WESTMINSTER COLLEGE New master's degree: Adventure Education

Students can choose a master's degree track or a nondegree track.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Westminster College will offer a master's degree in Adventure Education starting this summer.
The new graduate program is offered for those who are interested in learning alternative means of teaching and learning through adventure programming, such as classroom teachers, business leaders, trainers, youth workers, camp staff and outdoor professionals.
"We believe that education, which models life as an adventure, will transform the world," said Steven Montgomery, director of Westminster's Titan Traverse and employee of the Coalition for Christian Outreach. "Courses in adventure education will combine academic thought and content in tangible contexts with practical applications. Students will study to learn adventure education from the perspective of three anchor points: conviction, character and community."
Course offerings
Some of the courses offered in the curriculum include theology of recreation and play, leadership in adventure education, effective group development, critical issues in adventure education, design and facilitation, and adventure education administration.
Students can choose a master of education degree track or a nondegree track, according to Montgomery. The master's track requires the completion of 30 hours of graduate work, and includes philosophical, psychological and research foundations of education.
Westminster's Adventure Education Graduate Program summer session starts June 14. Contact Montgomery at (724) 946-6198 or e-mail montgosr@westminster.edu for more information.