FdSc Outdoor Adventure Leadership Level 5
This foundation degree focuses on outdoor adventure leadership, and provides you with valuable practical experience, enabling you to pursue a variety of careers in this thrilling sector. The course also offers you the opportunity to gain qualifications from national governing bodies alongside your studies, further evidencing your skills and increasing your employability.
The course takes a holistic approach to the outdoor environment and the role that you as a leader play in maintaining, developing and sustaining this. You will study a variety of leadership models equipping you to lead sessions and groups as well as understanding how the body and mind are affected in the outdoors.
You will be enjoying the South West’s fantastic natural environment, gaining experience in activities such as mountaineering, climbing, kayaking, mountain biking and coasteering. Our students also regularly achieve BCU 2 and 3 Star, UKCC Level 1 Coach, Mountain Leader and Single Pitch Award qualifications during their studies. This provides you with a broad skillset that will offer you a variety of opportunities upon the completion of your studies.
You will also have access to our comprehensive range of equipment, including kayaks and canoes, which you will be able to utilise in both practical sessions and in your own personal time, should you wish.
Practical sessions and trips scheduled throughout the year are designed to develop skills and confidence in adapting your coaching techniques, in order to reflect the varying situations you will face and need to overcome to be a successful and effective coach and leader. You will be learning in challenging environments, ensuring that when you graduate you will be well prepared to work in almost any setting.
Course Details
- We consider a variety of qualifications and relevant experience, and each application is assessed on its own merit.
Year 1 modules:
Academic skills and practice* – 20 credits
Environment, impact and sustainability – 20 credits
Principles of coaching and skill acquisition* – 20 credits
Principles of adventure – 20 credits
Physiology for the extremes – 20 credits
Business start-up – 20 credits
Year 2 modules:
Expedition leadership – 20 credits
Applied adventure coaching – 20 credits
Psychology for the outdoors – 20 credits
Principles of leadership – 20 credits
Work-based learning in the outdoors – 20 credits
Research and statistics – 20 credits
*Subject to approval
I’ve recently completed my Level 5 HR Consultant Partner Apprenticeship at South Devon College and have enjoyed every minute! South Devon College has provided me with the tools and resources I needed to complete the course. My tutor and colleagues were extremely supportive and created an open environment to encourage participation and the sharing of ideas! Doing an apprenticeship has allowed me to apply knowledge that I’ve learnt during the course into real life situations. The end point assessment project has enabled me to showcase my new skills by designing a solution to a business need. Amy Law – HR Advisor, Core Highways
