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Esta asignatura se imparte en inglés. El plan docente en español es una traducción del inglés.
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This subject is taught in English. The course guide was originally written in English.
Course
Physical Education and Sports Sciences
Subject
Organisation of Sports Events
Type
Optional (OP)
Credits
6.0
Semester
1st
| Group | Language of instruction | Teachers |
|---|---|---|
| G11, classroom instruction, mornings | English | Josep Oriol Sallent Bonaventura |
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
- 3. Good health and well-being
Objectives
The course has two parts: in the first one, students learn how to organise a sport event, implementing all that has been learned in a practical case, the organisation of a Sports Day in the University.
In the second part, the focus will be on understanding sports and active tourism with its stakeholders, products, trends and challenge
Goals
- Acquire the ability to take initiatives in the field of event organisation.
- Obtain the capacity to have an overview of an event organisation.
- Get the experience in event organisation.
- Basic knowledge of tourism.
- Ability to generate products from the relationship of sports and tourism.
Learning outcomes
Under review. Pending publication
Content
- Sports events
- Typology of sports events
- Phases of sports events
- Techniques to organize sports events
- Areas of sports events
- Tourism and sports
- Introduction to tourism, and tourism and sports
- Sports tourism
- Active tourism
Evaluation
- Individual exercises during the course (15%)
- Involvement in the organization of UVic Sport Games (60%)
- Exam (25%)
Students must have a 4.5 as a minimum grade in each part to pass the evaluation.
In the recovery, there will only be an individual activity for the two first sections of the assessment plan, and an exam to recover the exam.
If students fail more than 50% of the grade, they don't pass the subject. They have to repeat all the course.
Methodology
Students will have to involve in the organisation of a sport event, collaborating in one of the areas. They will have to participate actively before, during and after the event. There is a team dossier and an individual activity related to this event organisation.
There is a mix of lectures, work sessions and tutorials. Apart from specific seminar sessions, normally in every lesson there is a first part of lecturing and then some group work.
The activity is done in English and it is expected that participants understand it and participate in this language.
Bibliography
Key references
- Allen, J., O'Toole, W., Mc Donnell, I., & Harris, R. (2005). Festival and special event management (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons.
- Añó Sanz, V. (2003). Organización y gestión de actividades deportivas. Los grandes eventos. INDE.
- Getz, D. (2007). Event studies: theory, research and policy for planned events. Elsevier Butterworth - Heinemann.
- Mestre Sancho, J. A., García Sánchez, E., & Ayora Pérez, D. (2004). Organización de eventos deportivos. INDE.
- Standeven, J., & De Knop, P. (1999). Sport Tourism. Human Kinetics.