MSc PG Cert PG Dip Outdoors and Adventurous Activities

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You will gain a valuable insight into current industry needs and recreational aspects of adventurous activities enhancing your career prospects in outdoor education, facilitation and management development. You will be better equipped and more confident to facilitate personal and group learning through outdoors activities.

Outdoor Adventure Leader
Team Building and Sport Specialist
Health Promotion Officer

PgCert and PgDip options are also available.

The Outdoor Industry (20 credits)

Explore the nature, origins, values and personal philosophies of outdoor and adventurous activities as you reflect on your own and other’s experiences.

Outdoor & Adventurous Education (20 credits)

Learn the skills you need to become a practitioner in Outdoor and Adventurous Education. You will analyse and evaluate your own and other people’s practice to inform your teaching.

Leadership Development Through the Outdoors (20 credits)

Evaluate theories, models and processes and apply them and the experiential learning and practice gained through outdoor activities to your leadership practice.

Research Methods (20 credits)

This module provides an understanding of the value of styles of research beyond those you might initially expect to adopt yourself, while also giving you the chance to focus on approaches particularly relevant to your interests.

Major Independent Study (60 credits)

This module allows you to engage in the negotiation, planning, implementation and evaluation of a major independent study of research relevant to your personal interests and course.