Why this program?

You are passionate about the outdoors and adventure. You want to learn how to use the outdoors and place-based learning to help create a more just and sustainable world for all. You want a flexible program that fits your lifestyle and helps you meet your goals. You want a program that sets the standard for outdoor education with an evolving curriculum and coursework to match tomorrow’s environmental and societal challenges.


What can you do with this degree?

Students with this degree move onto varying careers that involve place-based learning at all levels. They bring the Prescott College way of holistic and experiential learning to people and organizations adapting to our ever-changing environmental and social landscape.

  • Outdoor Program Administrator
  • Curriculum Design Specialist
  • Outdoor Education Specialist
  • Recreational Director
  • Environmental and Outdoor Program Educator 
  • DEIJ Outdoor Program Evaluator
  • Nature and Place-based Program Designer
  • Adventure and Tourism Travel Director

What will this program look like?

Asynchronous by design, this online program fits into your schedule. Students take 6 core OL courses ranging from philosophies and methods, program administration, risk management, and DEI, emphasizing ethics, place-based learning, and curriculum development. You will take elective coursework in an area of your choosing, such as environmental education, sustainable business management, adventure therapy, social justice, and activism. Combining your concentration with the foundational curriculum will open perspectives and opportunities in your work as an outdoor educator. In our capstone semester, create an original research project, such as a portfolio of curriculum development, a business plan, development of programs for specific populations, ethnographic research, and more. Thinking a Ph.D. might be in your future? You can always opt to do a thesis.

Key Program Information

Number of Credits
36

Cost Per Credit
$799

Completed Fall 2024 Application Deadline
August 9, 2024

Orientation Start Date
August 17, 2024

Admissions & Apply

Careers & Opportunities

Career Pathways

You’d be amazed at all the careers this degree has taken our graduates:

  • Outdoor Program Administrator
  • Curriculum Design Specialist
  • Outdoor Education Specialist
  • Recreational Director
  • Environmental and Outdoor Program Educator 
  • DEIJ Outdoor Program Evaluator
  • Nature and Place-based Program Designer
  • Adventure and Tourism Travel Director

Career Planning

Our Career Services team works with you to map out a plan that works for your goals and your life. There are many ways to get where you’re going, and we’ve seen it all!

Are you interested in being part of our community?

One thing we all have in common is our passion – passion for helping others, passion for the environment, passion for social justice and a passion for a different kind of learning experience.