1 a) Module	AUTUMN OUTDOOR LIFE ACTIVITIES
b) Code
c) Semester	Autumn
d) ECTS credits	15
2 Target group	Students interested in the outdoors and sport. The course gives an introduction to various models of teaching, guiding, and learning models connected to outdoor activities.
3 Aims	Through this study the students shall acquire basic knowledge about and experience in skills connected to basic outdoor life activities, canoeing and traditional Sami ways of keeping reindeer. The students shall develop their ability to work together, joint responsibility and critical self-evaluation connected to the practical exercise of outdoor life. In addition, the course shall contribute to developing attitudes where trackless traffic and care in connection with nature become basic rules for activities in the outdoors, and develop attitudes where each person takes responsibility for himself, for every person in the group and for the group in its entirety; tolerance, joint responsibility and initiative.
4 Prerequisites	None
a) Contents	The course gives an introduction to an essentially Norwegian tradition within the area of outdoor activities: I:    basic outdoor life activities, security and equipment II:   canoeing                                                                                     III:  an introduction to traditional Sami reindeer culture           ·        Hiking o       Planning o       safety and requirements connected to equipment o       instructing and managing trips ·        canoeing – experiences connected to trafficking, orienteering and setting up camps on and around lakes and watercourses o       planning trips o       instructing and managing trips o       safety and requirements connected to equipment ·        environmentally friendly trafficking
	·        Sami reindeer culture o       “The Finnmark bonfire” made from birch, birch bark and twigs o       trafficking and transport o       herding, catching and killing reindeer as a source of food o       preparation and exploitation of the reindeer’s fur, bones and horns o        exploring the tension between traditional and modern, mechanical ways of keeping reindeer
b) Necessary equipment	·         clothing and foot-wear (warm and windproof clothes, cap, mitten, woollen underwear, waterproof  boots/shoes) ·         sleeping bag and ground pad ·         rucksack
6 Teaching language	Norwegian/English
7 Design	Practical activities spread over ca. 10 days (included 6 outdoor night-stops).  In connection to this there will be lectures before and after the outdoor activities.
8 Form	Lectures, discussions, field work, excursions, case-work
9 Exam prerequisites	Obligatory term paper – approval required to take exam
10 Evaluation	Individual paper/project work. 12 - 15 pages. The students will choose a project assignment with an interdisciplinary orientation, aimed at shedding light on some topics that have been focused in the course. The project description must be approved by the teacher. Supervisors for the individual students will be appointed once the description is approved. By working with the project assignment it is an aim that the student will develop skills in planning and carrying through developmental work within one autumn activity dealt with in the course.
11 Marks	A-F. A is the best mark, E the lowest mark for a pass. F is fail.
12 Literature	Rolland, Carsten (red.): Outdoor Life – autumn. HiF, Alta 2003.

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