SUNY Potdam

23 credit hours required.

Contact Person:
Mark Simon, Wilderness Education Coordinator
Satterlee 100D, (315) 267-3130 (simonm@potsdam.edu) 

The wilderness education minor prepares students to become leaders  in wilderness settings.  If winter camping, rock and  ice climbing  interest  you  or  are  already  your  passion, this is the program  for you. The  lakes,  forests, and climbing crags within the six-million acre Adirondack Park are your classroom. Prepare yourself to teach others about how to travel safely through wilderness environments. In the process, you also learn a great deal about leadership and group dynamics, which are transferable to work settings outside of the wilderness. The wilderness education minor will prepare you for a primary or secondary career as a field instructor within the following broad areas:

• Education: secondary science, field-based science, environmental education, outdoor-based physical education
• Recreation: college campus-based outdoor recreation, wilderness guide, adventure recreation
• Personal development/therapy: challenge programs, youth-at-risk, people with disabilities
• Community health: adolescent health education, drug prevention programs

Please click on the links below to view photo galleries of the courses.

Choose either a Wilderness Leadership Emphasis or an Adventure Education Emphasis

• Rock climbing, Mount Lemmon, Arizona
  
• Ice climbing, Mount Katahdin, Maine
• Wind River Range, Wyoming