Forestry and Outdoor Recreation Leadership
Cerro Coso's Sustainable Outdoor Recreation Leadership (SORL) and Forestry, Climate, and Conservation (FRCC) programs are not your average classroom experiences. They're pathways to careers outside the classroom and into the wild. Designed for high school grads, early adults, and working professionals alike, these hands-on programs combine field science, leadership, adventure, and public service.
Both programs stand out through their experiential learning model. Students earn credit while hiking, skiing, rock climbing, mapping wilderness zones, or building trails, and they leave with industry certifications and direct connections to career paths.
Sustainable Outdoor Recreation Leadership
The new SORL pathway includes 10 new classes that include field-based courses and experiences, internship opportunities, and career selection guidance.
Courses
- Introduction to Recreation and Leisure | SORL C101
- Access Provision in Outdoor Recreation | SORL C102
- Demographics and Behaviors in Outdoor Recreation | SORL C103
- Introduction to Navigation and Orienteering | SORL C171
- Facilitation, Education, and Leadership in the Outdoors | SORL C251
- Facilitation, Education, and Leadership in the Outdoors Laboratory | SORL C252
Forestry, Climate, and Conservation Work Experience
This is a work experience course conducted outside the college setting during employment, volunteering, and paid or unpaid internship in the industry related to outdoor recreation, forestry, climate, and conservation cluster of employment.
- Forestry, Climate, and Conservation Work Experience | FRCC C191X
For more information: Contact Career and Technical Education at cte@cerrocoso.edu.
