Recreation and Sport Event Programming
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
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.
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.
Rossman, J & Schlatter, B 2019, Recreation Programming: Designing, Staging and Managing the Delivery of Leisure Experiences, 8th edn, Sagamore Publishing, Illinois.
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Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
Preparatory | 1 x 1 week | ||
Lecture | 2 hours x 8 weeks | ||
Lecture (Virtual) | 2 hours x 8 weeks | ||
Workshop | 2 hours x 7 weeks | ||
Group Placement | 50 hours x N/A | ||
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY | |||
Offshore | 3 hours x 10 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Learning log/Journal, Proposal, Report, Test/Quiz
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.