Adventure Education BA

Why this program?

You are passionate about the outdoors. You are oriented toward equity and social justice, and want the skills needed to break barriers and foster holistic and experiential learning for all. Interdisciplinary skills gained: technical outdoor skills, social justice literacy, ecological knowledge, interpersonal fluency, and teaching competency.

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What can you do with this degree?

Not only can you become a successful professional outdoor educator, but you can apply all your skills and knowledge to any field that requires effective communication, people skills, risk assessment, and problem solving (kind of everything). The question isn’t what can you do, the question is what can’t you do:

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What will this program look like?

We are experiential. Students apply everything they learn in the classroom to field settings through practicums, field expeditions, and special projects.

We are field-based. We spend at least 50% of our time learning in a field setting. Some expeditionary classes are 100% field-based like Environmental Perspectives & White-Water Rafting. Others like Intro to Rock Climbing take place in-town as well as in the classroom.

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Adventure Education-Specific Concentrations

Concentration: Adventure Education 

Learning Outcomes 

•  Leadership and Facilitation: Learners will apply leadership skills, experiential teaching strategies, and facilitation techniques to create intellectually, emotionally, and physically safe communities within adventure education.
• Outdoor Skills: Learners will demonstrate technical competency in outdoor disciplines necessary for the implementation of safe, high-quality experiences.
  

Concentration: Outdoor Leadership

Learning Outcomes

• Leadership and Facilitation: Leadership and Facilitation: Learners will apply leadership skills, experiential teaching strategies, and facilitation techniques to create intellectually, emotionally, and physically safe communities within adventure education.

Outdoor Skills: Learners will demonstrate a high-level of technical competency in the outdoor skills needed for the implementation of safe, excellent, and educative outdoor experiences consistent with professional outdoor leaders.


Concentration: Equity Studies in Outdoor Leadership

Learning Outcomes

• Leadership and Facilitation: Learners will apply leadership skills, experiential teaching strategies, and facilitation techniques to create intellectually, emotionally, and physically safe communities within adventure education.
• Critical Analysis: Learners will employ critical theories to analyze and evaluate the relevant foundational theories, essential practices, and current trends in adventure education.

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Adventure Education-Specific Certificates

Certificate: Environmental Education

Critical Analysis: Learners will employ critical theories to analyze and evaluate the relevant foundational theories, essential practices, and current trends in adventure education.

Students who complete the following requirements will receive a Prescott College issued certificate as well as the option to pursue/receive Arizona Association For Environmental Education (AAEE) certificate as well. The AAEE is an affiliate of the North American Association for Environmental Educators (NAAEE). 

The learning outcomes for the Prescott College issued Environmental Education Certificate are aligned with the NAAEE guidelines, learning outcomes, and required competencies for excellent environmental educators


Certificate: River Studies and Leadership

Students who take the qualifying coursework may be eligible for a certificate in River Studies & Leadership certificate through the River Management Society. For more, visit the River Management Society’s Info Page.


Certificate: Place-based Experiential Education

Non-Credit Bearing External Certificate: Available for undergraduates, graduates, and external community members. Can be completed as stand alone intensives or stacked as a suite to earn a certificate. 

Certificate Learning Outcome:

Learners will integrate key elements and perspectives of place-based experiential education into educational experiences.