DEGREE PROGRAM
Recreation Resource and Ski Resort Management

ASSOCIATE DEGREES
Geographic Information Systems/Global Positioning Systems
Geographic Information Systems/Meteorology

CONCENTRATIONS
Ski Resort Management
Natural Resource GIS Mapping and Planning
Adventure-Based Program Management

MINORS
Applied Group Leadership
Foundations of Social Research
Rural Community Organizations and Administration 

Recreation Resource Mapping & Planning:  This concentration prepares students for entry-level career opportunities as Geographic Information System and Global Positioning system technicians in the areas of recreation and park mapping and planning.  In addition, students gain mobile transfer of skills into many other areas that require basic mapping skills such as: trail mapping for public and private organizations as well as street and address mapping.

Why LSC Recreation Resource Mapping and Planning?

• Classroom and field-based instruction
  - Vegetation mapping Canyonlands National Park
  - Corner boundary positional acquisition for several State Parks in Northern Vermont.
  - Steam Geomorphology data collection.
  - Land Use and Trail data Coasta Rican National Park Service.
• Mapping and Planning Skills are developed using two state-of-the-art Geographic Information System (GIS) platforms ArcGIS Desktop and Idrisi. Global Positioning System (GPS) skills are developed using Trimble and Garmin hardware and software.
• Digital mapping skills include orthorectification of imagery, creating and editing feature class data sets, as well as developing field based data acquisition skills and protocols using GPS.
• Applied theory in GIS and GPS technologies as well as user conflict issues and resolution will be presented and discussed through course work and field practicum’s.
• Industry Certificates of Completion in ArcGIS Desktop and Using Geodatabases

Field Based Learning
.. Are provided to students through agreements with private, public, and non-profit organizations and include or have included a diverse selection of opportunities for students to apply in classroom theory in real world situations. Take a look under the hood by touring the above power point presentation.

Internships
…Students qualify for a variety of spatial and planning-related internship sites with public and private sectors, including: National Tropical Botanical Gardens, Kaui; Swinomish Indian Reservation, Wa; UVM Lands Project, VT; Vegetation Mapping for the Student Conservation Association, Northeast Kingdom Regional Planning and Development Office; National Parks and Bureau of Land Management Planning Offices, Environmental Protection Agency, Central Vermont Power Company, Tele Atlas mapping.

See the online catalog for course descriptions.