Recreation and Outdoor Education Comprehensive Major: Outdoor Leadership Emphasis

Program Requirements

A minimum of 57 credits is required, including the 36-credit Recreation and Outdoor Education Core:

Recreation and Outdoor Education Core
ROE 182Introduction to Recreation and Outdoor Education3
ROE 189PRINCIPLES OF OUTDOOR EDUCATN3
ROE 240Alternative Programming3
ROE 283Leadership and Facilitation3
ROE 351Inquiry into Sustainability3
ROE 398Program Planning (with laboratory)3
ROE 454Human Development and Counseling for Outdoor Educators3
ROE 468Leadership and Administration3
ROE 490Recreation Philosophy and Ethics3
ROE 491Senior Seminar3
ROE 499Internship in Recreation and Outdoor Education3-9
Total Credits33-39

Medical Requirement

All Recreation and Outdoor Education majors must obtain a medical competency prior to graduation. Recreation emphasis majors must take ESS 276 Emergency Response or equivalent. Students with an emphasis in Outdoor Environmental Education, Outdoor Leadership, or Recreation and Outdoor Education Major: Comprehensive Program with Five-Year Master in Environmental Management must obtain certification as a Wilderness First Responder (WFR).

And the following courses. Additionally, students must:

  1. become a certified Wilderness First Responder (WFR), and
  2. complete at least 100 hours of certification-based or skill-based courses (not including WFR, Project Wet, Project Wild, or other certifications associated with required courses).
ROE 293OTDR PURSUITS EDUC-WATER W/LAB3
ROE 295OTDR PURSUITS EDUC-SNOW W/LAB3
ROE 296OUTDR PURSUITS EDUC-LAND BASED3
ROE 391Experiential Education Theory and Pedagogy3
One of the following:3
Environmental Biology (GT-SC2)
Introduction to Environment and Sustainability (GT-SS2)
One of the following:3
Interpretation of Natural and Cultural History
Foundations of Teaching Environmental Education
One of the following:3
Recreation and Sport Marketing
Entrepreneurship and Commercial Recreation
Total Credits21

Capstone Course Requirement

The following courses in the Recreation and Outdoor Education Major fulfill the capstone course requirements:ROE 499 Internship in Recreation and Outdoor Education.

Graduation Requirements

Undergraduate programs require a minimum of 120 semester credits for graduation.  Of those 120 credits, 40 credits must be in upper-division courses (those marked 300 and above).  Fifteen of these 40 upper-division credits must be earned in courses that are part of the standard or comprehensive major program being pursued. 

Students are expected to review all graduation requirements, which can be found in the Western Undergraduate Catalog: Graduation Requirements

Plan of Study Grid
Year One
FallCredits
ENG 102 Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) 3
Essential Skills MATH 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
HWTR 100 First Year Seminar 1
ROE 182 Introduction to Recreation and Outdoor Education 3
 Credits16
Spring
ENG 103 Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
ROE 189 PRINCIPLES OF OUTDOOR EDUCATN 3
ROE 283 Leadership and Facilitation 3
 Credits15
Summer
ROE 293
OTDR PURSUITS EDUC-WATER W/LAB
or OUTDR PURSUITS EDUC-LAND BASED
3
 Credits3
Year Two
Fall
Elective ROE Elective (Nat/Cult Hist/Teaching Env Ed) 3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
ROE 240 Alternative Programming 3
 Credits15
Spring
Elective Elective 3
Elective Elective (upper-division) 3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
ROE 295 OTDR PURSUITS EDUC-SNOW W/LAB 3
ROE 351 Inquiry into Sustainability 3
 Credits15
Year Three
Fall
Elective ROE Elective (Rec&Sport Mktg or Ent/Com Rec) 3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
Elective Elective (upper-division) 6
ROE 398
Program Planning (with laboratory)
or Recreation and Sport Marketing
3
 Credits15
Spring
Elective Elective 3
Elective Elective (upper-division) 6
ROE 333
Recreation and Sport Marketing
or Program Planning (with laboratory)
3
ROE 391 Experiential Education Theory and Pedagogy 3
 Credits15
Summer
ROE 296
OUTDR PURSUITS EDUC-LAND BASED
or OTDR PURSUITS EDUC-WATER W/LAB
3
 Credits3
Year Four
Fall
Elective Elective 3
Elective Elective (upper-division) 3
ROE 454 Human Development and Counseling for Outdoor Educators 3
ROE 499 Internship in Recreation and Outdoor Education 3-9
 Credits12-18
Spring
ROE 468 Leadership and Administration 3
ROE 490 Recreation Philosophy and Ethics 3
ROE 491 Senior Seminar 3
ROE 496 Field Experiences 2
 Credits11
 Total Credits120-126

Western is committed to doing our part to provide each student a clear path to graduation. This four‐year degree plan is a sample map for fulfilling requirements in the major and General Education. The pathway that you take to your degree may differ somewhat from this illustration, depending on where you start and the detours and side trips you may take along the way. You are responsible for ensuring your overall, upper division, and major‐specific credits as well as GPA requirements are fulfilled for graduation.