Backcountry Navigation

Backcountry Navigation is an Outdoors Program/Recreational Athletics course taught by Guy deBrun.

Course Description
This course will cover fundamentals of land navigation. Students will gain a thorough understanding of topographic maps, compass' and global positioning system units and how they work together. A large portion of the class time will be devoted to hands on learning and practice on campus and in the Holyoke Range State Park. The course will begin after spring break. 5-College students will be graded pass/fail.