Ropes Course (COE) - Fall 2026

PE 1662 - Outdoor Leadership in Practice

Improve your leadership skills through hands-on experience and practice. In this course, you will complete some basic leadership assessments that will help you reflect on your leadership style and opportunities for growth. We'll delve into topics like trust-building, communication, agility, inclusion and belonging, and leadership values. This is a lightly physical class that will bring students to beautiful outdoor spaces where we can apply leadership principles through team activities and challenges. Students will visit the Hoffman Challenge Course, Treman State Park and the Cornell Botanic Gardens.

PE 1663 - Challenge Course

Students learn about leadership, teamwork and pushing past perceived limits during this 3-day course at Cornell's Hoffman Challenge Course. This course includes group games and teambuilding activities to build camaraderie, communication, trust and problem-solving skills on a low challenge course elements, which are 1-2 feet off the ground. There are high-element challenge course activities like ziplining, swinging from ropes, and balancing on cables that take place 10-60 feet off the ground.