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.
You'll learn:
Natural environment knowledge and sustainability
Learn about Australia's diverse range of native flora and fauna and our complex relationship with it.
Educational skills
Explore how to successfully create and deliver educational experiences about sustainability and the natural environment.
Outdoor adventure guiding
Explore the outdoors and build your skills in leading groups on adventure experiences.
Outdoor safety and risk management
Discover how to safely plan for leading groups of people in natural environments.
Leadership, teamwork, and communication
Learn by experience as you develop strong transferable skills that are applicable in any career.
Bachelor of Outdoor and Sustainability Education intended learning outcomes
Describe and analyse aspects of the relationships between place, knowledge, meaning making and experience
Discuss and evaluate the ideas and sociocultural beliefs that have shaped the way people perceive and interact within a more-than-human world
Articulate and evaluate philosophies, trends and issues that inform outdoor and sustainability education
Demonstrate understanding of curriculum considerations and educational philosophies underpinning outdoor and sustainability education, including the ability to critically examine aims and purposes of outdoor experiences
Demonstrate safe living and travel skills on a variety of extended journeys in outdoor environments
Apply suitable safety planning and risk management specific to outdoor and sustainability education
Design, implement and evaluate safe and educationally coherent outdoor and sustainability education programmes in consultation with external agencies
Critically reflect on, and evaluate theoretical perspectives of programme design, curriculum and pedagogical approaches in the context of one's own learning and teaching practice
Bachelor of Outdoor and Sustainability Education career opportunities
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:
Outdoor adventure guide
Instruct and guide individuals and groups in outdoor adventure activities such as mountaineering, trekking and white-water rafting.
Park ranger
Play a vital role in maintaining and protecting national and state parks, historic sites, nature reserves and conservation areas.
Natural resource manager
Find practical solutions to manage and rehabilitate our natural environment and help manage our natural resources in a sustainable way.
Community environmental educator
Help increase community understanding of sustainability and issues affecting our natural environment.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
3 March 2025
Bendigo Campus
Edwards Rd, Flora Hill,
BENDIGO,
Victoria,
3552, BENDIGO, Australia
At a minimum, you need to have completed Australian Year 12 (or an accepted international equivalent) with a certain grade. You may also need to meet subject pre-requisites
English language requirement:
IELTS: Overall 6.0, no band less than 6.0; Pearson Test of English (PTE): Overall score of 46 with no communicative skill score less than 46; TOEFL Internet based (iBT): Overall score of 64 with 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing; Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) / Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): 169 with no less than 169 in any component
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
La Trobe University offers state-of-the-art facilities, expert staff and a welcoming community to prepare students to have impactful careers.