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Module title: Sports' Event Tourism
SCQF level: 08:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: TSM08120
Module leader: Sarah Snell
School The Business School
Subject area group: Tourism and Intercultural Business Communication
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added
Description of module content:

This module considers sport event tourism (SET) management, its development and processes alongside its impacts on local, national and global stakeholders. The module will cover a range of sporting events within an international context, from major sporting events such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, to smaller local events like the Edinburgh Marathon. Conceptual frameworks, typologies and definitions will provide students with a strong foundation to better understand this important sector for both events and tourism. The impacts of SET on the host, national, and international community and its relevant stakeholders will be identified and appropriate evaluative frameworks discussed. We will look to better understand the resources required by a host destination in order to produce and maintain a strong SET offering through sport tourism destination resource analysis and will evaluate this in line with a destinations current tourism offering & market. Within the context of bidding, planning and staging of sports events, we will investigate current theory and frameworks around this area and apply these in a real world context, to self-selected student case studies. Finally, Consideration will be given to current issues and trends such as links to the UN sustainable development goals, the broadcasting of sport events, issues on wellness & community, and appraising likely future developments and demands worldwide.
Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Understand and apply the foundations, theories, and associated conceptual frameworks behind Sport Event Tourism.

LO2: Analyse and investigate the impacts of sport event tourism and investigate how these affect local, national and international communities.

LO3: Understand and evaluate sport event tourism in respect of the host destination, its resources and current tourism markets.

LO4: Analyze and apply the processes behind sport event tourism bidding, planning & staging.

LO5: Explore trends likely to affect the future of Sport Events in relation to tourism and development.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 1, In Person,
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: In Person
Location of delivery: CRAIGLOCKHAR
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Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Sarah Snell
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Face To Face Lecture 12 LECTURE: The module is taught in a series of lectures which provide students with the appropriate content (definitions, frameworks, models, theories etc.) with links to a wide range of internationally diverse case studies and examples, designed to enhance learning and develop insight into the phenomena of sport event tourism.
Face To Face Seminar 12 SEMINAR: The Lectures are complemented by seminars which provide students with the opportunity to apply definitions, frameworks, models, theories etc. to a wide range of internationally diverse case studies, examples and assessment choices.
Online Guided independent study 156 Guided independent study: Students are required to read and research (directed paper based and web based publications and approved databases) around the subjects presented in class to better develop their understanding of the concepts under investigation.
Online GROUPIND_STUDY 20 Guided independent study
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Report 40 1~2~5 Week 8 , WORDS= 2000 +/- 10% Individual report which investigates the theoretical foundations of sport event tourism alongside discussions and evaluations of the impacts of sport event tourism, locally, nationally and globally and their future implications for the industry, in relation to a specific case example, self selected by the student.
Oral Presentation 40 3~4 Week 13 HOURS= 20 minutes Group presentation. A bid proposal for a future sport event tourism offering. Students are asked to propose a new sport event tourism product, demonstrating key areas within the presentation relating to destination resources and markets, sport event bidding, planning and staging.
Report 20 3~4 Week 13 , WORDS= 2000 +/- 10% A report to be submitted alongside the group presentation. The report should outline the underlying research associated with the presentation, and be seen as a supporting document. It should also include a reflection on how the group worked together during the assessment and how they adhered to the principles of compassionate groupwork, taught on the module.
Component 1 subtotal: 40
Component 2 subtotal: 60
Module subtotal: 100

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