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APU MSOEE

About MSOEE

Alaska Pacific University’s M.S. in Outdoor & Environmental Education

The MSOEE Graduate program is a hands-on, place-based learning experience that will prepare you for many interdisciplinary career fields involving outdoor education. Combining theory and practice, you will have a chance to design and deliver outdoor learning programs to children of Kellogg F.I.E.L.D. School on the beautiful Kellogg Campus.

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Program Core Courses

MSOEE Student ice skating on a frozen lake.
  • Curriculum Design for Outdoor Educators
  • Power of Place in Education
  • Teaching Methods for Experiential Education
  • Research Methods
  • Learning Theory in Outdoor Education
  • Outdoor & Environmental Literacy
  • Elective Expeditions and Skills: Sea Kayaking, Mountaineering, Leadership
  • Thesis Seminar I
  • Thesis Seminar II
  • Research Methods
  • Practicum
  • Thesis Research/Professional Project

Options exist to use MSOEE toward a K-8 teaching certificate.

Read Essays by Students about Outdoor & Environmental Education

Current Employment of MSOEE Graduates

  • Environmental Educator, Alaska Department of Fish & Game
  • Field Instructor, Alaska Avalanche School
  • Certified Elementary Teacher, Houston Elementary School
  • Field Instructor, National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
  • Certified Elementary Teacher, Northern Pacific Academy
  • Faculty and Environmental Educator, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Recreational Therapist, Northstar Behavioral Health
  • Kids Don’t Float Program Coordinator, Alaska DNR – Office of Boating Safety
  • Interpretive Ranger, NPS
  • Public Safety Ranger, Alaska State Parks
  • Site Coordinator, Trailside Discovery Camps
  • Professional Development Manager, Camp Fire Alaska
Group of students kayaking in Alaska

Past Graduate Thesis Titles

  • An Analysis of the Junior Wilderness First Aid (JWFA) Program
  • Decision-Making Practices in Alaska’s Dynamic Mountain Environments: A Study of Professional Mountain Guides
  • Grounding Girls: Young Women and Place-Based Environmental Education
  • Exploring Ecology in Alaska: Reflective Storytelling as a Model for Environmental Education
  • Science Center Connections: What Understandings do Students Retain After a Field Trip?
  • Evaluation of a Place-Based and Community-Based Education Program: A Case Study
  • Piloting an Avalanche Advisory Program for Public Recreation in the Chugach Mountains: Strategy, Challenges and Viability
  • Archery at the Farm: The Development, Implementation and Assessment of a Youth Archery Curriculum
  • “The Fisheries Lady is Here!”: Desgining, Implementing and Evaluating the KNA Fisheries Science in the Schools Program
  • A First-Time Outdoor Experience: Outdoor Recreation and the Enhancement of Environmental Knowledge and Environmentally Responsible Behavior
  • The Other People in the Group: A Qualitative Study of Parents as Participants in NonFormal Multigenerational Environmental Education Programs
  • Developing Environmental Education Curriculum Kits
  • Modeling the Use of Interpretive Panels Within an Environmental Education Curriculum
  • A Community Needs Assessment of a Children’s Garden at Spring Creek Farm
  • Constructivism in a Youth Bicycle Safety Curriculum
  • The Effects of Live Animal Contact on Zoo Visitor Conservation Commitment
  • Beginning Farmer Education in Alaska: What Women Want
  • Implementing a Place-Based Environmental Lab School at APU’s Kellogg Campus
  • Masters Program Evaluation: A Case Study of an Outdoor and Environmental Education Degree
  • Outdoor Language Arts
  • The Lasting Frontier: Divide Recreation in Hatcher Pass
  • Urban Environmental Education Program Development Through Neighborhood Mapping
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