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MBA 67600 - Risk Management & Derivatives
(2) This course will serve as an introduction to risk management using financial tools. Students will learn about the derivative instruments available, how they are traded and valued, and techniques for using these instruments to manage different kinds of balance sheet and corporate risk. . Prerequisites: MBA 65300 is suggested, but not required. Offered Summer or as needed.
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MBA 68000 - Directed Study
(1-3) Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a faculty member. Offered as needed.
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MBA 68300 - Fund Management Practicum
(1) Students in this class will be tasked exclusively with managing APU’s live, fully funded, real-time growth equity endowment portfolio, established October 2001. Students will employ active-management quantitative stock screening and selection methods, sound portfolio construction principles, and portfolio attribution and characteristics analysis, while following the prescribed investment policy and discipline.
This portfolio management course is fast-paced with an emphasis on leveraging APU’s industry-leading Bloomberg Professional service, providing a comprehensive array of market and portfolio data, news, and analytics. Students will be required to achieve their Bloomberg Certification during the course.
This course may be taken up to 3 times for credit. Prerequisite: MBA 61800 Offered Fall/Spring/Summer.
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MBA 68500 - Internship
(1-6) Practical work experience or experiential opportunity in a given area of concentration under the guidance of a faculty member and on-site supervisor. Completion of a written report or document. Offered as needed.
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MBA 69000 - Seminar
(1-3) Small group meets with faculty member for in-depth study and discussion of particular topics. Appropriate course descriptions published when offered. Offered as needed.
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MBA 69001 - Nonprofits: Creating Sustainability via Focus
(1) Successful nonprofits have focus—clarity of purpose. They build on that with excellent people, external relationships, an ability to raise funds, and a sense of entrepreneurialism that enables them to adapt. This course focuses on leading edge thinking about the factors that create a sustainable organization and that build organizational resilience. Students will gain experience by analyzing current practices of a nonprofit and implement a strategy for improvement. Offered as needed.
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MBA 69002 - Nonprofits: Building Stability via Resilience
(1) Creating organizational stability requires perceptiveness and nimbleness to navigate change and weather crisis. This class will focus on how to sustainably strengthen an organization’s impact and enhance its stability by guiding board, staff, funders and other constituents. Students will build skills to assess and navigate stakeholders’ needs and priorities in order to effectively bring resources to the nonprofit—human, monetary, and physical. Offered annually.
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MBA 69200 - Special Topics
(1-3) Examination or study of a special topic or area. Course description published when offered. Offered as needed.
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MBA 69300 - Special Finance Topics
(2) Special topics offered depending on demand and program development, these topics will include: The Art of Trading, Options, Derivatives and Futures, Pensions, Commodities, and Managing the Student Fund. Prerequisite: MBA 65200 . Offered as needed.
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MBA 69500 - Research Project
(3) Undertaking of major research project under guidance of a faculty member. Involves in-depth study of a specific area. Quantitative or qualitative research methods are used in the completion of the project. Prerequisite: Recommend course in design and principles of research. Offered as needed.
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MBA 69600 - Current Topics in Business
(1-4) These courses will examine a variety of current business issues. Each course will be taught by a leading authority on a subject relevant to evolving business challenges. These include entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities, integration of different functional areas of business, global business developments, and other leadership issues for a rapidly changing business environment. May be taken multiple times with different topic names.
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MBA 69700 - Capstone Course
(3) Integration and application of the skills learned in competitive strategy, finance, human resource management, marketing, accounting, operations management, and other functional areas through an interactive management simulation conducted in teams. Prerequisites: Completion of at least eight (8) MBA courses (inclusive of all core MBA degree offerings) representing a cross section of functional management/administrative disciplines or instructor permission. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MBA 69900 - Thesis
(3-6) Compilation, evaluation, interpretation, writing, and oral presentation of significant research in a business or management area. Research proposal and final product must be approved by the thesis committee. Prerequisite: MBA 60100 . Offered as needed.
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MT - Mathematics |
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MT 09600 - Pre-College Mathematics
(1) This course is a self-paced course which students will complete via course content on the internet. A review of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers through concepts in fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, proportions, positive and negative numbers, simple equations, and includes an introduction to geometry. Credits may not be applied toward a certificate or degree program. Offered as needed.
