Course Description

• Outdoor life and sport as cultural phenomena
• Outdoor life’s history, growth, development, diversity and scope
• Outdoor activities as tools in building the nation and creating national identity
• Outdoor life in relation to gender, class and social divisions
• The significance of outdoor life in Norwegian society: values, motives and goals
• The changing aspect of outdoor life: Institutionalisation, commercialisation, pedagogisation
• Experiencing nature and views of nature, outdoor life and environmental protection
• Outdoor life policies, right of access, laws and regulations, public documents and guidelines
• Public management locally and centrally: levels and departments
• Main problem areas within management of outdoor life and various types of physical environments: conflicts and challenges
• Main voluntary organisations within the field of outdoor life
• Writing scientific texts

Assessment Methods

Individual home examination. Graded marks.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean