Course summary
Advance Your Career with the Outdoor Education MA at Worcester! Step into the world of advanced outdoor education with the MA in Outdoor Education at the University of Worcester. This postgraduate course is a unique blend of theory and practice, tailored to the needs of outdoor professionals. It offers a flexible learning approach, allowing you to study from your workplace or home, and aligns professional expertise with academic advancement. Key Highlights of Your Outdoor Education Journey
- Tailored Learning: Customize your study to fit your circumstances, with a focus on work-based projects enhancing your knowledge and skills.
- Comprehensive Support: Benefit from online seminars, resources, action-learning groups, and one-to-one tutorials.
- Reflective and Integrative Approach: Use reflective learning to merge professional experience with academic study, opening new avenues in outdoor education.
- Diverse Learning Areas: Explore a range of topics including outdoor teaching, experiential learning, environmental practices, international approaches, safety, and risk management.
- Flexible Course Programme: Enjoy a bespoke educational experience, with adaptable course content catering to individual student needs.
- Professional and Academic Growth: Develop in-depth knowledge and critical awareness of current challenges and innovations in outdoor education.
- Student-Centric Approach: Engage in a program that encourages exploration and development in various aspects of outdoor education.
- Career Enhancement: Equip yourself with the skills and insights to advance in your professional practice and make a significant impact in the field.
Modules
- Professional Development Profiling
- Research Methods
- Theoretical Approaches to Outdoor Education
- Work based Project A
- Work based Project B
- Extended Work based Project C
- Reflecting on Practice and Research
Assessment method
The MA in Outdoor Education provides opportunities to test your understanding and learning informally through the completion of practice or ‘formative’ assignments, as well as through formal or ‘summative’ assignments. Summative assignments are graded and count towards your overall module grade. There are 2 summative assignments per module, typically for submission in February and May. Each module has one or more formative assignments that can be submitted at various points through the year. Assessment methods include: Career profile, Negotiated learning contract, Work-based project reports, Reflective reports, Poster design, Research proposal, Dissertation. Students can select between 1 and 4 modules per year. Thus, the precise assessment requirements for an individual student in an academic year will vary according to the number of modules taken. A typical summative assessment pattern for each year of the course is: 2 summative assignments per module, typically for submission in February and May. In the final year, the dissertation submission is typically in September.
Entry requirements
This course is based around professional practice and is only open to applicants who are engaged in outdoor education and have the opportunity and relevant permission to conduct research in the work place. Students must normally have a 2:1 classification in a related degree. Students who hold a related degree with a classification of either 2:2 (or below), or an unrelated degree will be considered on a case by case basis and may be required to submit a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate outdoor education experience.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
Please see the university website for fee details.
Provider information
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester
WR2 6AJ