RECREATION AND CAMP ADMINISTRATION Objectives: This major has as its central and unique focus a concern for the affect of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Holy Bible on the leisure behavior of mankind . Upon completion of the recreation and camp administration major our graduates will have the ability to: (1) communicate in both written and oral forms; (2) utilize leadership processes; (3) carry out both program planning and organizational planning; (4) provide educational experiences for staff and participants; (5) organize available resources and his / her own time energies; (6) evaluate both programs (or operations) and staff; (7) manage resources, including budgetary resources and others such as personnel, facilities and supplies; (8) perceive relevant information about the population (and community) he /she serves which has potential for influencing service; (9) develop appropriate relationships with other professional and community groups; (10) verbalize and establish a philosophy of recreation and camping on which his /her professional practices can be based incorporating discipleship and leadership concepts; (11) perceive and work within the framework of legal considerations; (12) understand and _use the "special language" which is associated with his /her professional responsibilities; (13) perform a variety of general technical skills related to office practices, paper work management and media utilization; (14) realize his / her identity in relation to his /her position in Christ and his /her spiritual gifts and abilities; (15) develop his /her gifts and abilities related to Christian ministries. Major Requirements: 37 units, with a skills block requiring a 220, 230, 240 series in a departmentally approved skill and four additional skills classes. (A student may only transfer 2 skills classes into this skills block from another school. Further, there is a list of approved skills courses in other departments that may be taken toward this skills requirement .) In addition, the following courses are required: RCA 100, 110, 172, 180, 190 and 22 units upper division including 304, 307, 450, 460, Psychology 302, Christian Education 301 and 475. Psychology 200 ia a pre-major requirement. The recreation and camp administration major prepares people to enter the fields of: recreation administration and programming, camp administration and programming, and camp administration and programming in the mission fields. (See the Christian Education Department for church related camping or the Biology Department for outdoor education administration and teaching.) SPECIAL NOTE Admission Requirements: Admission into Biola College does not guarantee admission into the recreation and camp administration major. A student may be admitted to the recreation and camp administration major upon meeting the requirements for college admission and successfully completing, with a "C" or better, Psychology 200 and RCA 100, one skills class at Biola and an evaluation by the RCA staff.
100 INTRODUCTION TO RECREATION AND CAMP ADMINISTRATION (4) History, objective and philosophy of camping and recreation. Overview of the fields and relationships to home, church and school. Definition of terms and basic concepts related to these two fields and setting of personal ministry and educational goals for time spent here at Biola. 110 FIRST AID AND CPR (1) Basic Life Support. Red Cross Multimedia First Aid and CPR instruction . Certification given upon completion. 172 CAMP COUNSELING (2) The objectives of camping; counselor personality and qualifications; the application of counseling techniques to the camping situation; preparation in various camping activities, crafts and special program areas particularly related to counselor-centered camping. 180 RECREATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND PROGRAMMING (2-3) Basic qualifications of the successful leader of recreational groups; aims of a successful program; techniques of organizing and supervising the program. Recommended for youth club leaders and directors, and playground and camp assistants. (RCA majors are required to take as 3 units.)
220 PROGRAM SKILLS (1) Field taught; backpacking, canoeing, cross country skiing, skin diving, outdoor survival, rockclimbing . Theory and practice of skill; purchase and maintenance of equipment; Biblical truths illustrated by the activity . 230 PROGRAM SKILLS (1) Field taught. Same skill areas as 220 course. Intermediate skills level. Wilderness first aid related to skill area, teaching of biblical truths related to the skill being studied. Prerequisite 220. 240 TEACHING TECHNIQUES (2) Teaching techniques related to recreational and wilderness activities. Prerequisite: 230. 280 DIRECTED STUDY (1-3) Directed study, reading and /or research in the field of RCA. Maximum of 3 units. 304 CAMP ADMINISTRATION (3) Application of administrative principles and techniques to
the supervisory level of camping leadership. Prerequisites: 100 and Christian Education 301. 307 RECREATION ADMINISTRATION (3)
Application of administrative principles and techniques to the supervisory level in recreation . Prerequisites: 100 and Christian Education 301. 318 AQUATIC PROGRAMMING AND
190 CAMP HEALTH AND SAFETY (1)
MANAGEMENT (2)
Legislation affecting resident camps in the areas of health and safety. Areas of nursing, equipment safety, and natural and man-made safety and health hazards.
To equip each student with theory and practical experience in aquatics programming and management. Prerequisites: Advanced lifesaving, Multimedia first aid .
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