering Adventure

1

PE185RCA

Rock Climbing Adventure

1

PE185RCB

Rock Climbing Beginning

1

PE185SSS

Snow Skiing/Snowboarding

1

PE185WSA

Winter Survival and Snow Camping Adventure

1

PE185ZLG

Zipline Guide Technical Skills

1
Water

(choose a minimum of three classes from the following list):

Course No.

Course Title

Credits

PE185RRV

River Rafting Adventure

1

PE185SUA

Surfing Adventure

1

PE185KSA

Kayaking the Sea Coast Adventure

1

PE185KWW

Kayaking Whitewater

1

PE291

Red Cross Life Guard Training

2
Approved Humanities Electives

(Complete at least three courses from the following list, 9-12 credits.)

Course No.

Course Title

Credits

ART131

Introduction to Drawing (Value)

3

ART204,205,206

History of Art I, II, III

4-4-4

COMM115

Introduction to Intercultural Communication

4

ENG104

Introduction to Literature (Fiction)

4

ENG105

Introduction to Literature (Drama)

4

ENG106

Introduction to Literature (Poetry)

4

ENG107

World Literature: Ancient to Classical

4

ENG108

World Literature: Medieval to Renaissance

4

ENG109

World Literature: Enlightenment to Modern

4

ENG201,202

Shakespeare I, II

4-4

ENG204

Introduction to English Literature: Medieval to Renaissance

4

ENG205

Introduction to English Literature: 18th Century to Romantic

4

ENG206

Introduction to English Literature: Victorian to Modern

4

ENG253

Survey of American Literature: Colonial

4

ENG254

Survey of American Literature: 19th Century

4

ENG255

Survey of American Literature: 20th Century

4

ENG257

African American Literature

4

ENG260

Introduction to Women Writers

4

ENG275

The Bible as Literature

4

HUM101

Introduction to Humanities: Classical to Medieval

4

HUM102

Introduction to Humanities: Renaissance to Enlightenment

4

HUM103

Introduction to Humanities: Romanticism to 20th Century

4

HUM215

Native American Arts and Cultures: Eskimo/Inuit

4

HUM216

Native American Arts and Cultures: First Nations of the Northwest Coast

4

HUM217

Native American Arts and Cultures: Nations of the Plains

4

HUM218

Native American Arts and Cultures: Nations of the Southwest

4

HUM219

Native American Arts and Cultures: Peoples of Mexico

4

IS110

Introduction to International Studies

4

MUS105

Music Appreciation

3

MUS108

Music in World Cultures

4

MUS201

Exploring Music: Introduction to Music History

4

MUS205

History of Jazz

3

MUS206

Introduction to Rock Music

3

MUS208

Film Music

3

MUS261

History of Western Music I: Ancient to Baroque

4

MUS262

History of Western Music II: Classical to Romantic

4

MUS263

History of Western Music III: 20th Century to Modern Day

4

MUS264

History of Rock I: The Roots of Rock

3

MUS265

History of Rock II: Rock’s Golden Age

3

MUS266

History of Rock III: Heavy Metal to Hip Hop

3

PHL101,102,103

Philosophical Problems/Ethics/Critical Reasoning

4-4-4

REL201

World Religions

4

REL243

Nature, Religion and Ecology

4

SPAN201,202,203

Second Year Spanish I, II, III

4-4-4

TA141

Fundamentals of Acting

4

WR241,242,243

Imaginative Writing I, II, III

4-4-4
Approved Social Science Electives

(Complete at least two courses from the following list, 6-8 credits.)

Course No.

Course Title

Credits

ANTH110, 150

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology/ Archaeology

4-4

BA101

Introduction to Business

4

BA218

Personal Finance

3

CJ120

Introduction to the Judicial Process

4

CJ200/SOC244

Introduction to Criminology

4

CJ243/SOC243

Drugs, Crime and Addiction

4

COMM237

Communication and Gender

4

ECON115

Introduction to Economics

3

ECON201,202

Principles of Microeconomics/Macroeconomics

4-4

GEOG100

Introduction to Physical Geography

3

GEOG110

Introduction to Human Geography

4

GEOG120

World Regional Geography

4

HST104

World Civilizations: Prehistory - Middle Ages

4

HST105

World Civilizations: Byzantium - Present

4

HST201

U.S. History through Reconstruction

4

HST202

U.S. History: Post-Reconstruction - Present

4

PS201

U. S. Government: Institutions and Policy

4

PS202

U. S. Government: Ideologies and Political Participation

4

PSY101

Psychology of Human Relations

3

PSY119

Psychology of Personal Growth

4

PSY201,202

General Psychology I, II

4-4

PSY215

Life Span Human Development

4

PSY219

Introduction to Abnormal Psychology

4

PSY231

Human Sexuality

3

SOC204,205

Introduction to Sociology, American Society

4-4

SOC211

Social Deviance and Social Control

3

SOC213

Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.

4

SOC218

Sociology of Gender

4

SOC225

Social Problems and Solutions

4

SOC228

Environment and Society

4

SOC230

Introduction to Gerontology

4

SOC235/HST259

The Chicano/Latino Historical Experience

4
Approved Science Electives

(Complete at least three courses, two of which must have labs, from the following list, 11-15 credits. Note that only one course can be a regional field studies course indicated by asterisk.) 

Course No.

Course Title

Credits

BI100SB

Biology of Human Body Systems (non-lab course)

3

BI101,102,103

Introduction to Biology I, II, III w/lab

4-4-4

BI121,122

Elementary Anatomy and Physiology I, II w/lab

4-4

BI211,212,213

General Biology I, II, III w/lab

4-4-4

BI231,232,233

Anatomy and Physiology I, II, III w/lab

4-4-4

BI234

Microbiology w/lab

4

CHEM104

Introductory Chemistry w/lab and Recitation

5

CHEM105

Introductory Organic Chemistry w/lab

4

CHEM106

Introductory Biochemistry w/lab

4

CHEM221,222,223

General Chemistry I, II, III w/lab and Recitation

5-5-5

CIS195

Web Authoring I (non-lab course)

4

ENV111

Introduction to Environmental Science (non-lab course)

3

G100

Fundamentals of Geology (non-lab course)

3

G101,102,103

Introduction to Geology I, II, III w/lab

4-4-4

GEOG100

Introduction to Physical Geography (non-lab course)

3

GS104

Physical Science: Physics w/lab

4

GS107

Physical Science: Astronomy w/ab

4

GS108

Physical Science: Oceanography w/lab

4

GS170 *

Regional Field Studies w/lab

4

PH201,202,203

General Physics I, II, III w/lab and Recitation

5-5-5

PH211,212,213

General Physics (Calculus Based) I, II, III w/lab and Recitation

5-5-5
Approved Program Electives

(complete 6-15 credits for a total of 90 program credits)

Course No.

Course Title

Credits

HE199

Special Studies in Health

1-3

HE208

HIV and Other Epidemics

1

HE250

Personal Health

3

HE252

First Aid/CPR

3

PE184

Adaptive Physical Education

1

PE185

Any physical education course not required within core requirements

variable

PE199

Special Studies in Physical Education

1-3

PE280

CWE/Physical Education

2

_____

Any lower division transfer course not already required

variable

1 Required for graduation. Approved Computer Information Science or Computer Science class, CIS120 or above, or documented computer proficiency within the past ten years.


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