Love being outdoors, and looking for an adventure? If you want to learn about adventure with highly qualified outdoor professionals through hands on experiences in rock climbing, white water rafting, hiking, and skiing as well as develop an in-depth understanding about outdoor recreation, education and adventure sports, then Outdoor Recreation Leadership is for you. The use of industry partnerships and critical evidence based practice to inform teaching will ensure that during the course you will learn all the skills needed to lead in the outdoors. Outdoor Recreation Leadership provides the opportunity for students to build highly valued character traits including communication, group leading, integrity, cultural sensitivity, and psychological resilience.
For a minor study students must complete 48 credit points of study comprising:
A full course is made up of several smaller topics or subjects. These are referred to as 'units'.
Most courses have compulsory 'core' units, as well as optional units.
'Credit points' are the value that each unit contributes towards your course.
Most units at VU are worth 12 credit points. You will need to complete the required course credit points to graduate.
This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.