Citizen 410, Lancer Launch Pad, satisfied my symposium requirement. Symposium was supposed to be the opposite end of our first class taken at Longwood, Citizen 110, to show (in the class specifically) how our ideas have grown. These ideas did not have to be the same as in Citizen 110 and were more focused on the scope and applying the knowledge from other classes we had taken. For this class, we had to get into groups and create an idea for a project which we would then work on for the rest of the semester before finally presenting on symposium day. My group wanted to focus on nature’s influence on students and tried to create a course at Longwood for freshmen (either as a citizen 110 or elective) that would teach them about the basics such as leave no trace, camping, hiking, canoeing, etc. All of these activities would have in-class time to go over the history, safety, and what to do in case of something goes wrong (such as someone getting hurt or lost). Our research had shown that outdoor activity and student retention were positively correlated which would provide a benefit to the university and would help our club, the outdoor club, get new members to continue their outdoor recreation. This would also likely help the university recreation center as active students are more likely to go to the gym (to work out, rock climb, take classes, etc.). Our final presentation on symposium day had us pitching this class through a demonstration of a possible lesson. Due to weather issues, it was not able to be outside and had to be modified but we were still able to pitch a tent and talk about the lesson but did have not any audience interaction and some elements about the outdoors had to be omitted.
Above is the syllabus for the class we wanted to create.
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