Directory of Outdoor Education Degree Programs in Higher Education.

Overview & Synopsis

The directory represents a compilation of 61 institutions of higher education in the United States that offer a degree program or a concentration within a degree program in any of the following related areas: outdoor education, environmental education, conservation education, or environmental interpretation. All institutions are indexed alphabetically by state. Each entry includes the following information: name of the institution; contact person with his mailing address and phone; academic location; degree(s) offered in outdoor education; number of full-time and part-time faculty, along with a description of their degrees and rank; founding date of department and degree program(s); credit hour requirements; outdoor education course titles and descriptions; number of students enrolled in and graduated from each program; approximate number of total students in various degree programs and percentage of those students in outdoor education programs; future developments forecast by the university; and a description of any field campus or environmental education center used in the university program(s). (Author)