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Graduate Certificate In Outdoor Education

The Graduate Certificate in Outdoor Education is designed for educators interested in attaining the necessary skills and competencies to effectively teach Outdoor Education in a school or training setting. Outdoor Education draws on the disciplines of experiential education, adventure education, environmental education, social science and the humanities.

The course consists of 24 credit points generally completed over twelve months by undertaking:

  1. Four compulsory subjects (totalling 16 credit points) in the specialisation

    Subject no. Subject Name Credit points
    EDGP910 Theory and practice of outdoor education 6
    EDGP911 Project for EDGP910 2
    EDGP912 Facilitation techniques in outdoor education 6
    EDGP913 Project for EDGP912 2


  2. The remaining 8 credit points are chosen from the following areas of the Graduate School schedule: Educational Leadership, Adult Education, Environmental Education or related Project subjects.