There is no one degree for the outdoor profession, it is too multi dimensional. Thus OS provides an opportunity for students to discover the possibilities, find a passion, and then equip themselves to follow their passion.

The outdoor professional needs to be the renaissance person: skilled in the outdoors, knowledgeable about nature, understanding of culture and history, versed in psychology, and appreciates the arts.

Otherwise he or she needs to be a skilled wilderness traveler, a first responder, a woodsman, a naturalist, a guide, an educator, a counselor, a businessman, a historian, and an artist.