Subject prerequisites
Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.
IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with no individual band score less than 6.0
TOEFL Paper based: overall score of 550 with 5 or better in TWE (Test of Written English).
TOEFL Internet based (iBT): overall score of 64 with 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing.
La Trobe College Australia ELICOS (LTCA): completion of EFS level 5B with minimum 60% overall and 60% in final exam.
La Trobe College Australia Foundation Studies (LTCA): completion of Foundation studies with 60% in English (Academic Communication).
Pearson Test of EConglish (Academic) (PTE): overall score of 50 with no communicative skill score less than 50.
Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): 169 with no less than 169 in any component.
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): 169 with no less than 169 in any component.
From conservation to exploration, there’s a rewarding future waiting for you in the great outdoors. Turn your passion for the natural world into a career connecting with your community and the world around you.
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.
Enjoy opportunities to build and enrich your outdoor adventuring skills while you explore nature. You could spend more than 70 days on field trips* and extended outdoor journeys while building a vital understanding of research on climate change and experiential learning. From bushwalking to kayaking, you'll prepare to lead groups while they explore outdoor environments and you develop your skill in outdoor learning.
You'll also be ready to help foster respect and appreciation for the world around you. Explore the social and scientific aspects of sustainability, including Indigenous understandings of our environment, and learn how to manage and teach outdoor education programs.
Whether you want to guide adventures or educate the community, we'll help you be ready for your future. You'll develop the skills and confidence to lead, teach and communicate in any situation.
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.
CRICOS code: 106466G
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Study options
Core subjects
Core subjects are required subjects in your course. You need to complete these subjects to attain your degree.
Year 1
Academic integrity module
Wominjeka la trobe: indigenous cultural literacy for higher education
Ecologies of coastal environments
Identity, policy and equitable practice: indigenous studies
Reading australian landscapes
Ways of knowing nature
Year 2
leading groups in outdoor environments
Models of applied learning
Safety in outdoor environments
Teaching indigenous learners
Majors
A major is a sequence of related subjects studied in your course. To attain a major, this sequence must add up to 120 credit points. In some courses, you need to complete at least one major from your course's discipline to attain your degree. If there is room in your degree for more than one major, you may wish to complete an open access major from another discipline area.
Course majors
Climate change
Outdoor education
Minors
A minor is an optional sequence of related subjects studied in your course. To attain a minor, this sequence must add up to 60 credit points. A minor can be undertaken in a similar or different interest area in your course or major's discipline and, in some cases, taken from a different discipline. Up to two minors can be chosen in place of an optional second major or standalone elective subjects.
Course minors
Outdoor education
Elective subjects
A range of standalone elective subjects is available in this course. Some electives are recommended for your course, but you may also be able to choose from a range of University-wide electives or electives from other interest areas or disciplines.
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.
530 AUD/year
