OUTDOOR 9: Travel as a Sacred Journey Towards Presence, Practice, and Purpose
Engage travel and pilgrimage as intentional contemplative practice for exploring one's life purpose. Experientially investigate, both individually and collectively, outer journeying as a support for inner reflection on meaning making and values creation. While immersed in environments ranging from nature settings to retreat communities learn about, contemplate, and practice a range of methods, informed by multiple spiritual and philosophical traditions, meant to enhance insight and human flourishing. All backgrounds and identities welcome.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Chima, A. (PI)
OUTDOOR 25: Introduction to Whitewater Kayaking
Instructs paddlers in whitewater kayaking techniques. Emphasizes basic skills needed for paddling class II, II whitewater rivers including paddle strokes, boat control, and essential whitewater safety information. Students will have to pass a swimming test to participate.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
Instructors:
Pelchat, C. (PI)
OUTDOOR 40: Rock Climbing I: Beginning
This course is an introductory course. Students will learn skills necessary to get started exploring the world of indoor climbing. These skills include technical safety skills for bouldering and top-roped climbing, essential physical and mental skills, and strategies for training. Students will be taught with industry standard best practices in regards to safety, and provided with a multi-disciplinary approach to overall health and wellness. No experience necessary.
| Repeatable
8 times
(up to 8 units total)
OUTDOOR 40: Stand Up Paddleboarding: Beginner
This course teaches students the basic skills, strokes, maneuvers and water safety skills of Stand Up Paddleboarding in a calm, flat-water setting. Prerequisites: None
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
OUTDOOR 60: Introduction to Flyfishing
Introduces students to flyfishing and its constituent components as a sport and an art. emphasizes basic skills needed to learn how to cast and tie knots. Learn basic stream ecology in order to better understand complex aquatic ecosystems, and thus, "read" water and make appropriate fly selections.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
Instructors:
Carpenter, R. (PI)
;
George, W. (PI)
OUTDOOR 70: SCUBA Diving Open Water: Beginner
Knowledge and skills to safely enjoy and gain limited experience in the diving environment under normal open water diving conditions. This course prepares students for Open Water SCUBA Diving PADI Certification. Topics include diving equipment, diving physics, medical aspects of diving, diving emergencies, the diving environment, diving practices, diving activities, and SCUBA diving skills.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Lowley, S. (PI)
OUTDOOR 71: SCUBA Diving Open Water: Advanced
Develop a diver who is confident, safe, relaxed, aware, and more able to enjoy the underwater world. Skills include: confidence to dive to deeper depths; night diving experience; boat diving techniques; river diving; ocean diving, currents, and marine environment; underwater navigation; and search and recovery techniques. This class is an excellent choice for certified divers who have not been diving for a while, and need to regain confidence.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Lowley, S. (PI)
OUTDOOR 72: SCUBA Diving Open Water: Rescue
Knowledge and skills for individuals to effectively perform diver rescues and assists, manage diving accident situations, and render proper first aid. Prerequisites:
PE111;
PE112;
EMED110; and
EMED224; or Instructor Permission.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Lowley, S. (PI)
OUTDOOR 101: Introduction to Outdoor Education
This course explores the historical and philosophical foundations of Outdoor Education and how these concepts have influenced the development of programs at Stanford. Students will be introduced to the varied avenues of outdoor education application across campus.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Lowley, S. (PI)
OUTDOOR 105: Outdoor Living Skills
Introduction to essential skills for individual and group sustainability in a backcountry setting including shelter in outdoor environments, equipment selection and use, travel techniques, water and nutrition needs, planning and preparation, and risk management. Course includes the participation in a weekend backcountry experience. Corequisite:
Outdoor 101
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
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