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Jan 13, 2025
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REC 1010 - Wilderness Navigation
Basic foundations to land navigation, from map reading and terrain association, to how to use a compass through class work and hands on practice and experience.
Credit Hours: 1
OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Learning and Doing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Apply the principles and practices of Leave No Trace to minimize environmental impacts related to wilderness navigation.
- Apply their understanding of magnetic declination when using a map and compass.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the types of maps & compasses.
- Demonstrate how to interpret features on a topographic map.
- Demonstrate how to take and plot bearings using a compass.
- Demonstrate how to use a topographic map and/or compass in land navigation.
- Demonstrate how to orient a topographic map.
- Identify parts of a compass.
- Practice hazard awareness & risk prevention in land navigation.
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