Environmental Geography and Outdoor Education (Hons) University of Stirling

Overview

The Environmental Geography and Outdoor Education (Hons) BSc degree from University of Stirling includes a solid grounding in environmental geography together with practical training in navigation, mountain hazards, and outdoor safety. We also train you to design, deliver and lead outdoor programmes with environmental and ecological learning outcomes.

Key facts

• We've strong links with outdoor education and environmental management employers giving you the opportunity to get hands-on experience of working with business partners during your degree.
• In the outdoor education components you'll get to learn from some of the UK's top mountaineering instructors and outdoor educators. The optional but included Summer Mountain Leader Award requires that you must complete a minimum of 40 quality mountain days, but all students shall complete their Mountain Leader Training. This degree requires a good level of health, fitness and mobility as well as a commitment to outdoor pursuits and mountain walking.
• Career opportunities:
• An Environmental Geography and Outdoor Education degree will allow you to enter a wide range of relevant careers including:

• outdoor instructor
• environmental consultant
• conservation
• education and teaching
• environmental science
• research
• ecologist
• countryside rangers and guides
• environmental education and teaching
• ecotourism and travel
• sports and fitness occupations
• Our combined approach for this degree will allow you to enter a wide range of relevant careers. Students will be equipped to undertake employment in the same professions as our standard Environmental Geography graduates such as education, conservation and environment professions, science and technology professions, travel and related occupations, and sports and fitness occupations.
• Our course will give you the foundation for graduate entry to advanced postgraduate taught and research degree programmes in the environmental field.
• This course is not designed to train you to become an outdoor instructor, although you can gain additional qualifications independently (e.g. SPA or BCU awards); or undertake a suitable postgraduate programme in outdoor education which would then qualify you to pursue this type of career.

Accreditation

• Accreditations

  Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA), Mountain Training Association