RFW 263: Outdoor Recreation Operations and Management is designed to prepare the student for employment in the field of parks and outdoor recreation. The variety of employers offering outdoor recreation opportunities in B.C., and their roles in the province are examined. Practical field skills such as trail and campground design, construction, and maintenance as well as analytical skills such as monitoring and managing impacts, assessing public safety, developing site plans and incorporating multiple natural resource and social values in protected area management will be studied and practiced. Examples of real, contemporary recreational management issues are used to make the course current and relevant.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of first year ENVR courses (see dept. policy 1) and RFW 200. Students who have not completed RFW 200 but wish to take this course must discuss this with the instructor.
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standard statementCourse Details| Total number of weeks | 15 |
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| Total Hours | 90 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Lecture | 2 |
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| Lab (lab, field, computer) | 4 |
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Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- recognize the variety of outdoor recreation providers in B.C. and explain their roles;
- value a diversity of recreational opportunities and environments;
- describe the role of demographics related to current and future recreation demand; and
- demonstrate professionalism and ethical decision making through class and labwork.
- evaluate trail and campground designs;
- differentiate between the roles of facilities, natural resources and visitors for outdoor recreation;
- develop a recreation site plan;
- apply knowledge from other disciplines including fish and wildlife, surveying, forest ecology and economics into decision making processes related to recreation developments;
- identify, quantify and plan for the impacts of recreational developments;
- establish photo-monitoring plots;
- describe the values of wilderness and protected areas for society;
- conduct an extensive review of reports, synthesize and analyze the information, and make recommendations for a real-life recreational facility develop;
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Academic and Career
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