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University of Alberta Calendar 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

AUPED 180 - Outdoor Skills for Work and Recreation

Course Career Undergraduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 0-0-3
Fee index 6
Faculty Augustana Faculty
Department AU Social Sciences
Typically Offered either term

Description
This course is designed to provide students with the foundational skills and knowledge for safe and enjoyable work and recreational experiences in the outdoors. Students will develop skills such as personal thermoregulation, efficient camp management, trip planning, equipment selection and repair, food planning and water treatment, knots and shelters, fire lighting and stove use, axe and saw use, outdoor cooking and a variety of safety skills including hypothermia prevention and treatment and bear safety. Skills will be practiced during weekly labs and other short local field experiences.