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Park Ranger Specialist Certificate

The Park Ranger Specialist Certificate is for those working in a front or back country setting. Focus is on park ranger skills, medical training and outdoor/environmental theory.

Certificate Requirements

Required Courses

OUT 1205Leave No Trace Trainer Cert

2
OUT 1210Risk Mgmt of Outdoor Prof

1
OUT 1215Trail Design & Construction

1
PRA 1002Intro to Park Ranger Tech

3
PRA 1078Park Ranger Skills Seminar

6
PRA 2003Natural Resource Management

3
PRA 2005Resource Interpretation

3
PRA 1075Special Topics

3
Total Credit Hours:22

Medical Science Courses

Choose either OUT 2044 or EMS 1015 and one HPR or HWE course

OUT 2044Wilderness First Responder

4
EMS 1015Emergency Medical Responder

3
HPR 1010Dietary Nutrition

1
HPR 1011CPR for Professionals

0.5
HPR 1026Outdoor Emergency Care Refresh

0.5
HPR 2013Pediatric Adv Life Support

1
Total Credit Hours:4

Elective Courses

Choose 6 credits from the following:

AST 1001Colorado Night Sky I

1
AST 1002Colorado Night Sky II

1
AST 1003Colorado Night Sky III

1
FSW 1000S-190 Intro to Wildland Fire

1
FSW 1001S-130 Firefighting Training

2
GEY 1012Plate Tectonics

1
GEY 1016Geology of Minerals and Gems

1
GEY 1018Rock & Mineral Identification

1
GEY 1034Oil and Gas Geology

1
GEY 1042Intro to GPS

1
OUT 1010Wilderness Survival Skills

3
OUT 1030Orienteering and Routefinding

2
OUT 1120Backpacking

2
OUT 1200Wilderness Ethics

2
OUT 1250Survival Plants in Summer I

2
OUT 1255Survival Plants in the Fall

2
OUT 1260Survival Plants in Spring I

2
OUT 1585Swift Water Rescue Tech I

1
PRA 2018Outdoor Leadership

3
Total Credit Hours:6
The General Education approved subject areas will function as electives but are not occupational core to the program.

Total Credit Hours: 32