The Outdoor Recreation Leadership program qualifies individuals as outdoor leaders or resource managers for public and private organizations, including government agencies.

Notes:

• two years of a single high school foreign language or one year of a single college level foreign language is required;
• computer competency is required for the this major.

Pre Major Declaration Requirement: ≥C in ENGL 201 (or equivalent).

Major Declaration Requirement: must complete ENGL 201 with a minimum grade ≥C.

Grade Requirements

• a minimum grade ≥C must be obtained in each required RCLS course (if a lower grade is received, the course must be retaken);
• a minimum cumulative GPA ≥2.0 shall be required for all university coursework;
• failure to comply with the above standards will jeopardize professional internship eligibility.

University Competencies and Proficiencies

English 
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance Exams 
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB

General Education Requirements (GER)

• Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours 
  • 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
  • 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
• Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0

Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)

Humanities and Arts 
Natural Sciences 
Social Sciences

University Graduation Requirements (UGR)

Diversity Course List
Foreign Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List

All admitted students must officially Declare a Major by the time they reach 90 credits (junior standing).
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).

Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.

SOAR calculates based on these two catalog years.

1. The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
2. The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.

Students who successfully earn a BA in Outdoor Recreation Leadership from EWU should be able to do the following:

• demonstrate a working knowledge of technology and its various uses in the recreation profession;
• demonstrate a working knowledge of the career and entrepreneurship opportunities available upon graduation;
• demonstrate an ability to plan and lead a backcountry field trip;
• demonstrate an awareness of diversity, equity, inclusion, and will demonstrate multi-cultural competence in recreation and leisure service delivery settings;
• demonstrate an understanding of the history, breadth, depth, and complexity of the recreation and leisure services industry;
• demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills;
• demonstrate essential skills in the areas of outdoor leadership, wilderness survival, backpacking, winter camping, mountaineering, and whitewater rafting;
• demonstrate knowledge of and skill at research, problem solving, and critical thinking;
• demonstrate the ability to perform in a variety of emergency situations including emergency response, wilderness first responder, and search and rescue management.