Høst 2018

REI-3003 Heritage Tourism - 10 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for reiseliv og nordlige studier

Type of course

Course can be taken as single course

Course overlap

REI-3003 Heritage Tourism 10 stp

Course contents

This course gives theoretical perspectives on cultural and natural heritage in tourism production. It focuses on heritage between exhibition and experience; heritage tourism and indigenous tourism; and exhibiting, narrating, and festivalizing heritage in tourism.

Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 June for the autumn semester

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

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).

Objective of the course

Knowledge: - Knowledge of heritage tourism - Knowledge of central questions related to heritage tourism - Knowledge of different scholarly positions in the research on heritage tourism - Knowledge of how to reflect upon the implications raised by using cultural heritage in tourism - Knowledge of strategies for a sustainable use of heritage in tourism

Skills: - Critical understanding of existing research within the field of heritage tourism - Use theoretical perspectives from the subject to analyse empirical material - Critically evaluate others` research - Accomplish a limted, individual research project under supervision - Relate scholarly insights in written work

Generel competence: - Find literature and research on heritage tourism - Reflect upon important theoretical positions related to heritage and tourism - Make use of theoretical reasoning within the field of heritage tourism - Relate scholarly knowledge to others in writing - Contribute to scholarly debate and innovation on the basis of empirical material

Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

Teaching takes place in seminars with lectures, on-line or in classroom, student presentations and group work. The students discuss the literature, give oral presentations, and partake in discussions. Course is given in an intensive mode (blocks)

Assessment

The student must have 70% attendance in order to sit for the exam.

Exam: The final assesment is a paper.

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

Possibility of re-sit exam in case of F.