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Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Catalog 2025-2026

MSCI 282 - SCUBA II: Emergency Management and Advanced SCUBA


This course grants divers the chance to gain more dive experience in the Monterey area while increasing awareness and proficiency with emergency mgmt and adv. dive techniques. Included in the course is training in dive first aid. Successful evaluation qualifies students for NAUI Adv. OW Scuba Diver, NAUI Rescue Diver certs and DAN DFA Pro or equivalent. Topics and skills to be introduced: Emergency Mgmt; Rescue Techniques; Problem Solving; Specific Dive Activities (Night, Navigation, Deeper); Dive First Aid. This course requires that you pass a swim test during the first week of the semester, including: swim 400 yards in 12 minutes or less; swim a 25 yard swim on single breath without surfacing; tow a buddy 25 yards and tread water for 10 minutes.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): [Prereq: ((KIN 280 and KIN 280L) or MSCI 280  with a C- or better) or (Instructor Consent)]
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Units: 2