Academic Classes
Fall 2025 classes and clinics
Earn credits with Outdoor Adventures!
Outdoor Adventures offers academic and recreational courses throughout the year. These courses are a great way to develop your skills and expand your resume. The RECR and NRM classes allow you to learn a new sport, travel into Alaska's backcountry, and gain the experience and confidence to do these sports on your own or with friends in the future.
Instructor: Fred Harbison
Location: Murie 103/105
Dates: Tues and Thurs 10/28, 10/30, 11/4, 11/6, 11/11, 11/13, 11/18, 11/20, 12/2, and 12/4. 6 pm - 9 pm
and Sat 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, and 12/6. 8 am - 6 pm
Course Fee: $900 (We can JV departments or grants for payment if needed)
This comprehensive 75-hour wilderness medicine course is offered over six weeks during the fall semester. The course consists of ten 3-hour evening sessions during the week and five 9-hour Saturday sessions. Tuesday and Thursday sessions are scheduled for 6 pm-9 pm on 10/28, 10/30, 11/4, 11/6, 11/11, 11/13, 11/18, 11/20, 12/2, and 12/4. The 8 am-6 pm Saturday sessions are scheduled for 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, and 12/6. (Thanksgiving week has no classes) This course includes CPR/AED. The cost of the course is $900. Please fill out the Google Form to register.Instructor: Fred Harbison
Location: IARC 501
Dates: October 24, 25, and 26 from 8 am to 6 pm
Clinic Fee:$300 (We can JV departments or grants for payment if needed)
Refresh all of the useful backcountry medicine skills that have leaked out of your
brain since you took the Wilderness First Responder course. This course will review
the concepts and skills and recertify you as a current WFR. It is held over three
10-hour days at ÃÛÌÒTV. You will get practice with hands-on scenarios as well as review
the concepts of medical decision-making in the backcountry. This course includes
CPR/AED. Click the link for the Google Form Registration.
Instructor: Deb Ajango
Location: GRUE 307
Course Fee: $285 (This cost is covered for all ÃÛÌÒTV field researchers)
Dates: Nov 22 and 23, 8 am - 6 pm
This course will introduce students to medical decision-making in the backcountry.
Students will learn how to differentiate between things that are a big deal and not
as big a deal when they are not able to access immediate, definitive care. They will
learn how to handle common medical problems and learn skills such as wound care, splinting,
and improvised patient transport methods. (This course does not include CPR/AED).
This course is free for all ÃÛÌÒTV Field Researchers. Please email Sam Stone at szstone@alaska.edu to register.
For ÃÛÌÒTV students and members of the public interested, please contact Outdoor Adventures
to register. (907)474-6027
Instructor: Fred Harbison
Location: Murie 103/105
Course Fee: $900 (We can JV departments or grants for payment if needed)
This comprehensive 75-hour wilderness medicine course is offered over six weeks during the fall semester. The course consists of ten 3-hour evening sessions during the week and five 9-hour Saturday sessions. Tuesday and Thursday sessions are scheduled for 6 pm-9 pm on 10/28, 10/30, 11/4, 11/6, 11/11, 11/13, 11/18, 11/20, 12/2, and 12/4. The 8 am-6 pm Saturday sessions are scheduled for 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, and 12/6. (Thanksgiving week has no classes) This course includes CPR/AED. The cost of the course is $900. Please fill out the Google Form to register.Instructor: Fred Harbison
Location: IARC 501
Clinic Fee:$300 (We can JV departments or grants for payment if needed)
Refresh all of the useful backcountry medicine skills that have leaked out of your
brain since you took the Wilderness First Responder course. This course will review
the concepts and skills and recertify you as a current WFR. It is held over three
10-hour days at ÃÛÌÒTV. You will get practice with hands-on scenarios as well as review
the concepts of medical decision-making in the backcountry. This course includes
CPR/AED. The course will run from 8 am to 6 pm on October 24, 25, and 26. Click the
link for the Google Form Registration.
Instructor: Deb Ajango
Location: GRUE 307
Course Fee: $285 (This cost is covered for all ÃÛÌÒTV field researchers)
Dates: Nov 22 and 23, 8 am - 6 pm
This course will introduce students to medical decision-making in the backcountry.
Students will learn how to differentiate between things that are a big deal and not
as big a deal when they are not able to access immediate, definitive care. They will
learn how to handle common medical problems and learn skills such as wound care, splinting,
and improvised patient transport methods. (This course does not include CPR/AED).
This course is free for all ÃÛÌÒTV Field Researchers. Please email Sam Stone at szstone@alaska.edu to register.
For ÃÛÌÒTV students and members of the public interested, please contact Outdoor Adventures
to register. (907)474-6027