Master Syllabus PE1511, Camp Skills

Credits 1 Lab Hours 2 Lecture Hours 0 Clinical Hours 0
Course Description
One credit hour lab that meets one evening a week with the Hiking/Backpacking and Field Biology classes. This course introduces students to actual field experiences. It provides both a challenge and opportunity for the student to live comfortably in a wilderness environment. Instruction is provided in trip planning, gear selection, outdoor-living techniques, cooking, etc. The voyager is challenged to solve diverse problems with a limited number of resources. For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected.

For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected.

Program and/or Department Mission Statement

The Seward County Community College physical education program will broaden the understanding of fitness for life by providing general education, appropriate technology, and professional development opportunities that promote a healthy lifestyle.

Academic Year
AY2025-26
SCCC Outcomes

Outcome #1: Read with comprehension, be critical of what they read, and apply knowledge gained from their reading to broader issues of the day.

Outcome #2: Communicate ideas clearly and proficiently in writing, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations.

Outcome #3: Communicate their ideas clearly and proficiently in speaking, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations

Outcome #5: Demonstrate the ability to think critically by gathering facts, generating insights, analyzing data, and evaluating information.

Outcome #6: Exhibit skills in information and technological literacy.

Outcome #7: Understand each other, moving beyond simple acceptance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of other cultures by working as a team to learn, engage communities, exhibit cultural awareness, and create equity.

Outcome #8: Show the ability to contribute to political, civic, and community responsibilities as an informed member of society

Outcome #9: Exhibit workplace skills to include respect for others, teamwork competence, attendance/punctuality, decision making, conflict resolution, truthfulness/honest, positive attitude, judgment, responsibility.

Course Outcomes
  1. To plan a camping trip competently.
  2. To plan and prepare healthful food.
  3. To determine appropriate gear for the environment to be encountered.
  4. To choose a campsite considering location and space.
  5. To live comfortably in a wilderness setting.
  6. Demonstrate how to live in a wilderness environment.
  7. Demonstrate working well with your camp group and the entire group.
  8. Understand the hazards in a wilderness environment.
  9. Demonstrate and perform cooking, cleaning, camp tidiness and storage of food in a wilderness environment.
  10. Demonstrate and perform proper water purification.
Course Outline

Types, Pitching

  1. Planning the trip
  2. Gear and supplies
  3. Outdoor cooking
  4. Shelters
  5. Location of camp
Instructional Methods
  1. Lecture
  2. Demonstration
  3. Discussion
  4. Practice
Instructional Resources and Materials
  1. Films
  2. Handouts
  3. Diagrams
Methods of Assessment

Methods of assessing the general course outcomes and the specific course competencies include demonstration of accurate knowledge of camping skills and completion of the planned trip.

SCCC Outcome 1 will be assessed and measured by testing.

SCCC Outcome 2 will be assessed and measured by testing, projects, and reflection papers

SCCC Outcome 3 will be assessed and measured by group discussions.

SCCC Outcome 5 will be assessed and measured by successful planning of camping location, food, and appropriate gear, and analysis of any problems that occur with appropriate outcomes.

SCCC Outcome 7 will be assessed and measured by interpersonal interactions with students, instructors and local community members in the areas of travel for this class.

SCCC Outcome 8 will be assessed and measured by adherence to conduct codes of the school and adherence to rules and regulations of camping facilities.

SCCC Outcome 9 will be assessed and measured by instructor evaluation.

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