Graduate Diploma in Outdoor and Environmental Education
Course code/s: Bendigo (RGOE)
The Graduate Diploma in Outdoor and Environmental Education provides a professional qualification for graduates in any discipline who have some prior outdoor experience. It is also structured to enable graduates in outdoor or environmental education to add depth and breadth to their disciplinary knowledge and skill. It offers an opportunity for those interested in developing skills and knowledge in the areas of outdoor and/or environmental education. It assists graduates to undertake assistant leadership roles in the outdoors or to further develop knowledge and skills in particular areas of interest.
Professional recognition
The Graduate Diploma is recognised by the Victorian Institute of Teaching as preparation for teaching Outdoor Environmental Studies to Year 12 when combined with a teaching qualification.
Admission requirements
Applicants should have a three year degree or diploma or equivalent studies and at least one of:
- lightweight remote camping and bushwalking skills
- environmental interpretation expertise; or
- self-sufficiency skills in canoeing (flat or moving water) OR rock climbing OR cross country ski touring, or
- leadership/teaching experience in the outdoors.
The course coordinator may waive some admission requirements in special circumstances.
Special requirements
Applicants are required to complete a Supplementary Information Form available from www.latrobe.edu.au/oent/.
Course structure
The graduate diploma is a one year full-time program comprising 120 credit points. Students undertake four core subjects and four outdoor and/or environmental education electives. Students may be exempt from some core subjects depending on prior tertiary education and outdoor experience. In such cases, students will choose alternative subjects in consultation with the course coordinator.
All subjects are 15 credit points.
Core subjects
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Outdoor Education Concepts | OED4OEC |
| TE-SEM-1 | Outdoor Education Experience | OED4OEX |
| TE-SEM-1 | Education in the Outdoors | OED3EO |
| TE-SEM-1 | Bush Environments | OED2BE |
Elective subjects
Students wishing to continue on to Masters in Outdoor Education should select OED4RD.
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Research Methods in Outdoor Education | OED4RMO |
| TE-SEM-1 | Readings in Outdoor Education | OED4RD |
| TE-SEM-2 | River Environments | OED2RE |
| TE-SEM-1 | Rock Environments | OED2R |
| TE-SEM-1 | Winter Alpine Environments | OED2WAE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Education for Sustainability | OED3ES |
| TE-SEM-1 | Environmental Interpretation | OED2EI |
| TE-SEM-2 | Australian Culture and Land | OED2ACL |
| TE-SEM-2 | Sustainable Nature Tourism | OED3SNT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Teaching in River Environments* | OED3TRE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Teaching in Rock Environments* | OED3TR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Teaching in Winter Alpine Environments* | OED3TWA |
Key: *Depending on prior experience and expertise.
Other outdoor and environmental education subjects may be chosen as electives. All elective choices are subject to approval by the course coordinator.
Students who have completed an Outdoor and Environmental Education undergraduate degree may undertake the graduate diploma program with a view to completing the Master of Outdoor and Environmental Education program. These students will negotiate their course structure with the course coordinator.