Outdoor Adventure Leadership & Management BSc (Hons) University of Worcester and Herefordshire & Ludlow College
KEY FACTS Level: 4, 5 & 6 Attendance: Full-time Duration: Three years Location: HLC Holme Lacy Campus, the University of Worcester and various other venues Application: UCAS course code XN92
This exciting course, based at the University of Worcester and run in partnership with HLC, provides a broad-based vocational degree in outdoor adventure leadership and management. It is ideal for those who work or intend to work in this dynamic and rewarding field. The course makes extensive use of a range of local venues such as the Wye Valley and the Brecon Beacons, but students will also visit venues further afield such as North Wales, the Lake District, Scotland, the Peak District and the French Alps. Students have the option in their second year of spending an exciting international semester in Norway, studying outdoor adventure from a Norwegian perspective. Or there is now an exciting second option of studying in Duluth, Minnesota which offers an insight into the US outdoor adventure industry. Course Content Year 1 Mandatory • Foundations of Outdoor Adventure • Water Based Personal Skills • Land Based Personal Skills Optional • Weather and Climate • Introduction to Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition • Optional modules offered by the Language Centre Year 2 Mandatory • The Research Process (Outdoor Adventure Leadership and Management) • Scientific Approaches to Outdoor Adventure Performance • Facilitation and Reviewing in Outdoor Learning
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Optional • Water-based Coaching • Land-based Leadership • Work-Based Learning (Outdoor Adventure Leadership and Management) • Optional modules offered by the Language Centre Year 3 Mandatory • Independent Study • Expedition Studies • Contemporary Issues in Outdoor Adventure • Outdoor Adventure and Diverse Populations • Environmental Approaches to Outdoor Adventure Optional • Advanced Facilitation and Reviewing in Outdoor Learning • Outdoor Activities and the Natural Environment • Negotiated Learning Project (OALM) • Adventure Tourism • Work-Based Learning • The Sports Entrepreneur Students must take all the mandatory modules and complete 120 credits per academic year which will normally include two optional modules associated with this degree. Assessment The assessment strategy for Outdoor Adventure Leadership and Management is designed to assess the students’ knowledge and skills across practical, theoretical and work-based learning. The strategy at all levels includes written assessments to assess subject knowledge and the exploration of ideas; reflective assignments to enable students to engage with and lead their own learning and personal development; and presentations to support student development in terms of delivery skills and sharing of knowledge. In addition, there are practical assessments throughout the programme of study that assess personal ability, leadership and coaching across a range of outdoor adventure activities. There are opportunities at level 5 and 6 for students to undertake a work-based placement, where students are assessed on their ability to apply knowledge and skills developed through the programme of study to reflect on professional practice.
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