Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. Approved for graduate credit for graduate students. The focus and content of the course is determined by the instructor responsible for the topic.
Emphasis is on the development of specific knowledges and understandings associated with the topic.
The conduct of the course will vary, depending on topic and instructor. Demonstrate safe and effective initiative and low element spotting techniques. Perform high ropes course belays utilizing a sticht plate and standing hip belay. Tie a studebaker rope sit harness utilizing thirty feet of nine millimeter rope. Free climb a seventy-five foot rock pitch.