SPORT1002 Term paper in Sports and Outdoors Tourism
- Course codeSPORT1002
- Number of credits7,5
- Teaching semester2026 Spring
- Language of instructionEnglish
- CampusLillehammer
- Required prerequisite knowledge
Only for students enrolled in the “Sports and Outdoors Tourism” double bachelor programme.
The course is part of the one-year Sports and Outdoors Tourism programme, covering subjects within winter tourism, sports- and nature-based tourism and event management, and which qualifies for an international double-bachelor degree.
The course will teach students to write an academic text in general and a term paper on a nature-based tourism subject in particular. A discussion of formal aspects of academic texts will be integrated into the tutoring sessions. Academic writing typically involves both the macro level, concerning the ‘story’ or ‘discourse’, and the micro level, meaning the grammar and syntax as well as conventions of formal writing and format – or genre. The students are taken through the process of writing an academic text that treats a topic relevant to the other teaching at the remainder of the double bachelor. Thus, the term paper provides an opportunity for a deeper understanding of the particular topic chosen.
Learning Outcome
Upon passing the course, students have achieved the following learning outcomes:
The student
- has a deeper understanding and knowledge of a particular sector or theme within the ecotourism, adventure tourism, winter-sports tourism or other sports- and nature-based tourism activities and products
- can apply his/her knowledge within the subject to combine theory and practice
- has learned (working) methods and acquired writing skills that require independent analyses and reflection
The student
- has better writing skills, including how to develop a project proposal
- has knowledge about the formal aspects of report writing, including format and structure, the difference between different formats and the IMRaD model
- can present own written accounts and discuss the accounts of fellow students
- is able to search for literature and should be shown how to search at Google Scholar as well as in Web of Science, JSTOR and other databases
The course will be taught as a combination of lectures and tutoring in groups. The purpose here is to provide some guidance in helping students discover unanswered questions and build an academic narrative, whether the format is a report or any other type of academic wringing. A narrative is simply an account of connected events, in other words a story, and people love stories.
With the movie narrative as a useful backdrop, the course focuses more on the storytelling – the narrative – than redistributing or categorising facts.
| Form of assessment | Grading scale | Grouping | Duration of assessment | Support materials | Proportion | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home exam | ECTS - A-F |
| 100 |
The grade will be based on the final term paper submitted at the end of the semester.