$150.00 lab fee . (The lab fee covers one offshore training dive and class materials). Each student must provide all of his/her own equipment or make arrangements for rental of equipment. A medical form is required and any history of heart or respiratory problems will require a doctor’s exam. recognized certifying agency. The student will have logged a minimum of 10 open water dives prior to taking this class. Students must be at least average swimmers and comfortable in the water. A preliminary swimming evaluation will be made. Topics include underwater navigation, night, low visibility, current, river and deep diving, site evaluation, dive planning, equipment, medical aspects and search and recovery. Six open water dives are required during this course. (No more than two physical education/activity semester hours may be used for the A.A. degree.) +