Program Overview

Northern Rockies Outdoor Leadership Certificate

The Northern Rockies Outdoor Leadership Certificate is designed to complement any major across campus for students interested in gaining and strengthening leadership skills through engagement in diverse conceptual courses and outdoor field settings. The purpose of the program is to provide undergraduate students or individuals with an undergraduate degree with leadership training and application that can be applied to any professional, academic, and personal setting in their future.

General Certificate Requirements

• A minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all work attempted at the University of Montana-Missoula is required for graduation.
• Courses taken to satisfy the requirements of a major, minor, or certificate program must be completed with a grade of C- or better unless a higher grade is noted in the program requirements.

Post-Secondary Certificate - Northern Rockies Outdoor Leadership

• Students are required to do an internship where they can apply their leadership skills with a professional partner.
• Internships can include on-campus initiatives like the Freshman Wilderness Experience and other student-led trips as well as off-campus internships with local, regional, or global partners.
• Internships will be approved by the coordinating committee and will be tracked through the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation.

Course Requirements

Course List Code | Title | Hours
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Theory|
Complete one of the following courses:| 3

• COMX 210: Communication in Small Groups
• GBLD 220: Models of Leadership
• HTH 465: Leading Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training Organizations
• NRSM 373: Wilderness and Civilization
• PTRM 217S: Parks & Outdoor Recreation Management
• PTRM 380: Recreation Administration & Leadership Experience|
  Complete one of the following courses: | 1
• ACT 114: Beginning Rock Climbing
• ACT 175: Fly Fishing
• ACT 176: Fundamentals of Whitewater Rafting
• ACT 177: Fundamentals of Kayaking
• ACT 214: Intermediate Rock Climbing
• ECP 102: Wilderness First Aid
• ECP 122: Wilderness First Responder
• ECP 331: Wilderness EMT Field Courses|
  Complete one of the following courses: | 3-5
• NRSM 273: Wilderness and Civilization Field Studies
• PTRM 345X: Sustaining Human Society & Natural Environment
• PTRM 353: Tourism, Livelihoods and Sustainability in Mountains
• PTRM 355: Wilderness Medicine And Risk Management
• PTRM 356: Wilderness Rescue and Survival
• PTRM 418: Winter Wilderness Field Studies Internship|
  Complete one of the following courses: | 3
• CHTH 498: Internship
• KIN 498: Internship
• NRSM 498: Internship
• PTRM 398: Internship Total Hours| 10-12