Adventure Based Learning: Inter/Intra Personal Focus

A Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Adventure, Health, and Physical Education and a concentration in Adventure Based Learning with an Inter/Intra Personal focus requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.

Major Requirements

Required Courses: 20 sh

EDU 295	RESEARCH METHODS IN EDUCATION	4 sh
ABL 225	INTRODUCTION TO ADVENTURE BASED LEARNING	4 sh
ABL 410	ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT	4 sh
IDS 200	OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP AND FACILITATION	4 sh
ABL 461	CAPSTONE IN ADVENTURE BASED LEARNING	4 sh

Select two courses from the following: 2 sh

PED 100	TENNIS I	1 sh
PED 101	RACQUETBALL I	1 sh
PED 102	SELF-DEFENSE AND PERSONAL SAFETY I	1 sh
PED 104	BALLROOM DANCE	1 sh
PED 105	GOLF I	1 sh
PED 109	AEROBIC CONDITIONING AND WEIGHT TRAINING	1 sh
PED 110	LAKE AND RIVER KAYAKING	1 sh
PED 115	BASIC CANOE AND CANOE CAMPING	1 sh
PED 116	OUTWARD BOUND EXPERIENCE	1-3 sh
PED 120	WHITEWATER CANOEING	1 sh
PED 121	TENNIS II	1 sh
PED 201	RACQUETBALL II	1 sh
PED 202	SELF-DEFENSE AND PERSONAL SAFETY II	1 sh
PED 205	GOLF II	1 sh

Select from the following list of courses: 18 sh

COM 265	SMALL-GROUP COMMUNICATION	2 sh
COR 331	WILDERNESS AND ADVENTURE THERAPY	4 sh
ENG 255	TOPICS IN LITERATURE	4 sh
HSS 212	COUNSELING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES	4 sh
HSS 213	WORKING WITH GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES	4 sh
HSS 320	GROUP DYNAMICS AND LEADERSHIP	4 sh
HSS 331	INTRODUCTION TO ADVENTURE THERAPY	4 sh
HSS 367	PLAY THERAPY: THE POWER OF PLAY WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES	4 sh
LED 210	FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP STUDIES	4 sh
PSY 368	THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP	4 sh
SOC 331	THE SELF AND SOCIETY	4 sh
ABL 499	RESEARCH	1-4 sh

ENG 255 only applies when taken as Wilderness and Spiritual Reckoning
Students who participate in the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Outward Bound or Semester at Sea can petition to the program coordinator for substitution for elective credit(s).
Students will receive no more than 4 semester hours for participation in NOLS, Outward Bound and/or Semester at Sea.

Total Credit Hours: 40

Students who select an adventure-based concentration may not also declare a second adventure-based concentration, but they may elect to complete a second concentration from the physical education and health options.
Students who select an adventure-based concentration may not also declare the Adventure-Based Learning Minor.