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OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP

• General Education Requirements
• School of Business and Leadership
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• Stephen Cyphers
• Jeff DeClue
• Dr. Gary W. Ewen

Outdoor Leadership

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher, and poet (1803-1882)

Why Outdoor Leadership?

The Outdoor Leadership minor at Colorado Christian University is designed to support many fields of study as a portfolio-builder of knowledge, technical skills, and character qualities that will fully complement the Liberal Arts philosophy and education. You'll gain life skills in leadership, sound decision making, flexibility, creative problem solving, and relationships that will build on the training you're receiving in the classroom.

You pay the same tuition whether you take 12 credit hours or 17; why not round out your education by taking a few outdoor classes, learning in God's great outdoors, and testing your limits in new ways?

Outdoor Leadership in the Christian University

The wilderness has always been a place where God calls, refines, and prepares leaders. You will not return as the same person. The Outdoor Leadership minor builds on the Christ-centered education you're receiving in the classroom, trains you in a variety of outdoor skills and disciplines, and equips you to become a mature and effective leader in your church, career, community, and family. You'll be challenged to grow in your faith by integrating biblical concepts into the experiential learning process that occurs in the great outdoors!

Outdoor leadership is a chance to experience creation, deepen your faith, develop profound friendships, and push yourself further than you thought you could go. The OUL requires 18 credit hours of course work; whether you earn the entire Outdoor Leadership minor or take a few courses to better enjoy Colorado, you will find yourself closer to your Savior and Creator while rising to new heights—literally and figuratively.  

Jeff DeClue
Affiliate Faculty

Faith & Learning:
As Christians, we are called to go make disciples. This is done throughout every part of our lives. We should be integrating our faith in every facet of our lives and hopefully this truth is seen in my teaching style ...