Career Options
Imagine your future outside the box
What can you do with a BS in Outdoor Education?
Graduates from the B.S.in Outdoor Education are qualified for entry-level positions in recreation, education, corporate, and therapeutic organizations that use outdoor and adventure education to enhance their missions.
In addition to completing the major requirements, student career options are further enhanced by the requirement to select a specialization in therapeutic use of adventure, management, health & physical education, or environmental education. Specialization areas offer a range of options for related minors or second majors.
Outdoor education graduates have successfully pursued advanced study in psychology, social work, recreation or leisure students, outdoor education, education, and business.
Potential settings
• Non profit organizations (YMCA, 4-H, Girl Scouts, Heifer International, churches, environmental agencies)
• Federal, state, & local natural resource management areas (parks, wilderness areas, and national forests)
• Wilderness and residential treatment organizations
• Corporate training and development organizations
• Colleges & universities
• Public, independent, and charter schools
• Social Service agencies
• Youth-serving agencies: Big Brothers/Big Sisters; Boys and Girls club
• Parks and recreation agencies, outfitters, camps, and expedition organizations
• Professional service and training organizations (challenge course construction and training, Outward Bound)
• Tourism and hospitality service providers (resorts, eco-tourism providers, guides and outfitters)
Potential work-related activities
• Client assessment, program design, implementation, and evaluation
• Program management
• Resource management
• Visitor services
• Curriculum design and implementation
• Therapeutic programming and treatment input
• Technical skill instruction
• Logistical support
• Personnel training and development
• Expedition leadership
• Organizational development
Beneficial knowledge & skills
• Computer technology
• Organization & record keeping skills
• Able to work independently & as a team
• Report writing, grant writing
• Teaching, assessing, planning, and evaluating
• Intra & interpersonal skills
• Individual/Group processing skills
• Knowledge of technical pursuits
• Risk management
• Marketing, public relations
• Leadership skills
• Research and evaluation
• Ecosystem and environmental issues
Potential areas for advanced study
- Social work
- Psychology
- Business Administration
- Leisure Studies
- Recreation Management
- Education
- Outdoor Education
- Counseling
- Environmental Sciences
Job banks - Association for Outdoor Recreation and Education
- Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education
- National Recreation and Parks Association
- The National Association of Therapeutic Wilderness Camps
- Association for Experiential Education
- American Camping Association
- Outdoor Ed
- Backdoor Jobs
Contact Information
Outdoor Education
Campus Box 121
Milledgeville, GA 31061
Phone 478-445-1226
outdoor.ed@gcsu.edu
