Outdoor Education and Leadership Minor
Dream of helping others learn and explore the outdoors? This certificate is for you.
Guiding hikers up a mountain. Leading a 20-mile biking expedition. Teaching tourists how to scuba dive. You'll be better prepared to lead these types of activites and take on a career in outdoor recreation and adventure education. Open to students in any major, the outdoor education and leadership minor focuses on learning theories and trends in outdoor recreation and education. Plus you'll get to try out a variety of outdoor activities that appeal to your adventurous side!
Want more? In addition to earning the outdoor leadership and education certificate, you can major in recreation, tourism and nonprofit leadership.
Interested in the Outdoor Education and Leadership Minor?
Are you a UNI student ready to declare?
Fill out this form and email to the Registrar's office. Use your UNI email address and copy your academic advisor. (No advisor or department head signature needed if you are just declaring a minor or certificate.)
Contact us directly at:
Recreation, Tourism and Nonprofit Leadership
WRC 203
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0241
Phone: 319-273-2694
Email: rtnl@uni.edu
Testimonials
Courtney Johnson (MA '25, outdoor graduate assistant)
The skills you develop in the classroom (risk management, planning, logistics, grit, and more) can apply to almost any job you come around.
Jula Rees (Psychology major with outdoor certificate)
The different foundational classes you take teach you about outdoor recreation and different skill sets.... We learned how to plan and personalize trips.
Courses
This certificate requires 18 semester hours of coursework and has various elective options to choose from. Below are just a few of the courses you might take while earning your minor in outdoor education and leadership.
- Foundations of Outdoor Recreation
- Inclusive Recreation: Pathways to Participation
- History of Outdoor Recreation
- Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries
- Backpacking
- Canoeing
- Rock Climbing
- Managing Recreation Impacts on the Natural Environment