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Outdoor Adventure Education

Entry requirements


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96

96 UCAS points or subject to interview. We also welcome applications from mature students (21 or over) with relevant outdoor experience.

About this course


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Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Other options

6 years | Part-time | 2024

Subject

Sport and exercise sciences

The BA Outdoor Adventure Education programme is designed to provide an academically rigorous and vocationally relevant degree.

Principally, the programme is designed to integrate the practical and vocational skills necessary to work in the outdoor sector with strong academic understanding and appreciation of broader principles relating to fields of pedagogy, psychology, sociology, wellbeing and philosophy.

Whilst the programme provides an ideal foundation for work within the field of outdoor adventure, it has also proven highly suitable for a range of other employment roles that are emerging within health, education and physical activity more generally.

UWTSD Carmarthen is uniquely placed in terms of access to a range of world-class activity locations, such as: the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, the Brecon Beacons National Park and the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

These areas offer some of the best sea kayaking, coasteering, mountain biking and rock climbing in the world. We are also extremely well placed for hillwalking, caving, white-water kayaking and woodland based activities.

The programme has established its own discrete accommodation: Cynefin. This dedicated space offers fantastic opportunities to further develop the programme with enhanced access to resources, improved teaching spaces and on-site facilities that further promote the key objective of integrating theory and practice.

The programme team aim to create an inclusive environment where all staff and learners feel safe, valued, respected and are able to fulfil their potential.

The programme is structured to allow students to engage in seasonal work.

Modules

Year One – Level 4 (CertHE and BA)

Adventure a Risk Worth Taking (20 credits; compulsory)
Contemporary Challenges: Making a Difference (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
Ecology of Adventure (20 credits; compulsory)
Facilitating Adventurous Activities (20 credits; compulsory)
Learning in the Digital Era (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
The Great Outdoors (20 credits; compulsory).
Theoretical Issues in Outdoor Pursuits (20 credits; available to Hobart Williams Smith Summer School students only)
Year Two – Level 5 (BA)

Developing your Professional Profile (Placement; CM)
Research in Health, Exercise and Physical Education (20 credits; CM)
Discovering Outdoor Lifestyles (20 credits; optional)
Foundations for High Quality Physical and Outdoor Learning (20 credits; optional)
Psychology of Personal Adventure (20 credits; compulsory)
Sustainable Journeys (20 credits; compulsory)
Understanding Adventure Leadership (20 credits; compulsory).
Year Three – Level 6 (BA)

Coaching Pedagogy (20 credits; optional)
Critical Incidents in Adventurous Activities (20 credits; compulsory)
Curriculum Adventure (20 credits; optional)
Independent Project (40 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
Landscape and Sustainable Recreation (20 credits; compulsory)
Perspectives on Outdoor Education (20 credits; compulsory).

Assessment methods

The aim of the assessments are to enable students to demonstrate that they have met the aims of the programme and achieved the learning outcomes of each module.

Given the practical nature of the programme, assessments are devised to maximise the link between theory and practice and allow students to demonstrate intellectual rigour and to reflect critically on their own experiences.

A variety of formats are used for coursework and practical assessments, including:

• Portfolios
• Practical teaching/coaching
• Essays
• Journals
• Presentations
• Digital media.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,000
per year
England
£9,000
per year
EU
£9,000
per year
International
£13,500
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,000
per year
Scotland
£9,000
per year
Wales
£9,000
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Carmarthen Campus

Department:

Sport and Healthy Living

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

63%
Sport and exercise sciences

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Sport and exercise sciences

Teaching and learning

85%
Staff make the subject interesting
85%
Staff are good at explaining things
85%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
59%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

69%
Library resources
78%
IT resources
78%
Course specific equipment and facilities
52%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

98%
UK students
2%
International students
36%
Male students
64%
Female students
79%
2:1 or above
15%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

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After graduation


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Sport and exercise sciences

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£15,000
low
Average annual salary
100%
high
Employed or in further education
68%
high
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

29%
Sports and fitness occupations
25%
Health associate professionals
14%
Childcare and related personal services

One of the fastest growing subjects in the country, the number of sports science graduates went from under 3,000 in 2003 to over 10,000 in 2013. Numbers have fallen slightly since 2015, but we still have over 9,000 graduates in the subject. However, the good news is the country's appetite for good health and fitness - and the adaptability of graduates in the subject - means that sports science grads are less likely than average to be out of work. Sports science graduates, not surprisingly, tend to get jobs in sport, fitness and health - coaching and teaching especially - but they're found all over the economy. Management and business are also popular options for graduates from this subject — and sports science graduates are particularly found where drive, determination and physical fitness are an advantage.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Sport and exercise sciences

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

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Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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