COR for Credit

As an outreach of Wyoming Catholic College, all COR trips provide a standard curriculum parallel to the WCC credit-based weeklong trips. Consequently, any participant, regardless of whether he/she is currently enrolled in WCC, can take a COR trip for college credit. These trips vary in location, activities, time of year, group size, etc. Any COR trip, as long as it has a minimum of five program days (not counting travel days, which are typically the first and last day of the trip), can be approved as a for-credit course. See below for a list of available credit options.

While the primary learning environment is the time spent in the backcountry, there is additional work that takes place outside of the trip itself. This includes readings/assignments prior to the trip and a reflection paper or discussion following the trip.

  • Receive college credit from accredited Wyoming Catholic College at the 300-400 level

  • Credits are currently available in Leadership (ELP), Humanities (HMN), Science (SCI), abd Theology (THL)

  • Cost per credit is $500

For more information or questions contact: info@corexpeditions.org.

ELP 350 - Extreme Ownership

For this course you will read Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, paying attention to the various leadership traits and techniques it describes. On your COR Trip, you should then note the leadership traits and techniques of the COR Instructors and other participants. After your trip, you will be given a paper prompt for a 3-4 page paper connecting the reading to your experience on the trip.

ELP 351 - The Abolition of Man

For this course you will read The Abolition of Man, by C.S. Lewis, paying attention to the importance of habit and the formation of human virtue through experience. On your COR Trip, you should then note your own experience of the formation of the cardinal virtues (justice, temperance, fortitude, and prudence) through the development of physical and mental habits. After your trip, you will be given a paper prompt for a 3-4 page paper connecting the reading to your experience on the trip.

ELP 352 - Pieper and Learning to See Again

For this course you will read Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation, by Josef Pieper, paying special attention to what Pieper means by “learning to see again”. On your COR Trip, you should then note your own experience of “learning to see again” through your trip. After your trip, you will be given a paper prompt for a 3-4 page paper connecting the reading to your experience on the trip.

HMN 350 - Nature Poetry

For this course you will read a selection of poems in the course reading packet, paying attention to how the poet represents the natural world, the natural world’s effect on the speaker, and the role that memory, imagination, passion, and God play in man’s relationship to the natural world. On your COR Trip, you should then note your own experience of the natural world. After your trip, you will be given a paper prompt for a 3-4 page paper connecting the reading to your experience on the trip.

HMN 351 - The Art of the Nature Essay

For this course you will read a selection of essays provided the course reading packet, paying attention to how the author represents the natural world and how the natural world prompts reflection. On your COR Trip, you should then reflect on the readings and your own experience of the natural world. After your trip, you will be given a paper prompt for a 3-4 page paper connecting the reading to your experience on the trip.

SCI 350 - Natural History of Canyon Country

For this course you will read A Naturalist’s Guide to Canyon Country and the course reading packet. On your COR Trip, you will keep a nature journal using the examples from the reading packet - your journal will need to include sketches of plants, animals, geology, and astronomical observations. After your trip you will submit your nature journal (instead of writing a paper).

THL 350 - Christian Poverty and the Simple Life

For this course you will read Happy Are You Poor: The Simple Life and Spirtual Freedom, by Fr. Thomas Dubay, paying attention to what the Christian virtue of poverty entails, and how it is to be lived out in various states of life. On your COR Trip, you should then note how you are living more simply and accepting various kinds of poverty throughout the trip. After your trip, you will be given a paper prompt for a 3-4 page paper connecting the reading to your experience on the trip.

THL 351 - St. Antony of the Desert

For this course you will read St. Antony of the Desert, by St. Athanasius, paying attention to the relationship between St. Antony’s spiritual life and his experience in the desert. On your COR Trip, you should reflect on your own experience of the desert, or wilderness, and its connection to your spiritual life on the trip. After your trip, you will be given a paper prompt for a 3-4 page paper connecting the reading to your experience on the trip.

THL 352 - Small Community and the Rule of St. Benedict

For this course you will read The Rule of St. Benedict, paying attention to St. Benedict’s ideas about how to form an authentic and intentional Christian community. On your COR Trip, you should reflect on your own experience of small community on the trip. After your trip, you will be given a paper prompt for a 3-4 page paper connecting the reading to your experience on the trip.