PE 126 Outdoor Leadership • 2 Cr.
Department
Description:
Explores techniques of providing leadership for groups in an outdoor adventure class situation. Includes conflict resolution, emotional management, and task balancing skills through an understanding of group dynamics.
Outcomes:
After completing this class, students should be able to:
- At the end of this course, students will be able to
- improve confidence in personal leadership abilities
- develop ice breaker activities to begin developing student/instructor dynamics
- develop conflict resolution skills to better manage large groups
- understand how to lead without dominating
- gain a greater understanding of group dynamics and how to prevent problems within groups
- develop skills needed to better manage risk for groups in outdoor adventure settings
