Outdoor Leadership & Entrepreneurship FAQ

With the Outdoor Leadership Entrepreneurship Fall Immersion Experience "YOU will go places". Experience YOUR Education!

The Immersion Experience is a unique opportunity for hands-on learning. You will take 13 credits as a cohort with the other Outdoor Leadership and Entrepreneurship students. This allows us to spend a significant amount of time in the field experiencing outdoor leadership and entrepreneurship firsthand – we will spend time in and around Moab, Kanab, the west desert mountains, and northern Utah mountains and many, many other great outdoor venues. The historic Great Basin Station (GBS) will serve as our classroom and base of operations for several of the student-led trips and opportunities during the Immersion Experience. The Immersion Experience will help you gain the necessary outdoor skills, certifications, and experiences to make you marketable and successful in the outdoor industry. The Immersion Experience will provide opportunities for you to see and learn first-hand regarding the planning, execution, and evaluation phases of outdoor related trips, goods, and services.

The Immersion Experience is the first eight weeks of fall semester. Each week will be different, but generally classes will begin Monday morning and end Friday afternoon. There will be occasional times that we will be out over a weekend.

Introduction to Outdoor Leadership OLE 1000 - 3 credits

Outdoor Leadership Business and Careers OLE 1010 - 1 credits

Wilderness First Responder OLE 1542 - 3 credits

Outdoor Skills OLE 2000 - 2 credits

Outdoor Leadership Ethics and Environment OLE 2100 - 2 credits

Expedition Leadership OLE 2200 - 1 credits

Fitness for Life* PE 1096 - 1 credits

Due to the nature of how the Immersion Experience works you will need to register for all the courses.

Fitness for life is the one exception, if you have already taken fitness for life you will not need to register for it again.

You should not take any other classes during the first eight weeks of fall semester when the Immersion Experience takes place. However there are several options for classes during the second half or last eight weeks of the fall semester (check with your advisor to see what courses will work best for you and meet your needs).

We utilize several nationally recognized curriculums from Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities, The Leave No Trace Center For Outdoor Ethics, and The Wilderness Education Association as well as several state and regional curriculums. The following are just some of the trainings or certifications that are included in the Immersion Experience.
Wilderness First Responder
Leave No Trace Trainer
And many other opportunities

Space is limited to 12 students

No, as long as you are a student at Snow College, anyone and everyone is welcome to be part of the Immersion Experience.

The Immersion Experience course fee is $1500… but that $1500 is all inclusive. That means that it covers food, lodging, transportation, books and class supplies, certification fees, group equipment, and participant fees (like whitewater rafting and zip lining etc) for the entire eight weeks. It does not cover personal equipment and items – although some personal equipment is available for rent for a nominal fee. Just the Certification fees can cost well over $1000 if you took them some else.

By the end of the eight weeks of the Immersion Experience you will have spent a significant amount of time in some of the most beautiful places on Earth – this is what we will consider home. When we are not out on trips, the GBS will be our home for the Immersion Experience Monday through Friday. There is a kitchen facility where we will eat family style. There are also separate living spaces for male and female students. You will need a place to stay during the weekend - you may choose to have a dorm in Ephraim so that you will be ensured a place to stay during the second half of fall semester.

That will be up to you. However there will not be very many opportunities that you will get to have so many great experiences with a small group of people who will probably become some of your best friends like you will with the Outdoor Leadership & Entrepreneurship Immersion Experience!!

Contact Whitney Ward
Snow College Outdoor Leadership & Entrepreneurship
150 East College Avenue
Ephraim, UT 84627
ude.wons@elo
435.283.7551