BSc Outdoor Adventure
About this course
The BSc (Hons) Outdoor Adventure is an undergraduate degree focused on outdoor leadership, coaching and environmental contexts. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Project Management, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Entrepreneurship. Students can choose to undertake an optional placement year or a year abroad. The first year covers environmental systems, safety and risk in outdoor education, and leadership practice through modules such as Environmental Systems, Foundations of safety, risk and benefit in outdoor education, Personal performance skills in land water based activities, and Introduction to outdoor coaching and leadership practice. The second year examines weather phenomena and sector structures, featuring compulsory modules including The Atmosphere, Contemporary structure of the outdoor adventure sector, Applied outdoor coaching and leadership practice, Professional Placement, and Organisational leadership in sport and recreation. The final year focuses on professional skills, expedition planning, and enterprise, delivered through modules such as Research and Professional Skills, Critical interpretation of your context, Sports innovation and entrepreneurship, Expedition Studies, and Advanced professional practice in outdoor adventure.
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What students say
Based on about 22 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 90%
- Learning opportunities: 93%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 91%
- Learning resources: 93%
- Student voice: 87%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 80 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 60%
- Gained a higher qualification: 30%
- Left higher education: 8%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 3%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 70%
- Access course: 10%
- Other HE qualification: 10%
- No formal qualifications: 15%
Modules
- Environmental Systems
- Foundations of safety, risk and benefit in outdoor education
- Personal performance skills in land water based activities
- Introduction to outdoor coaching and leadership practice
- Fundamentals of movement in outdoor adventure
- The Atmosphere
- Contemporary structure of the outdoor adventure sector
- Applied outdoor coaching and leadership practice
- Professional Placement
- Organisational leadership in sport and recreation
- Research and Professional Skills
- Critical interpretation of your context
- Sports innovation and entrepreneurship
- Expedition Studies
- Advanced professional practice in outdoor adventure
Questions about this course
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Outdoor Adventure at Ulster University?
90% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Outdoor Adventure at Ulster University?
The typical offer is CCC at A level. The average entrant had 109 UCAS points.
Does BSc Outdoor Adventure at Ulster University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BSc Outdoor Adventure at Ulster University?
60% of students continued into their second year, and 8% left higher education.