Wilderness Awareness Programs
Wilderness Awareness Residential Program
Welcome to the Wilderness Awareness Residential program. For more information regarding the Wilderness Awareness Residential Program visit their website at http://www.wildernessawareness.org/adult/residential_program.html
Once you have enrolled in the Wilderness Awareness Residential Program you can register for credits through Extended Studies at Western State College.
Upon completion 18 credits can be received for the core curriculum ($125 per credit hour). You must enroll in all 18 credits
Knowing Your Place: Skills of the Naturalist, 3 credits, Environmental
Studies 197
Science of Tracking: Interpreting Patterns of Life, 3 credits, Recreation
197
Working with Native Plants: Ethnobotany, 3 credits, Biology 197
Art of Mentoring: Indegenious Models of Education, 3 credits, Environmental
Studies 197
Technologies of the Hunter-Gatherer: Wilderness Survival, 3 credits, Recreation
197
Nature Observation:Bird Language and Sensory Awareness, 3 credits, Biology
197
To register for credit, complete the Wilderness Awareness Residential Program Registration Packet and mail it, along with your payment.
Wilderness Awareness Earth Mentor Program
Welcome to the Wilderness Awareness Earth Mentor Program. For information on the Wilderness Awareness Earth Mentor Program visit their website at http://www.wildernessawareness.org/adult/earth_mentor_program.html
Once you have enrolled in the Wilderness Awareness Earth Mentor Program you can register for credits through Extended Studies at Western State College.
6 credits can be received for the core curriculum ($125 per credit hour). You must enroll in all 6 credits.
Art of Mentoring Indigenous Models of Education 4 credits, Environmental Studies 197
Nature Skills Intesive, 2 credits, Outdoor Leadership and Resort Management 197
To register for credit, complete the Wilderness Awareness Earth Mentor Program Registration Packet and mail it, along with your payment.
For these Wilderness Awareness Programs, mail registrations and payment to:
Extended Studies
Taylor 206
Western State College
Gunnison, CO 81231
Fax: (970) 943-7068
If you have any questions about obtaining credit from Western State College for your Wilderness Awareness Course call Extended Studies at 970.943.2885 or email Erica Boucher, eboucher@western.edu