Adventure Leadership Certificate™

Unlock your potential as a leader! Employers highly value strong leadership skills in college graduates. With the Adventure Leadership Certificate Program, you’ll enhance these essential skills while earning academic credit. Your journey to becoming an effective and confident leader starts here.

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Adventure Leadership Certificate Overview

  • Learn: Explore leadership theories while practicing problem-solving, critical thinking, group development, communication and social change skills.
  • Experience: With the outdoors as your classroom, apply skills and knowledge, refine and develop new understanding and perspectives of leadership.
  • Grow: The certificate is open to all students and pairs with the OSU Leadership Minor and several majors. The skills you learn are relevant and transferable to your career.

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Begin the Adventure Leadership Certificate™ program by creating your profile and tracking your progress.

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Questions: Contact Sheila Evans

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Adventure Leadership Certificate: Education Requirements

  • Classes:

  • LEAD 430/530 Foundations of Adventure Leadership
    • Offered fall, winter and spring terms
  • PAC 329 Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness First Responder Non-Credit
    • Offered summer and winter breaks
  • 3 Adventure Leadership Electives
    • Offered every term

Search for LEAD and PAC classes when registering for classes.

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ALI Leadership Certificate student instructs class on Wilderness First Aid techniques.

Adventure Leadership Certificate: Experience Requirements

Classes:

  • Teach 2 ALI Classes
  • Assist or lead 3 Adventure Trips
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Adventure Leadership Certificate

The Adventure Leadership Certificate is obtained upon the successful completion of five classes and 5 experiences.