Course syllabus spring 2022
Course syllabus spring 2022
Title
Critical Perspectives on Environmental Challenges in Sport and Outdoor Recreation
Swedish title
Kritiska perspektiv på idrottens och friluftslivets miljöutmaningar
Course code
IF634E
Credits
7.5 credits
Grading scale
UV / Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG)
Language of instruction
English
Decision-making body
Faculty of Education and Society
Syllabus approval date
2021-02-08
Syllabus valid from
2021-02-08
Entry requirements
Bachelor's degree in Humanities or Social Sciences
Level
Advanced level
No main field.
Progression level
A1N
Course objectives
The purpose of the course is that the student develops a deeper understanding of how sport and outdoor recreation relates to the environment and to sustainable development.
Course contents
The course addresses environmental challenges that sport and outdoor recreation are facing, both in terms of their environmental impact but also how environmental change can affect sport and outdoor recreation. In addition, the course tackles the strive for increasing performance in sport and the logic of sportification, and its potential conflict with environmental considerations. Swedish and international research on sport, outdoor recreation and environment is discussed and analyzed.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
- Critically examine and problematize how different models for the management and organization of sport and outdoor recreation can affect, and be affected by, the environment.
- Summarize and analyze the content in scientific and scholarly journals in relation to sport, outdoor recreation and environmental challenges.
- Describe and analyze how and why the relation to the environment and sustainable development differ between different types and levels of sport and outdoor recreation.
Learning activities
The course is offered on distance, online via digital tools. The course contains varying forms of teaching, such as lectures, seminars, group discussions and individual study. The course builds on active participation and collective knowledge building with other students and teachers.
Assessment
The course is assessed through two examinations as follows:
Assignment 1: Written Case Report, 2 hp. The exam assesses the learning outcome 1.
Assignment 2: Paper, 5,5 hp. The exam assesses the learning outcomes 2 and 3.
Parts of the course in which attendance is compulsory are announced by the teachers at the start of the course.
The assessment criteria for this course are announced by the teachers in connection to the course start.
For all assessments, individual contributions should be possible to identify.
For the course grade Pass with distinction, the student is required to have the grade Pass with distinction on at least two thirds of the total points assessed in the course.
Course literature and other study material
Beames, Simon, Mackie, Chris & Atencio, Matthew (red.) (2019). Adventure and society. Chamonix, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 194 s.
Book, Karin (2013). Place Marketing or Sustainable Development – or neither nor: Reflections on the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014.
Dingle, Greg & Mallen, Cheryl (red.) (2020). Sport and Environmental Sustainability: Research and Strategic Management. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 288 s.
I: Petersson, Bo & Vamling, Karina. (red.) (2013). The Sochi predicament: contexts, characteristics and challenges of the Olympic Winter Games in 2014. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Pub, s. 41-54.
McCullough, Brian. P., Orr, Madeleine, & Kellison, Timothy (2020). Sport Ecology: Conceptualizing an Emerging Subdiscipline Within Sport Management. Journal of Sport Management, 34(6), 509-520
Svensson, Daniel (2018). Skiing through Time: Articulating a Landscape Heritage of Swedish Cross-Country Skiing. I: Strobl, Philipp and Podkalicka, Aneta (red.) Leisure Cultures and the Making of Modern Ski Resorts. Chamonix: Palgrave Macmillan, s. 93-115.
Additional readings may be added to a limited extent.
Course evaluation
The University provides students who participate in or who have completed a course with the opportunity to make known their experiences and viewpoints with regards to the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarize the results of course evaluations as well as informing participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures initiated in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).
Additional information
The course is given online and in English.