This programme provides further proficiency in outdoor life studies and its history and development. Students will achieve considerable competence as guides in their choice of outdoor activity and in winter outdoor activities, and gain a foundation for reflection concerning attitudes and experiences associated with outdoor activities, society, culture and nature. Students are required to complete a Red Cross First Aid course before they set out on their first outing (included in the programme).
Courses:
Outdoor Life: Pedagogy II (10 ECTS)
Outdoor Life and Instructor II (15 ECTS)
Outdoor Life Mountain/Glacier I (5 ECTS)
Outdoor Life Winter II (5 ECTS)
Project (10 ECTS) / Project with Research Theory and Methods (15 ECTS)
Outdoor Life, Culture and Society II (10 ECTS) / Nature and Cultural Studies (10 ECTS) / Equipment and Handicrafts (10 ECTS) / Eco-philosophy (5 ECTS)
These include lectures, practice, reports, group and seminar work, as well as outdoor tuition in the form of group and solo tours. There will be approximatley 35 supervised days out and 20 days out alone. In addition there are 16 days of practical work experience.
Employment may be found in guiding and other forms of activity in association with outdoor activities, culture and nature in schools, voluntary organisations, the public sector, health, rehabilitation, social work and tourism. The programme may form part of a Bachelor’s degree.
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