Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
REC 1005 - Winter Camping and Backpacking
Introduces students to the knowledge and skills needed to safely and enjoyably participate in winter camping and backpacking experiences. Topics include trip planning, equipment selection and use, nutrition and meal planning, thermoregulation, navigation and travel techniques, campsite selection, water treatment, cooking, human waste disposal, environmental ethics, safety and risk management, and the benefits of winter camping and backpacking.
Credit Hours: 1
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Learning and Doing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to identify and describe equipment, clothing, and accessories needed for safe and enjoyable winter camping and backpacking experiences.
- Students will be able to formulate an energy control plan that takes into consideration such factors as nutrition, fitness, and the physical demands of winter camping and backpacking.
- Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and proficiency in basic land navigation and travel techniques while winter camping and backpacking.
- Students will be able to discuss and implement principles of campsite selection in the backcountry amid winter weather conditions.
- Students will be able to demonstrate personal care related to health and wellness in the backcountry amid winter weather conditions, including thermoregulation techniques and personal hygiene.
- Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to procure and properly purify water in a backcountry environment amid winter weather conditions.
- Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to operate and maintain a basic backpacking stove safely and efficiently while winter camping.
- Students will be able to apply knowledge from the discipline of environmental ethics to minimize environmental and social impacts related to winter camping and backpacking.
- Students will be able to apply basic principles of safety and risk management in minimizing accident potential in winter camping and backpacking.
- Students will be able to develop trip plans for multiday winter camping and backpacking trips and engage in this activity as an ongoing leisure pursuit.
- Students will be able to articulate the general value of winter camping and backpacking from various disciplinary perspectives, including such disciplines as natural resource management, public health, and parks, recreation and leisure studies.
- Students will be able to meaningfully communicate learning in appropriate formats and language.
- Students will be able to demonstrate a sense of self by reflecting on lessons learned through multiple field experiences.
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