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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Oct 31, 2025

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Wilderness Leadership Minor (WLD)

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The Wilderness Leadership minor will introduce students to outdoor education philosophy, methods, and practices, with a focus on the core skills associated with planning and leading multi-day expeditions and backcountry trips. The required fall semester immersion experience involves extensive fieldwork - more than 20 days in the backcountry backpacking and canoe camping - along with medical training and potential certification as a Wilderness First Responder. This minor is available to students majoring in any discipline other than Adventure Education.

Requirements for the minor (20 credits)

OEL 1000 - Introduction to Outdoor Education 3 cr
OEL 1810 - Outdoor Education Practicum 3 cr
OEL 2060 - Wilderness First Responder 3 cr *
OEL 2900 - Outdoor Expedition 1-4 cr *
OEL 3240 - Backcountry Leadership 3 cr *
OEL 3850 - Adventure Programming 4 cr *
*Courses completed within a 1 semester immersion format.

Electives for the minor (1 credit)

Choose 1 OEL skills course (1 credit).

Vermont State University

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Wilderness Leadership Minor (WLD)

Requirements for the minor (20 credits)

Electives for the minor (1 credit)

Total credits required: 21