Course Objectives

The course aims to provide students with knowledge of the various methods of organising and planning sports and outdoor activities. Students will also be provided with knowledge regarding the planning of health-promoting and preventive measures with a special emphasis placed on to physical activity and health.

Course Description

The course examines the most common types of sport facilities/locations, activities in the local area and outdoor areas. Planning and organising will be discussed from the standpoint of flexible use, or the principle that sports and outdoor activities should be available to everybody. Theories on planning/organisation constitute an important part of the course.

Topics include:

• Laws and guidelines for planning sports and outdoor activities
• Planning, evaluation and organisation of physical activities in the local community, including areas for outdoor activities, school facilities, various sports facilities/locations, walking and lighted skiing and hiking trails
• Strategic planning, including sub-plans for sports and outdoors activities
• Facilities and equipment for various groups
• The growth environment of children and adolescents
• Local social development - the individual, volunteers and institutions
• Interdisciplinary and inter-departmental cooperation with regard to health-promoting work
• Project/ planning work

Learning Methods

Roughly 3 lectures per week throughout the academic year, obligatory inspections, and assignments with supervision.
The course is mainly comprised of lectures. Another important aspect of the course is project work in groups, which will focus on drafting plans for implementing the practical organisation of outdoor and indoor areas. In addition, inspections provide students with the opportunity to experience how various sports, outdoors activities and activities in the local area are organised. The course aims to effectively combine practice with theory. During the course of the semester, mandatory group and individual assignments will be evaluated and given pass or fail marks, and may be assigned grades.

Assessment Methods

A 4-hour written individual mid-year examination (counts for 40%) - and a 5-day group final examination (counts for 60%). Students must submit 1 essay within health and sport. Students need only re-sit the examination in which they have received a failing mark. Students must receive passing marks in all examinations and essay in order to receive a passing mark for the course.

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