Note:Compulsory participation on location in Norway in March only.

Time schedule:

January and February: Preparation on location of choice.

March: Compulsory participation on hiking-tours etc. in Bodø, Norway. The students are required to have arrived in Bodø no later than March 1. The students can travel back to their home university March 26.

April: Individual work on location of choice.

Aims

To provide a field based experience of the human physiological responses to exercise in selected environmental conditions.

Skills and strategies that might be employed to mitigate the effects of the environment will also be considered. The module will provide students with the skills required to advise individuals on the preparation necessary to perform physical activity in these environments.

Learning Outcomes

Discuss human physiological responses to acute and chronic exposure to cold (air and water) environments.

Evaluate the effect that different environments have on the body's response to adapt and perform.

Use a variety of physiological measurement techniques to measure the environmental effect on performance in extreme conditions and demonstrate skills that might mitigate such effects.

Higher Education Entrance Qualification

English language proficiency

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If the applicant does not fulfill the requirements for the Higher Education Entrance Qualification but has experience-based competence relevant to the field of study, he or she may apply for recognition of this competence in order to fulfill the admission.

General arrangements for recognition of prior learning

The Norwegian system for grading and assessment using the letter grades A - F, in which A denotes the best/highest grade and F denotes "not passed". Work can also be assessed as "passed", "not passed", "approved" and "not approved".

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