Modules

Year One All of our modules are designed to give you the knowledge and skills you need to work in the outdoors as an educator. Additionally, many of the attributes gained through our programme are also essential to a wide variety of career pathways, broadening your horizons and enhancing your employability. You will examine the traditions, training and expectations of the UK's iconic outdoor education practices, from adventure activities to environmental sciences and have the opportunity to study international perspectives from a variety of regions of the world. The dissertation process gives you the flexibility to choose and research an area you are interested in and you will be allocated a supervisor who has an in-depth understanding of your chosen topic.

• Outdoor Experiential Education: Theory and Practice

• Outdoor Education Contexts

• Bridging the Gap: Research Skills

• Dissertation

• International Applications of Outdoor Education

• Leadership in Complex Skill Environments

• Therapeutic Experiences in the Outdoors

• Participant Coaching in Outdoor Activities

Assessment method

A variety of teaching and learning methods are employed throughout the programme to ensure the acquisition and development of appropriate concepts, knowledge and skills. They reflect the diversity of professional outdoor and experiential learning delivery methods. These include traditional methods such as practical coaching, lectures and seminars as well as more experiential methods such as problem-based learning and debates. Throughout the degree students will be expected to be actively involved in their learning and will be given activities that encourage ‘deep’ rather than ‘surface’ learning. Digital technologies are harnessed in the assessments of modules with students being encouraged to use presentation software packages such as Powerpoint/PREZI, as well as other Microsoft Office products. In addition to this, students are encouraged to use digital technologies (Blogs, Podcasts etc) in some Portfolio assessments such as in HSOO6013 Outdoor Education Contexts where students are asked to create an outdoor learning experience for others.