Nature Based Tourism (independent online) (5 ECTS)

Location and time

Online implementation only, including independent learning and some scheduled webinars in the late afternoons.

Materials

The material provided by the teacher in Moodle and the following books: Fredman, P. & Tyrväinen, L. 2011. Frontiers in nature-based tourism: lessons from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden: Routledge. Hall, C. M. & Boyd, S. 2005. Nature-based tourism in peripheral areas: development or disaster? Channel View Publications.

Exam schedules

No exam. The course's gradable task is a report. In case of failure, there will be a resubmission option with a separate deadline instructed in the course workspace on Moodle.

Student workload

Reading material 30 h Topic Related online discussions 20 h Assignments and information search 85 h Altogether 135 h = 5 credits x 27 hours of learning

Content scheduling

You will mainly be able to study according to your own schedule but you will need to respect the deadlines of some minor week tasks, as well as of the final course assignment.

Teaching methods

Virtual learning and assignments Independent information search Topic related online discussions

Further information

Intake: Cooperation students: 60 Open UAS: 5 Exchange students: 15 Assessment methods: The course teacher will evaluate your weekly work on the scale pass/fail and the final course assignment on the scale 0-5, the latter also forming your course grade. AI generated content is not allowed in submissions for this course and the quality will be monitored both by the Turnitin tool and manually. Non-active students will be removed from the course after the first three weeks. Activity is demonstrated by participation in the orientation lecture and completing the introductory tasks in Moodle.

Evaluation scale

0-5