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MT 09700 - Elementary Algebra
(3) Properties of real numbers, polynomials, factoring, exponents, radicals, algebraic fractions, graphing, solving linear equations, systems of linear equations, linear inequalities, absolute value equations, and quadratic equations. Credits may not be applied toward a certificate or degree. Prerequisite: MT 09600 or placement test. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MT 10100 - Intermediate Algebra
(4) Includes and extends topics covered in MT 09700 . Covers properties of real numbers, linear equations and inequalities; graphs, functions, and their applications; systems of equations; polynomials and polynomial functions; rational expressions, equations, and functions; radical expressions, equations and functions; quadratic equations and functions; exponential and logarithmic functions. Satisfies CT Computation for Foundational Studies. Prerequisite: MT 09700 or placement test. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MT 12100 - Precalculus
(4) Equations integrated with geometry, including linear, power, polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions and their inverses. Prerequisite:A grade of C- or better in MT 10100 or placement test. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MT 21000 - Math Concepts
(3) Elementary set theory, the real number system, numeration systems, algorithms of arithmetic, logic and geometry, the metric system, calculators, computer programming, and probability and statistics. Prerequisite: A grade of a C- or better in MT 10100 or placement test. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MT 22000 - Applied Statistics for Environmental Science
(4) The fundamental principles of statistics including descriptive statistics, probability, linear regression, inferential statistics with science applications, and an introduction to the interpretation of the output of statistical analysis packages for microcomputers. Prerequisite: A grade of a C- or better in MT 10100 or placement test. Offered Fall.
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MT 23000 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
(4) Differential and integral calculus of elementary algebraic and transcendental functions including trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions with associated analytic geometry. Prerequisite: A grade of C- or better in MT 12100 , placement test or instructor permission. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MT 24000 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
(4) Integration techniques and applications, infinite series, and associated analytic geometry. Prerequisite: A grade of a C- or better in MT 23000 or placement test. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MT 28000 - Directed Study
(1-5) Individual study in math under the guidance of a faculty member and by permission only. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MT 32000 - Advanced Statistics
(4) Practical application of both univariate and multivariate statistical methods including linear regression, analysis of variance, and general linear model. Design of research and evaluation of data. Prerequisite: A grade of a C- or better in MT 22000 or equivalent. Offered: Spring.
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MT 35000 - Multivariable Calculus
(4) Vectors, curves, surfaces, partial differentiation, and multiple integrals, and an introduction to vector calculus. Prerequisite:A grade of C- or better in MT 24000 . Offered Spring.
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MT 35500 - Introduction to Mathematical Proof and Theory
(4) This course is an introduction to reading and writing mathematical proof. This course will discuss the basic language of proof common to all branches of mathematics with a concentration on discrete mathematics. It will contain topics such as mathematical induction, set theory, logic, divisibility, combinatorics, and cardinality. Prerequisite:A grade of a C- or better in MT 35000 or permission of the instructor. Offered Spring.
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MT 36000 - Differential Equations and Applications
(4) Ordinary differential equations, elementary methods of solution, linear differential equations, and systems of linear differential equations, power series, and an introduction to dynamical systems, with application to environmental sciences. Prerequisite:A grade of a C- or better in MT 24000 . Offered: Fall as needed.
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MT 37000 - Linear Algebra and Applications
(4) Linear algebra and its applications. The topics of linear transformations, matrix algebra, determinants, vector spaces, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and orthogonality will be covered. Prerequisite: A grade of a C- or better in MT 24000 . Offered Fall as needed.
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MT 38000 - Directed Study
(1-5) Individual study in math under the guidance of a faculty member and by permission only. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MT 42500 - Applied Statistical Modeling
(4) Mathematical, statistical, and computational skills needed to fit statistical models to data in environmental science and evaluate them. Each student will be expected to motivate, construct, analyze, and report on a statistical/mathematical model of their own using data they acquire and to explore and communicate techniques used in their field of study. Topics will include a review of deterministic functions and approaches to modeling, statistical approaches and probability distributions, likelihood methods, some Bayesian approaches, and some matrix algebra. Examples will be drawn mostly from fisheries and ecology. Prerequisite:A grade of a C- or better in ; two semesters of statistics or permission of the instructor. Offered Fall.
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MT 48000 - Directed Study
(1-5) Individual study in math under the guidance of a faculty member and by permission only. Offered Fall/Spring.
