Bachelor
From conservation to exploration, there's a rewarding future waiting for you in the great outdoors. Turn your passion for the natural world into a career connecting with your community and the world around you.
La Trobe's Bachelor of Outdoor and Sustainability Education takes you beyond the classroom. Get hands-on outdoor experience and build a deeper understanding of sustainability and environmental education.
Enjoy opportunities to build and enrich your outdoor adventuring skills while you explore nature. You could spend more than 70 days on field trips* and extended outdoor journeys while building a vital understanding of research on climate change and experiential learning. From bushwalking to kayaking, you'll prepare to lead groups while they explore outdoor environments and you develop your skill in outdoor learning.
You'll also be ready to help foster respect and appreciation for the world around you. Explore the social and scientific aspects of sustainability, including Indigenous understandings of our environment, and learn how to manage and teach outdoor education programs.
Whether you want to guide adventures or educate the community, we'll help you be ready for your future. You'll develop the skills and confidence to lead, teach and communicate in any situation.
You'll learn:
*The number of field trip days is dependent on the major selected.
The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7 - Bachelor Degree.
Please note, the following course structure is indicative and subject to change depending on your course location, offer year or how you tailor your course with specialisations, majors, minors and electives. Structures for the following year are not normally finalised until October, so the sample provided is based on the most recently approved structure. For more information, please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Outdoor and Sustainability Education, students must complete a total of 360 credit points across 3 years.
Students choosing the Outdoor education major are unable to take, in addition, an optional Outdoor education major or minor. Students choosing the Climate change major are unable to take, in addition, an optional Climate change major.
Year 1 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Year 2 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Year 3 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Core subjects are required subjects in your course. You need to complete these subjects to attain your degree.
Subject name Subject code Year Credit points ACADEMIC INTEGRITY MODULE LTU0AIM 1 0 WOMINJEKA LA TROBE: INDIGENOUS CULTURAL LITERACY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ABS0WOM 1 0 ECOLOGIES OF COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS OED1NS 1 15 IDENTITY, POLICY AND EQUITABLE PRACTICE: INDIGENOUS STUDIES EDU1ISE 1 15 READING AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPES OED1RAL 1 15 WAYS OF KNOWING NATURE OED1WKN 1 15 LEADING GROUPS IN OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS OED2OLA 2 15 MODELS OF APPLIED LEARNING EDU2001 2 15 SAFETY IN OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS OED2OLB 2 15 TEACHING INDIGENOUS LEARNERS EDU3TIL 2 15
A major is a sequence of related subjects studied in your course. To attain a major, this sequence must add up to 120 credit points. In some courses, you need to complete at least one major from your course's discipline to attain your degree. If there is room in your degree for more than one major, you may wish to complete an open access major from another discipline area.
Course majors Major code Climate change MJR-CLC01 Outdoor education MJR-OED01 Open access majors View our open access majors
A minor is an optional sequence of related subjects studied in your course. To attain a minor, this sequence must add up to 60 credit points. A minor can be undertaken in a similar or different interest area in your course or major\'s discipline and, in some cases, taken from a different discipline. Up to two minors can be chosen in place of an optional second major or standalone elective subjects.
Course minors Minor code Outdoor education MNR-OED01 Open access minors View our open access minors
A range of standalone elective subjects is available in this course. Some electives are recommended for your course, but you may also be able to choose from a range of University-wide electives or electives from other interest areas or disciplines. Note these electives may have their own prerequisites and other requirements. Please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook for the subjects available.
The Handbook contains detailed course information designed for enrolled students, including course structures, electives and options. The delivery of this course can vary between campuses.
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Graduates will have the skills and knowledge for a range of careers, including roles in education, land and resource management, adventure tourism, and environmental conservation.
Potential job titles include:
Want to bring the outdoors to the classroom? Graduates of this degree could be eligible to apply for entry into the Master of Teaching (Secondary) to become a fully registered teacher.