Course Objectives

Students will gain experience and skills in planning, executing and evaluating a major project for which they have chosen a theme to explore in depth. Working on this project will provide students with tangible sport-administrative experience. Through the project, students will establish contacts with various cooperative partners, and the intention is that these relationships will be maintained in future employment situations. Students will acquire experience in establishing a team, delegating responsibility and tasks between team members, and establishing a project office.

Course Description

• The joint project will cover topics of topical interest associated with the fields of sports, physical education and activities and outdoor life, today and in the future, considered from a social sciences perspective.
• In carrying out the joint project, students will aim to develop nationwide cooperation with organisations, institutions and enterprises related to the topic they have chosen.
• The joint project will also have an international, comparative perspective. For instance, students will participate in a study trip where the destination is chosen based on the topic of their project.
• Students will conduct a three-week period of training that will provide them with the ability to apply the knowledge, skills, theories, methods and models they have acquired through their studies. The training will provide a thorough introduction to an organization’s activities and functions and should thus serve as an important link between the theoretical understanding of the courses included in the Sport Management 3 and the sports administration field. This period of training will be carried out in the autumn semester and must be documented in the training report.

Learning Methods

Teaching, training, student work individually and in teams, guidance, study trip, seminars and written reports. The whole student group is responsible for the entire project: choice of topic, approaches, delegation of tasks and responsibilities within the team, organisation of cooperation with others, planning the study trip abroad and the planning and execution of a seminar (the Telemark Conference). The result of the project work will be presented as part of the seminar, and will also be documented in a written report.

Assessment Methods

• Joint submission of a report from the study trip and seminars. Pass /fail.
• Submission of a joint report from the joint project. Pass / fail.
  

All submissions must be passed in order to pass the course.
80% attendance of the seminars is required.

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