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OEE 60100 - Thesis Seminar I
(1) This seminar is to be taken in the initial semester of MSOEE program attendance, affording each student an opportunity to develop a thesis topic. The seminar meets weekly in order to explore research and project options, broaden participants’ understanding of current trends among researchers and practitioners in the field and support the development of a collaborative research environment within the cohort. The culminating paper will provide a working draft for the Thesis Proposal with particular emphasis on the literature review. This may be a quantitative or qualitative research proposal for the Research Thesis or a proposal for an action project to be carried out for a Project Thesis. At the end of the semester students present their work to invited peers and faculty.
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OEE 60300 - Research Methods in Outdoor and Environmental Education
(3) This course is a graduate level course in which students will learn the necessary skills to develop a research project that includes a statement of the problem, data collection, compilation, analysis, and interpretation. Special emphasis will be placed on methods appropriate to the nature of outdoor program design and the wide variety of quantitative and qualitative methods commonly employed in research in this field. Offered: Annually
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OEE 60500 - Outdoor and Environmental Education Literacy
(3) This course will experience the wide variety of outdoor and environmental curricula offered locally and nationally via readings on their history, philosophy, methods, and issues. Field trips and trainings will be utilized as appropriate to provide demonstration models and hands on experience in diverse approaches to implementing OEE curricula. The course will also explore certification and training options for the students enrolled in the Outdoor and Environmental Education Graduate Program.
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OEE 60700 - Teaching Methods for Outdoor and Environmental Education
(3) This course will cover in detail the theories and methods used in outdoor and environmental education. Students will learn to integrate the natural sciences into standard outdoor and environmental teaching methods. The emphasis is on practical techniques utilized in both formal and non-formal education in an environmental context. Course will include off-campus field component and lab fee.
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OEE 60800 - Ideas of Nature
(3) An investigation of the ways in which ideas about nature are foundational to U.S. culture. The focus will be mainly on U.S. American attitudes toward nature but will include consideration of views held by diverse peoples worldwide, particulary indigenous peoples. Offered Spring.
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OEE 61100 - Curriculum Design for Experiential Educators
(3) This course will explore the role of the curriculum design as a foundation of successful outdoor and environmental education by making students familiar with the educational materials and curricula that are offered nationally and locally. Focus will be on students’ ability to design their own curriculum and to adapt it to different audiences.
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OEE 61300 - Learning Theory in Outdoor Education
(3) Outdoor Educators in both non-formal programs and experientially grounded formal programs commonly rely on a distinct set of learning theories. This course will introduce these approaches to learning and help students to acquire a working knowledge of the most commonly used theories in Outdoor & Environmental Education. These approaches include Constructivism; Behavior Constraint; Diffusion Innovation; Adaptive Dissonance; Place-Attachment; Optimal Arousal; Flow; Social Learning; Expectancy, Self-efficacy and Locus of Control; and Effectance and Competence Motivation. Students will gain an understanding of the outdoor and environmental educator’s role in facilitating learning experiences relying on each perspective; Place-Attachment; Optimal Arousal; Flow; Social Learning; Expectancy, Self-efficacy and Locus of Control; and Effectance and Competence Motivation. Students will gain an understanding of the outdoor and environmental educator’s role in facilitating learning experiences relying on each perspective; Place-Attachment; Optimal Arousal; Flow; Social Learning; Expectancy, Self-efficacy and Locus of Control; and Effectance and Competence Motivation. Students will gain an understanding of the outdoor and environmental educator’s role in facilitating learning experiences relying on each perspective.
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OEE 61500 - Power of Place in Education
(3) This course will explore the concepts of place-based transformative education, ecological identity, place dependence and place attachment as factors in the development of a sense of place in a variety of student/client populations. Particular emphasis will be placed on exploring and understanding the role of place in the curriculum and strategies for enhancing the development of ecological identity in students of outdoor and environmental education programs. Course delivery will focus on active engagement with developing Spring Creek Farm as a place-based learning lab and integrate readings, active exploration of the natural world, participation in place-based community service and written/oral personal reflection. Offered: Annually
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OEE 67500 - Thesis Seminar II
(1) This seminar is to be taken in the second semester of MSOEE program attendance, affording each student an opportunity to fully engage his/her thesis topic . The seminar meets weekly in order to share research and project challenges and successes thus, broadening participants’ knowledge of the multiple approaches to research and project development in this varied field. The culminating paper will be the Thesis Proposal ready for review by committee members.
