Outdoor Recreation Management Diploma

In this industry-recognized program that has been running since 1972, you will expand your skills in select courses, such as backpacking, sea kayaking and winter travel, while learning the essentials of management and leadership and how to travel outdoors safely and ethically.

This two-year program is distinctly CapU in three ways:

• There's only one 35-student intake each year. Apply early to save your spot. 
• You'll begin the program with a two-week deep dive into wilderness travel in mid-August, followed by field courses in September and in-class instruction for the rest of your first term. 
• The program is cohort-based, so your day-one classmates, collaborators and future lifelong friends will be with you until graduation.  

Your passion for the outdoors, along with the training in the program, will prepare you for future careers in areas such as parks management (as a Park Ranger), conservation, adventure guiding, entrepreneurship, recreation programming and outdoor education.

You'll also participate in a paid co-op work experience during your first summer semester to strengthen your professional network and support your career development.

Make adventure your career

If backcountry adventuring is your passion, choose where to grow your skills in areas such as alpine travel, avalanche safety, backpacking, sea kayaking or winter travel.

Level up your diploma into a degree

After completing your diploma, your classes ladder directly into the Bachelor of Tourism Management degree program, so you have the option of finishing your degree at CapU.