Bachelor of Outdoor and Sustainability Education - Climate Change in Bendigo Australia | La Trobe University

Transform your love for nature into a fulfilling career that bridges communities and the environment with La Trobe's Bachelor of Outdoor and Sustainability Education. This program moves learning outside traditional settings, offering practical outdoor experiences while deepening your knowledge of ecological stewardship and sustainability principles. You'll develop the skills to cultivate environmental awareness in others while studying sustainability through both scientific and cultural lenses, including Indigenous ecological perspectives, and mastering outdoor education program leadership.

Examine the connections between location, knowledge construction, and experiential learning. Assess the cultural beliefs and ideologies influencing human relationships with the natural world. Analyze the theories, developments, and debates shaping outdoor and sustainability education while understanding its curricular foundations and pedagogical approaches. Gain practical wilderness survival skills for extended expeditions while implementing appropriate risk management strategies for outdoor education. Reflect critically on program design methodologies and teaching practices within this specialized field.

This distinctive major allows students to investigate human-caused climate change through multiple academic lenses including legal, economic, health, and archaeological perspectives. Available as an optional secondary major across various undergraduate programs and delivered fully online, it prepares students to comprehend climate change drivers and develop mitigation strategies. The curriculum focuses on practical approaches for societal transformation and building community resilience. Under expert faculty guidance, students analyze climate change evidence, study its causes and mitigation requirements, and explore potential consequences through interdisciplinary study, preparing them to address this complex global challenge.