Recreation and Sport Event Programming

Course aim

This course will enable students to study the process of program planning that is used to implement recreation and sport events. Students will work in small teams to apply the theory, knowledge and skills in a practical setting.

Course content

This course will introduce concepts of program planning and event management applicable to the recreation and sport industry. Students will focus on a Recreation Programming Model exploring concepts of leisure theory, program creation, group work environments, budgeting, promotion, scheduling and evaluation. The course involves eight weeks of theory, delivered in lectures and explored further in workshops. For the remaining weeks, students will work in teams to plan, implement and evaluate an event for a host organisation.

Textbook(s)

Rossman, J & Schlatter, B 2015, Recreation programming: designing leisure experiences, 7th edn, Sagamore Publishing, Illinois.

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	2 hours x 8 weeks
Workshop	2 hours x 7 weeks
Group Placement	50 hours x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Group project, Test

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.