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OEE 68000 - Directed Study
(1-3) Designed for students wishing to learn about and experience new topics not available in regular scheduled classes.
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OEE 68500 - Practicum
(1-3) This course involves supervised fieldwork in a professional setting with emphasis on organizing, leading, and assessing outdoor and environmental education programs. Students will work with professional organizations that deliver curriculum, assisting them with learning organizational and teaching techniques, and developing project and research proposals.
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OEE 69200 - Special Topics
(1-3) Designed for faculty and students wishing to learn and experience new topics not available in regularly scheduled classes.
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OEE 69900 - Thesis Research/Professional Project
(1-4) Students will study an area of their interest in outdoor and environmental education, developing a research question, collecting, compiling, and analyzing data, and writing a professional paper summarizing their thesis. Work will be supervised by a thesis committee with a presentation and defense of work, and approval of thesis before graduation.
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OS 10600 - Mountain Weather
(2) This course prepares students to observe and evaluate weather in the field with the emphasis on weather forecasting. During the course students will learn to make weather forecasts from weather observations and share weather knowledge by reading, writing and teaching about it.
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OS 11000 - Introduction to Wilderness Skills
(4) Introduction to the skills necessary for safe, efficient non-motorized wilderness travel, including expedition planning, equipment, rations, camping, wilderness travel on both water and land, and hazard recognition. Students should expect to be in the field the majority of the class traveling in remote, off trail terrain. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transportation costs. Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies. Offered Fall.
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OS 11100 - Dog Mushing
(2) An in-depth introduction to dog powered sports. Topics include dog sledding history, veterinary care, racing technique, and equipment. This course builds student experience through hands-on field classes and kennel visits, assisting with a dogsled race, and a dogsled/ski trip. Lab fee required. Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies. Offered Spring. Professional Competencies: RP, EC, EP.
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OS 11200 - Introduction to Winter Wilderness Skills
(4) Introduction to winter travel and camping, avalanche evaluation, backcountry skiing, and basic winter natural history. Course includes an Avalanche I curriculum. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transportation costs. Prerequisite: OS 11000 . Offered Spring.
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OS 11300 - Sea Kayaking
(2) Fundamentals of sea kayaking. Topics include equipment selection and use, wet exits and rescues, paddling strokes, wind and waves, navigation, and seamanship. At least one weekend outing. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transportation costs. Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies. Offered yearly.
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OS 11400 - Climbing Systems
(2) Fundamentals of rock climbing including objective and subjective hazard evaluation, movement, rope handling, dynamic and static forces, fixed line ascension, belay escapes, knot passes, lowers, and changeovers at the anchor. Lab fee required. Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies. Offered Fall.
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OS 11500 - Beginning Ice Climbing
(2) Fundamentals of ice climbing including objective and subjective hazard evaluation, movement, rope handling, dynamic and static forces, fixed line ascension, belay escapes, knot passes, lowers, and changeovers at the anchor. Lab fee required. Prerequisite: OS 11400 or instructor permission. Offered Spring.
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OS 11700 - Equipment Design and Repair
(2) This class addresses the wide range of problems associated with maintaining outdoor equipment and introduces students to the fundamentals of equipment design and construction. Lab fee required. Offered as needed.
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OS 12000 - Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding
(1-4) During this intensive block course, students learn and practice the fundamentals of snowboarding or alpine skiing, employing the American Teaching System (ATS) created by the national organization of Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI). In a resort setting, and in partnership with an established ski and snowboard school, students advance at their own pace, from novice to intermediate to expert. Lab fee required. Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies. Offered spring.
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OS 18000 - Directed Study
(1-4) Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered as needed.
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OS 18500 - Practicum
(1-12) The practicum is an integral part of the student’s pre-professional preparation. It will help them identify career areas to pursue and network with professionals in that field of work. Offered as needed.
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OS 19200 - Special Topics
(1-4) Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered as needed.
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OS 20000 - Introduction to Outdoor Studies
(4) Survey of the field of recreation and leisure services. As a required course for all Outdoor Studies majors and minors, it serves as an orientation to the profession. Satisfies the Sophomore Seminar for Major Studies. Offered Fall.
