REIS300 Nature-Based Tourism
Credits (ECTS):10
Course responsible:Stian Stensland
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Engelsk
Limits of class size:25
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:Ca. 250 hours; lectures and term paper included.
Teaching and exam period:This course starts in Autumn parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in Autumn parallel.
About this course
Core issues:
1. Critical examination and discussion of the definitions of sustainable nature-based tourism , and related concepts such as regenerative tourism and ecotourism. Tourism, sustainability goals and challenges at different scales.
2. Understanding key aspects of nature-based tourism, e.g., entrepreneurial behaviour, business and product characteristics
3. Analysing experiences in nature-based tourism, including in niches such as wildlife-, adventure- and event tourism.
4. Governance approaches to sustainable nature-based tourism. Resource dependency, public-private collaboration, the role of public regulations and private actions.
The course include participation in two excursions (a two days and a single day) and writing of a term paper. Students are required to bring their own sleeping bag and sleeping pad for the excursion.
Learning outcome
Knowledge: The student shall obtain a theoretical basis for critical analysis and evaluation of the key dimensions of sustainable nature-based tourism, including knowledge-based approaches to managing for sustainability.
Skills: The student shall be able to write scientific reports, present research findings orally, and critically assess research from this professional field.
General competence: The students shall be able to contribute to scientific, professional discussions within this field and to provide knowledge about the subject in managerial and commercial settings.
- Lectures, two excursions, colloquies and individual term paper.
- The students' learning can be supported by discussions with teachers during office hours.
- REIS200
- Broad knowledge in nature-based tourism subjects such as REIS202
Combined assessment:
Term paper (counts 40%) and oral exam (counts 60%). All of the evaluated elements in the course must be completed to pass the course.
Oral exam Grading: Letter grades Term paper Grading: Letter grades- An external examiner will grade the oral exam and the term paper.
- Both excursions. A two day excursion to Ytre Hvaler National Park second week of the fall semester (mid-September), and a day trip to the woods of Oslo in October.
- Students are required to bring their own sleeping bag and sleeping pad for the excursion.
- Lectures, excursion and term paper: 80 hours.
- Students enrolled in the master program in nature-based tourism.
- Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)