BSc (Hons) Outdoor and Adventure Education at University of Chichester

This highly practical degree develops your skills in outdoor and adventure activities and how to use them to educate and coach children and young people.

Faculty: Sport  |  Department: Sport  |  Duration: 3 years full time (or 4 years with optional placement year)  |  Study mode: full-time; optional sandwich/placement year  |  Location: Chichester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Your first year covers the fundamentals of outdoor and adventure education practice with modules in physiology, psychology, pedagogy and skills development. Modules (indicative): Year One: Understanding Participant Performance in Adventure Sport, Understanding Participant Performance in Sport, Investigating Sport, Exercise and Coaching, Anatomy and Physiology, Sport and Exercise Psychology in Action, Professional Skills / Year Two: Adventures in Education 2 (Developing Pedagogy), Applied Meteorology, Applied Techniques for Performance Enhancement in the Adventure Environment.

Career pathways

The focus on theory in practice prepares graduates for a wide variety of careers.

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