Students earn
credits outdoors
DENVER, CO - Often students
find themselves wondering how to
fill needed credits with exciting
classes. Those students who are
hungry for something exciting
have been heading to the
Colorado Outward Bound School
(COBS) in increasing numbers,
marking a trend in student
preferences for nontraditional
learning.
“There are increasing numbers
of students who want to complete
their college requirements but not
in the traditional classroom
setting,” says Bruce Fitch,
Executive Director of the
Colorado Outward Bound School.
“At Outward Bound, students can
undertake wilderness challenges
that develop leadership,
teamwork, self reliance and at the
time fulfill college
requirements.”
Wilderness Leadership Courses
are the primary vehicles used by
college students for credit.
On the 78- and 81-day courses,
students develop skills in winter
mountaineering, rock climbing,
whitewater rafting, desert
canyoneering and sea kayaking.
They also practice the teaching,
environmental and
communication skills necessary
to become an outdoor leader.
The 78-day semester course
takes place on the Sea of Cortex
in Baja, Mexico; the 81-day
semester course runs in the
Collegiate Range of Colorado,
through Canyonlands National
Park in Utah and at the Joshua
Tree National Park in California
or Mt. Lemmon, Ariz.
Fitch pointed out that requests
for Independent Study Guides -
“Students can
underake wilderness
challenges”
-Bruce Fitch
which students use to help them
obtain credit at the “home”
school - and applications for
college credit at schools working
directly with Outward Bound have
increased 15 percent during the
past three years.
The trend toward non-traditional
learning is seen as the primary
cause, college credit offered by
the University of Colorado at
Denver has become another
important factor for students.
Students can earn two semester
hours for a 10- br 14-day course,
three semester hours for and 18-
or 23-day course, four semester
hours for a 30-day course and ten
semester hours for a 78- or 81-day
course.
Another draw for students is the
$600,000 in student financial aid
that is available for COBS
courses
“We understand that more and
more people attending college
rely on financial aid. We wan to
offer them a similar opportunity
based on their financial need,”
“Your parents are like the
smell of cooked cabbage.
They come for dinner, but
then they linger”
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TAKING THE CLASSROOM OUTSIDE: The Colorado Outward Bound
School makes it possible for students to take their studies outside and
complete college requirements in a more exciting atmosphere.
said Fitch.
According to Fitch, most
financial aid awards cover 30 to
50 percent of course tuition,
except on semester-long courses
where aid is limited to $1,500.
Winter and spring courses
coming up at Outward Bound
include:
81-day Wilderness Leadership
Semester n Colorado, Utah
and Arizona (Jan. 24)
78-day Wilderness Leadership
Semester in Baja, Arizona and
New Mexico (Jan. 30)
23-day Winter Multi-Skill
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Spring class additions
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Spring ‘96 ushers in the
unprecedented arrivals of three
new courses at Behrend.
Political Science 132,
Psychology 120 and African-
American Studies 146 are new
editions to next semeseter’s
course line-up.
Political Science 132
concerns the growth of ethnic
and racial exclusivism in the
last decade. A central feature
of this course it its
multidisplinary approach to the
subject.
It assumes intolerance in
any context it the outcome of
psychological, economic,
historic and usually, political
considerations.
The course objective is to
compare varities of intolerance
to better understand their
origins and consequences.
PoliSci 132 will be taught
by Professor Zachary Irwin on
MWF from 1-1:50 p.m. in
Turnbull 207.
African-American Studies
146 takes an in depth look at
the life of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.
The course objective is to
probe King’s life historically,
personally and philosophically.
The course will be
instructed by Professor Fowler
at 2:00 p.m. MWF in Academic
42. This course satisfies
general diversity requirements.
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Political Science 132
MWF 1-1:50 p.m.
Zachary Irwin
Objective: To compare varieties of intolerance to better
understand their origins and consequences.
African-American Studies 146
MWF 2-2:50 p.m.
Greg Fowler
Objective: Probe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life historically,
personally and philosophically.
Psychology 120
MWF 1-1:50 p.m.
Dr. Dawn Blasko
Objective: To help students become more aware of the
diversity of the international community and develop an
increased understanding and tolerance of attitude and
viewpoints different from their own.
broad range of areas including
human development,
perception,
motivation;
behaviorpersonality, cognition
and normal behavior.
One major goal of the
course is to develop critical
thinking skills that will allow
students to assess scientific
claims objectively. By
studying psychology from a
cross cultural perspective,
student should become more
aware of the diversity of the
international community and
develop and increased
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attitude and veiwpoints different
from their own.
Psychology 002
(Introductory Psychology) is the
only prerequisite.
Psychology 120 will be
instucted by Professor Dawn
Blasko MWF 1:00-1:50 in
Turnbull 204, it satisfies both
general education diversity and
Social and Behavioral Science
requirements.
All three courses promise to
be compelling and provocative
in their own way, and are a
welcomed addition to the
Behrend curriculum.