PED 139 Beginning Whitewater
Credit: 1 hr
An introduction to the knowledge and skills of whitewater paddles sports including rafting and kayaking. This course will include: rafting history of the Adirondacks; environmental characteristics; and evolution of whitewater equipment design. Students are introduced to the foundations of whitewater paddle sports leadership, with emphasis on whitewater safety and rescue, skill acquisition and application, whitewater hydrology, navigation and terminology, awareness of the river environment and equipment use and design. This course begins with rafting on class I to class II whitewater and progresses to class I to class III whitewater, the fundamentals of using inflatable kayaks, and culminates with a seventeen mile raft trip through the Upper Hudson River gorge.
PED 149 Intermediate Whitewater Skills
Credit: 1 hr
An advanced skills and knowledge development course for intermediate to expert whitewater paddles, this course will expand upon PED 139 and will focus on developing whitewater leadership knowledge and skills. Students will apply the core concept and technical skills of whitewater paddling. Emphasis will be placed on acquisition and application of whitewater knowledge and skills, safety, leadership strategies, rescue techniques.
AVS 222 River Safety and Swiftwater Rescue
Credit: 3 hrs
Designed to prepare whitewater leaders with proactive prevention techniques and effective whitewater rescue management skills, students will learn and practice techniques for accident prevention, preparedness, and rescue response. Emphasis will be placed on effective river running, river safety, safe river leadership, management and operation skills necessary to avoid rescue scenarios, as well as whitewater rescue skills.
AVS 232 Whitewater Leadership and Instruction
Credit: 3 hrs
Designed to provide students with the technical, instructional, management and operations skills necessary for position of leadership in the whitewater industry and licensing in New York State, students will learn technical whitewater guiding and instruction skills, customer service, industry and state standards/regulations, client related skills, whitewater expedition operations and management, risk mitigation and safety management, incident/accident management, and review technical and rescue skills.