Take Scuba Diving lessons for school credits March 2, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : general , trackbackI found this great story on Pulp, which explains how the students of Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Environmental and Forestry meet with Mike Druce, the main instructor for the scuba diving classes, for one credit and a certification allowing them to scuba dive anywhere in the world.
New York isn’t really the type of place you consider as a great scuba diving destination to leanr to scuba dive, but the classes consist of around 60 students, who learn to scuba dive, earn their credit, and then they can use their new cerification anywhere in the world (I guess this means its a PADI qualification)
Scuba classes are taught four times a year: twice in the fall semester and twice in the spring semester. Each class is divided in half, so when one group is practicing in the pool, the other group is learning in the classroom with a switch in the middle of the time block. Each of the five instructors works with six to eight divers in separate groups in the pool and the classroom seeing to it that every divers needs are met. This way, there’s more individualized attention to ensure that each diver is using his or her equipment properly.
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