Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

PADI-0007

Organization:

PADI Americas, Inc.

Location:

Hybrid

Length:

31 hours (flexible schedule)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	2	basic scuba diving

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide students with the entry-level knowledge and skills necessary to safely participate in scuba dives to a depth of 60 feet/18 meters, or shallower.

Learning Outcomes:

plan and conduct recreational dives without instructor supervision while applying the knowledge and skills the student learned in this course, within the limits of their training and experience
understand how to obtain air fills, scuba equipment and other dive services
plan, conduct and log open water dives when equipped properly and accompanied by a buddy in conditions in which the student has training and/or experience
explain the importance of continuing their diver training by completing PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course, and/or in PADI Specialty courses

General Topics:

Introduction: The PADI Open Water Diver Course
Section 1: Being a Diver I, Equipment I, Your Skills as a Diver I: Section 2: Being a Diver II, Equipment II, Your Skills as a Diver II
Section 3: Being a Diver III, Problem Management, Equipment III, Your Skills as a Diver III
Section 4: Equipment IV, Being a Diver IV, Using Dive Computers I, The Underwater World’s Ambassador, Your Skills as a Diver IV
Section 5: Using Dive Computers II, Being a Diver V, Your Skills as a Diver IV

Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

Audio Visual Materials
Classroom Exercise
Computer Based Training
Discussion
Laboratory
Lectures
Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

Examinations
Other
Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
Quizzes
Completion of the Open Water Diver Final Exam. Evaluation of skills during 5 confined water training dives and 4 open water training dives.