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Programs of Study 181
103-INTRODUCTION TO SHOW RING COMPETITION I. Prerequisite: Permission
of Instructor. This is a mounted course where the student gains practical
experience in a competitive setting. The sections will emphasize Show Hunters
and Equitation..
Ninety mounted minutes a week. Credit, one semester hour. May be repeated for
credit. Offered fall semester.
104-INTRODUCTION TO SHOW RING COMPETITION II. Prerequisite: Permission
of Instructor. Continuation of Equine Studies 103. May be repeated for credit.
Ninety mounted minutes a week. Credit, one semester hour. Offered spring
semester.
201-FUNDAMENTALS OF RIDING (INTERMEDIATE). Prerequisite: Permission of
Instructor. Building on principles covered in Fundamentals 101 and 102, this
course will concentrate on the refinement of position. To enter this level, a student
should be able to ride confidently, with or without stirrups, at all three gaits and
should be able to negotiate a sequence of fences.
Two mounted hours a week. Credit, one semester hour. May be repeated for
credit. Offered fall semester.
202-FUNDAMENTALS OF RIDING (INTERMEDIATE). Prerequisite: Permission of
instructor. Continuation of Fundamentals 201. Two mounted hours a week.
Credit, one semester hour. May be repeated for credit. Offered spring semester.
203-SHOW JUMPING PRACTICUM I. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Students in this course should be able to negotiate a 3’-3’3” course in proper
hunter seat equitation form. This course will introduce the jumper divisions
to those riders with a solid background in the hunter and equitation divisions.
Advanced equitation courses, such as those found in the lower-level jumper
divisions, will be dealt with. The American Horse Shows Association Rulebook
sections pertaining to the jumper divisions will be discussed as will methods of
course walking and course construction.
Ninety mounted minutes a week. Credit, one semester hour. May be repeated for
credit. Offered fall semester.
Virginia Intermont College 2012–2013 College Catalog