HREC 146 Intermediate Climbing
This course prepares the climber to safely climb on his or her own in an unsupervised setting and builds upon the basic skills learned in HREC 145. Course content includes safely evaluating a climb, building anchor systems, rope management, rappelling, self rescue, and improving climbing technique. The course includes at least one multi-day trip to local climbing areas. Students must furnish or rent basic climbing equipment. This course includes a course fee. Prerequisite: HREC 145 or instructor permission.
HREC 146Intermediate Climbing
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I. General Information
II. Course Specification
Credit Hours Narrative
2.00 Credits
III. Catalog Course Description
This course prepares the climber to safely climb on his or her own in an unsupervised setting and builds upon the basic skills learned in HREC 145. Course content includes safely evaluating a climb, building anchor systems, rope management, rappelling, self rescue, and improving climbing technique. The course includes at least one multi-day trip to local climbing areas. Students must furnish or rent basic climbing equipment. This course includes a course fee. Prerequisite: HREC 145 or instructor permission.
IV. Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- Students will demonstrate appropriate safety practices
- Apply wellness knowledge and practice positive behavior growth using a
- Understand the concept of wellness and be able to recognize the long term benefits of maintaining a high level of wellness for living in today’s world
- Students will understand and apply the physical dimension of wellness through weekly climbing sessions
- Students will understand and apply the social dimension of wellness through weekend climbing / camping trip
- Students will understand and apply the intellectual dimension of wellness through proficient use of basic and advanced knots, anchor building, descending of a face, and employing basic rescue techniques
- Minimum of three dimensions of wellness (Emotional, Environmental, Intellectual, Physical, Social, Spiritual and Financial)-Pick at least 3
- Students will demonstrate appropriate safety practices
- Students will improve/maintain their level of cardiovascular fitness throughout the semester
V. Topical Outline (Course Content)
VI. Delivery Methodologies