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HL20493: Sport, leisure & tourism

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CW 70%, OR 30%
Assessment Detail:
  • Assignment (2000 words) (CW 70%)
  • Oral Exam (Group Task) (OR 30%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
The aim of this unit is for students to develop a critical understanding of the sport, tourism, and leisure industries.

Learning Outcomes:
Students completing this unit will be able to:
* Critically understand key concepts, issues, and epistemologies in contemporary sport tourism.
* Critically assess the economic, political, cultural, social and legal frameworks related to sporting events, tourism, and popular leisure activities.
* Critically interrogate the subjectivities that populate, are impacted upon and are realised in and through sporting, leisure, and tourism spaces. Explore these topics specifically as they relate to the policing, surveillance, vilification, and celebration of certain bodies in certain spaces.
* Identify and critically assess industry and government strategies for shaping leisure and tourism experiences.

Skills:
The following key skills are either taught and / or facilitated (T/F) or assessed (A) in this unit: Written Communication - T/F, A Problem Solving - T/F, A Working Independently - T/F, A

Content:

* Introduction to sport, tourism, and leisure, including key concepts and methods for studying these fields.
* The practices of sport tourists and leisure participants; leisure, tourism, and identity.
* The impacts of sport tourism & leisure spaces (e.g., social, economic, environmental, community, health).
* Policy and management in leisure and tourism.
Programme availability:

HL20493 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFB11 : BA(Hons) Sport & Social Sciences (Year 2)
  • UHHL-AKB11 : BA(Hons) Sport & Social Sciences with Professional Placement (Year 2)
  • UHHL-AFB20 : BSc(Hons) Sport Management & Coaching (Year 2)
  • UHHL-AKB20 : BSc(Hons) Sport Management & Coaching with Professional Placement (Year 2)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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