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OS 20100 - Recreation Program Design
(4) Prepares students to plan, conduct, lead, and evaluate programs in the field of outdoor recreation and adventure education. Students will analyze and review different styles and philosophies of local recreational programs and develop their own program design. Offered Spring.
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OS 20200 - Wilderness First Responder
(4) Fundamentals of emergency care in a non-urban environment, including physiology, injury assessment, short term care, anatomy, and small group rescues. Certification fee required. Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies. Offered Fall.
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OS 20300 - Wilderness First Responder Refresher
(1) This course reviews and recertifies the Wilderness First Responder standards of care in non-urban environments. Class consists of lectures, hands on scenarios, and readings. Students must have a current WFR certification. Certification fee required. Prerequisite: OS 20200 or permission of instructor. Offered as needed.
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OS 20400 - Leave No Trace Master Educator
(1) A Leave No Trace Master Educator course is designed to give students a comprehensive overview of Leave No Trace skills and ethics through practical application in a field-based setting. The course emphasizes the ability to teach ethics and skills to different audiences. The course includes a minimum of four eight-hour days and at least three nights camping in the field. Upon successfully completing the course, the student will receive a LNT Master Educator certification that is recognized in the outdoor industry internationally. Lab fee includes the certification fee. Prerequisite: OS 11000 . Offered Fall.
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OS 21000 - Snow and Avalanche Science for Professionals I
(4) This course explores the properties of weather, terrain, and snow pack that lead to snow avalanches. The course will also address avalanche rescue techniques and career opportunities in the field of snow science. Content covers avalanche level 2 curriculum. Satisfies SI Biological/Physical Scientific Inquiry. Prerequisite: OS 11200 or instructor permission. Offered Fall.
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OS 21100 - Backcountry Skills
(4) A menu course in backcountry skills that develops students’ expertise and knowledge of specific skill related to wilderness recreation. Students will also gain the ability to plan, prepare for, and undertake short recreational trips in the backcountry of Alaska and elsewhere. For water courses students must be competent swimmers. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transport at own costs. Prerequisite OS 11000 or instructor permission. Offered Fall.
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OS 21200 - Backcountry Skiing
(2) A field-oriented course designed to prepare students to plan and conduct safe backcountry skiing trips. Topics include alpine touring/ telemark skiing techniques, map reading and route finding skills, and avalanche evaluation and rescue techniques. The course meets weekly to tour outside Anchorage area. Lab fee required. Prerequisites: OS 11200 , OS 21000 . Offered as needed.
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OS 21500 - Mountain Rescue
(4) This course provides an introduction to the technical skills required for both improvised and organized rescues on steep terrain. The curriculum includes static and dynamic loads, technical rope skills, the tandem prusik belay, pulley systems, highlines, and assorted single and double rope rescue methods. Prerequisite: OS 11400 . Offered Summer.
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OS 21600 - Introduction to Search and Rescue
(2) This course provides an introduction to search history, management, planning, strategy, and tactics for finding lost or injured persons in forest and alpine environments as well as in caves and avalanches. Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies. Offered Fall.
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OS 28000 - Directed Study
(1-4) Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered as needed.
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OS 28500 - Practicum
(1-12) The practicum is an integral part of the student’s pre-professional preparation. It will help them identify career areas to pursue and network with professionals in that field of work. Offered as needed.
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OS 29000 - Teaching Assistant
(1-4) Teaching assistant (TA) helps faculty with instructional responsibilities including teaching lessons, coaching skill development and peer mentoring. The assistantship gives student an opportunity to practice and polish outdoor educator skills in the instructor team of an existing APU course (also referred to as parent course in this document). Teaching assistantship should contribute to student’s academic growth and degree goals. Teaching Assistantship can be repeated and taken for 1-4 credits. Prerequisite: Prior completion of the parent course as a student OR instructor permission. Offered as needed.
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OS 29200 - Special Topics
(1-4) Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered as needed.
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OS 30200 - Wildland Ecosystems and Human Impacts
(4) A field course for college students and professionals interested in applied field research techniques. Students in this course travel by nonmotorized methods such as sea kayaking while applying research techniques used in measuring human impacts on remote ecosystems. Course content includes temperate ecosystems; human use and management; and field research techniques including water sampling and radial transects. Class project will include entering and analyzing data. Wilderness living, sea kayaking, and database skills are necessary, instructor approval required. Lab fee required. Offered Summer or Fall.
