Outdoor Leadership & Education - Toccoa Falls College

The B.S. in OLE combines adventure, wilderness, camping, and environmental education into one unique program of study. Students will be able to research, design and carry-out outdoor education programs that will be safe, challenging, and rewarding. Because of the emphasis put on a premier Christian education, the program will prepare students to provide cutting edge outdoor programs with cultural sensitivity and a well-grounded biblical worldview. Students in the OLE major will gain a basic understanding of outdoor leadership and education, develop specific skills, competencies, and points of view needed by outdoor leadership and education professionals, and grow in expressing oneself orally or in writing in outdoor leadership and education contexts.

Minors

Ministry Leadership
Pastoral Ministries
Youth Ministry
Ecology & Environmental Science
Sustainable Community Development

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“My time in the Outdoor Leadership and Education department at TFC was an amazing and challenging experience mostly due to the excellent leadership we had in place. Instructors put a lot of emphasis on risk management, which is a skill that transcends the classroom and my profession into multiple areas of life. Since graduating, I've moved out to Santa Cruz, CA where I'm able to do outdoor ministry in my church through mountain biking and surfing.”

-Steve Buffington, Class of 2018

Program Layout

The Outdoor Leadership & Education major is a 126 hour program that includes 69 hours of general education courses (including 30 hours of Bible & Theology), 15 hours of open electives, and 42 hours in Outdoor Leadership & Education-specific courses. Classes include Risk Management and Emergency Response, Camp Programming & Leadership, Backcountry Education, Rock Climbing, Paddling: Canoeing & Kayaking, and Organization & Administration for Outdoor Ministry.

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Our Faculty

Dr. Richard W. Griffith

Dr. Philip T. Howard

Dr. Russell L. Huizing