HREC 240 Map, Compass & Backcountry Navigation
This course is designed to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for practical application of map, compass, and wilderness navigation concepts. Course content includes map and field bearings, declination, resection, contour line interpretation, GPS receiver use, map types, scales, and coordinate systems. Fee required.
General Education Competency
[GE Core type]
HREC 240Map, Compass & Backcountry Navigation
Please note: This is not a course syllabus. A course syllabus is unique to a particular section of a course by instructor. This curriculum guide provides general information about a course.
I. General Information
Department
Health, Recreation & Fitness
II. Course Specification
Course Type
Program Requirement
General Education Competency
[GE Core type]
Semester Contact Hours Lab
30
Grading Method
Letter grade
III. Catalog Course Description
This course is designed to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for practical application of map, compass, and wilderness navigation concepts. Course content includes map and field bearings, declination, resection, contour line interpretation, GPS receiver use, map types, scales, and coordinate systems. Fee required.
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
- Students will understand and apply the environmental dimension of wellness through active participation in training exercises and application in the wilderness
- Students will understand and apply the intellectual dimension of wellness through application of knowledge about analyzing topography maps, using compasses and setting correct declination, taking bearings, and utilizing multiple coordinate systems
- Students will understand and apply the financial dimension of wellness through researching various coordinate systems and their entailed costs
- 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)
Topics
Activities
Maps
? How to read a topographical map and use of a map to depict a route
Compass
? Use of a compass and introduction to compass usage in the field with a topographical map
Expedition and Application of Skills
? Exploration Challenge
VI. Delivery Methodologies
Required Assignments
Health History Form
Liability waiver
Required Exams
Post safety survey on student evaluation
1 day Map and compass navigation course
Required Text
Soft Paths: How to Enjoy the Wilderness without Harming It, Bruce Hampton and David Cole
Specific Course Activity Assignment or Assessment Requirements
Health History Form
Liability waiver
Post safety survey on student evaluation
1 day Map and compass navigation course