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OS 30300 - Applied Exercise Physiology
(4) This course is a survey of the scientific principles, methodologies and research as applied to exercise and physical performance. The emphasis is on physiological responses and adaptations to acute and chronic physical exercise. Offered as needed.
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OS 31000 - Expedition Leadership
(4) Expedition Leadership introduces students to the process of leading wilderness expeditions. Students will assist in planning, organizing, leading, and evaluating a twenty-one day expedition. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transportation costs. Prerequisite: OS 11000 or instructor permission. Offered Fall.
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OS 31200 - Expedition Mountaineering
(4) This class is an extended Alaskan mountaineering expedition. Topics include glacier travel, winter camping, snow and ice climbing, ski mountaineering, route finding, risk management, decision making, and hazard evaluation. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transportation costs. Prerequisites: OS 11400 , OS 11200 or instructor permission. Offered Summer.
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OS 31300 - Expedition Sea Kayaking
(4) A two-to three-week sea kayaking expedition in the coastal environment. In addition to practicing the skills of safe sea kayaking, students will help organize and lead the trip. Topics include advanced strokes, bracing, rescues in rough water, secondary stability, boat/ paddle selection, trip planning, minimum impact camping, and hazard evaluation. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transportation costs. Prerequisites: OS 11000 and OS 11300 or instructor permission. Offered Spring or Summer.
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OS 31600 - Expedition Glacier Travel
(4) Expedition Glacier Travel emphasizes the skills required for traveling and climbing in Alaska’s heavily glaciated mountain ranges. Snow camping, expedition behavior, crevasse rescues, snow and ice climbing, route finding, peak ascents, and avalanche hazard evaluation will be emphasized. Lab fee required, plus personal food, equipment, and transportation costs. Prerequisites: OS 11400 and OS 11200 ; or instructor permission. Offered Summer.
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OS 32500 - Snow Science for Outdoor Professionals II
(4) This advanced snow science course allows students to explore a research question about snow science. The class will use field days to gather data to answer these questions. The participants will apply their previous knowledge of snow and avalanches while learning to forecast avalanche instability in the course area. Lab fee covers additional field instructor, transportation and group gear. Prerequisite OS 21000 . Offered Spring.
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OS 37000 - Risk Management for Outdoor Professionals
(2) Risk Management for Outdoor Professionals will discuss the components of risk management in the outdoor profession. Topics include risk management and emergency response planning, legal and ethical responsibilities of risk management, and risk transfer topics such as insurance and participant agreements. Students will develop a risk management and emergency response plan. Prerequisite: OS 20100 . Offered Fall.
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OS 38000 - Directed Study
(1-4) Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered as needed.
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OS 38500 - Practicum
(1-12) The practicum is an integral part of the student’s pre-professional preparation. It will help them identify career areas to pursue and network with professionals in that field of work. Offered as needed.
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OS 39200 - Special Topics
(1-4) Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered as needed.
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OS 40100 - The Business of Recreation
(4) An investigation of the concepts and theories of administration and management of recreational organizations. Theories, processes, and legal concepts behind established and entrepreneurial recreational organizations. Topics and projects include funding, incorporation, personnel and fiscal management, community relations, and liability as related to recreational services. Offered Fall.
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OS 40200 - Outdoor Education
(4) Application of the theories and techniques of teaching in and about the natural environment. This course will develop, implement, and evaluate programs for local schools using standard environmental curriculum. Course will include off-campus field component and lab fee. Offered Spring.
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OS 40300 - Alaska Natural History Interpretation
(4) This course explores the techniques and theories used by public land administrators to interpret the Alaskan natural environment. Interpretive trail alignment and displays, as well as oral and written interpretive presentations are emphasized. Lab fee required. Offered Fall.
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OS 40400 - Research Methods for Outdoor & Environmental Studies
(4) In this course, students explore relevant methodological issues of qualitative, quantitative, and conceptual research. Students also become familiar with post-positivism, including feminist and post-colonial critiques of academic work. Students engage in a community based research effort, as part of a student project. Prerequisite: . Offered Fall.
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OS 40500 - Recreation and the Public Land Resource
(4) Surveys the evolution of United States public land policy, the agencies that manage public land, the relevant public land legislation, and the people who recreate on public land. Offered Spring.
