autumn 2018
REI-3002 Nature Tourism - 10 ECTS

Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 June for the autumn semester

Exchange students and Fulbright students: 15 April for the autumn semester.


Type of course

Course can be taken as single course

Admission requirements

Applicants must have a Bachelor´s Degree (180 ECTS), or an equivalent qualification, with a minimum of 80 ECTS within tourism, out-door recreation, event studies, marketing and communication, social sciences, humanities or education.

All applicants must document a minimum grade of C from the undergraduate degree.

As a minimum applicants need to have a Higher Education Entrance Qualification from their home countries and certified language requirements in English. For students from non-English speaking countries, an English language test is usually also required.

Application code: 9371 (nordic applicants).


Course overlap

If you pass the examination in this course, you will get an reduction in credits (as stated below), if you previously have passed the following courses:

REI-3002 Nature Tourism 10 stp

Course content

This course focuses on the effects of using nature as a basis for tourism. It discusses social, environmental and ethics aspects and relates them to the study of multiple actors participating in the development and operation of nature-based tourism. There is a particular focus on Arctic nature-based tourism, ecotourism as well as sustainability related to planning and implementation of nature tourism. Like ecotourism, terms as sustainable tourism and responsible tourism are rooted in the concept of sustainable development, or development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs as formulated by the Brundtland Commission (1987)

Objectives of the course

Knowledge:  - Knowledge of sustainable tourism and ecotourism  - Theoretical understanding of the development and management of nature-based tourism  - Understanding of the relationship between outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism products - Knowledge of relevant research within the field

Skills:  - Evaluate tourism companies' nature-based products from a sustainability point of view  - Write a scientific paper based on empirical findings  - Develop regional nature-based tourism products - Understand the relationship between tourism, society and nature 

Generel Competence:  - Develop sustainable nature-based tourism products  - Insight into the theoretical frameworks for nature tourism  - Gain further knowledge and information  - Contribute to new thinking in innovation processes related to nature-based tourism


Language of instruction and examination

English 

Teaching methods

Teaching takes place in seminars with lectures, student presentations and group work. The students discuss the literature, give oral presentations, and partake in discussions. Alternatively, teaching can take place in the form of online lectures or field work

Course is given in an intensive mode (blocks) 


Assessment

The student must submit a written assignment and have 70% attendance before he/she may sit for the exam.  

Exam: Paper.

Grades A - E for passed exam, F for failed.

Possibility of re-sit exam in case of F.


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  • About the course
  • Campus: Alta |
  • ECTS: 10
  • Course code: REI-3002
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