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Minor in Adventure-Based Counseling

Make a difference while exploring the great outdoors.
Montreat College’s adventure-based counseling minor blends outdoor education, psychology, and human services, offering foundational skills for graduate study. With nearby access to wilderness and whitewater, our location is ideal for hands-on training for students pursuing leadership in education or ministry.
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Why Adventure-Based Counseling?

Adventure-Based Counseling is a minor (19-21 hours) that combines courses from Outdoor Education, Psychology, and Human Services into a unique program of study. This minor offers a basic understanding of adventure-based counseling for students interested in pursuing a master’s degree in a related area.

Montreat College’s Outdoor Recreation Studies (ORS) program is ideally located adjacent to Pisgah National Forest, close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and within a two-hour drive of numerous climbing locations, four major wilderness areas, and several rivers with whitewater rated up to class five. This prime location enhances the program’s emphasis on developing students into competent outdoor leaders skilled in using outdoor environments for education, business/program administration, and ministry.

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The Thrive Center supports you in your academic career by helping you improve your study skills, manage your time, learn strategies to complete class projects. You can meet with peer tutors at the Writing Center or the Math Center.

It also supports you beyond your academic career with resources for finding your calling, researching careers, finding internships, building your resume, applying to graduate school, and finding a job.

Why Montreat?

Whether you’re finishing high school or transferring from another institution, where you go to college is a big decision, and we believe that Montreat College is the perfect place for you to grow, learn, and thrive. Our vibrant campus at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, our dedicated faculty, rigorous academic programs, and our talented student body create a unique and inspiring environment where you can develop a clear sense of identity and affirm your sense of purpose to honor God and serve others.

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