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OS 47000 - Advanced Topics in Outdoor Leadership
(2) This class will cover trends, theories, and concepts related to outdoor leadership and ethics. Topics include leadership theories and facilitation, ethical issues of outdoor activities, group dynamics and development, and individual behavior and motivation. Offered Spring.
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OS 48000 - Directed Study
(1-4) Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered as needed.
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OS 48500 - Practicum
(1-12) The practicum is an integral part of the student’s pre-professional preparation. It will help them identify career areas to pursue and network with professionals in that field of work. Offered as needed.
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OS 49200 - Special Topics
(1-4) Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered as needed.
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OS 49800 - Senior Project Proposal
(2) Students develop their senior project proposal including description, timeline, learning outcomes, methodology, risk management, research proposal, budget, and other relevant topics. Offered Fall/Spring.
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OS 49900 - Senior Project
(6-10) The senior project is the culmination of the student’s academic career. The goal of the class is to help the student identify, plan, implement, and evaluate a project that focuses the student’s skills and knowledge in a way that demonstrates his or her professional interests. This seminar will meet weekly. Prerequisite: . Offered as needed.
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PE - Physical Education |
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PE 10200 - Fitness for Life
(2-3) Students learn the basics of exercise physiology, cardiovascular and muscular conditioning, diet, nutrition and weight control, health risk factors, and stress management. Emphasis is on self-evaluation and personalized program planning to maintain fitness throughout life. Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies. Offered Fall/Spring.
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PE 10300 - Beginning I Level Physical Education and Outdoor Skill Activities
(1-2) Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies (1 credit required). Offered as needed.
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| (Topic course number range from PE 10301 to PE 10399 and PE 20301 to PE 20399 in schedule) |
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| Advanced Alpine Skiing |
Advanced Cross-Country Skiing |
| Aerobic Conditioning |
Bouldering Circuit/Weight Training I |
| Crosstraining |
Cycling |
| Lifetime Fitness |
Nordic Skiing |
| Physical Education |
Run/Ski |
| Running & Circuit Training |
Self-Defense through Marial Arts |
| Shoshin Ryu/Martial Arts |
Skate Skiing |
| Swimming |
Water Aerobics |
| Weight Training I |
Weight Training II |
| Yoga |
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PE 20300 - Beginning II Level Physical Education and Outdoor Skill Activities
(1-2) Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies (1 credit required). Offered as needed.
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| (Topic course number range from PE 10301 to PE 10399 and PE 20301 to PE 20399 in schedule) |
| Selected Topics: |
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| Advanced Alpine Skiing |
Advanced Cross-Country Skiing |
| Aerobic Conditioning |
Bouldering Circuit/Weight Training I |
| Crosstraining |
Cycling |
| Lifetime Fitness |
Nordic Skiing |
| Physical Education |
Run/Ski |
| Running & Circuit Training |
Shoshin Ryu/Martial Arts |
| Skate Skiing |
Swimming |
| Water Aerobics |
Weight Training I |
| Weight Training II |
Yoga |
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PH - Philosophy |
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PH 20100 - Introduction to Philosophy
(4) Introduction to basic elements of philosophy, its history, foundational principles, theoretical and practical issues in the field of philosophy. Satisfies CH Intellectual Traditions for Foundational Studies. Offered as needed.
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| (Topic course numbers range from PH 20101 to PH 20105 in schedule) |
| Selected Topics: |
| PH 20100 Introduction to Philosophy |
| PH 20103 Philosophy of History |
| PH 20104 Philosophy of Religion |
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PH 20200 - Introduction to Ethics
(4) This course will be an introduction to the theoretical and practical issues in the field of philosophical ethics. Satisfies CH Intellectual Traditions for Foundational Studies. Offered as needed.
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PH 20300 - Symbolic Logic
(4) This course will introduce the student to the full spectrum of skills in symbolic logic. This course will begin to make the student more conscious of the process and techniques of how to solve problems. In developing these skills, the student will have to begin to identify distinct kinds of problem situations, recognize the general principles that control the solution of the identified problems, and then choose and apply the appropriate techniques for negotiating the identified solutions. Students will also be expected to understand and develop skills involving the proving of theorems. Satisfies CH Intellectual Traditions for Foundational Studies. Prerequisite: MT 10100 . Offered as needed.
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