Course
Experience design (BRL103)
This course focuses on experience design in tourism. Through theory, practical examples, and case studies, it provides insight into how to design meaningful experiences in tourism.
Dette er emnebeskrivelsen for studieåret 2025-2026
Fakta
Emnekode
BRL103
Vekting (stp)
10
Semester undervisningsstart
Spring
Undervisningsspråk
Norwegian
Antall semestre
1
Vurderingssemester
Spring
Timeplan
Litteratur
Content
This course focuses on experience design and digitalisation in the visitor industry. Through theory, practical examples, and case studies, it provides insight into how to design meaningful experiences within the visitor industry from a customer journey perspective. The course also explores how different stakeholders in the visitor industry work with strategy, planning, and the design of physical, hybrid, and digital visitor experiences. An important part of the course is to demonstrate how different approaches to designing experiences from a customer journey perspective and various presentation formats can contribute to creating cohesive experience quality. Understanding the overarching management of experience quality and its relationship with the destination is also emphasised. Students will work with a case as part of their assignments.
Learning outcome
The learning outcomes of the course are as follows, defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:
Knowledge
- Knowledge on the experience design and digitalisation approaches, tools, and practice.
- Knowledge of methods used in experience design.
- Insight into how digital experiences can enhance the visitor product and contribute to sustainability.
Skills
- Be able to apply theoretical knowledge in the analysis and planning of visitor experiences.
- Be able to plan and conduct a systematic and independent analysis of a selected experience design from a customer journey perspective.
- Be able to create both written and oral presentations of the analysis results.
General Competence
- Comprehensive understanding of experiences as a central element in the visitor industry, especially related to destinations.
- Familiarisation with current trends in experience design, including physical, hybrid, and digital visitor experiences.
- Ablility to convey knowledge about the key elements in the development of visitor experiences through case studies in assignments.
Forkunnskapskrav
Ingen
Exam
| Form of assessment | Weight | Duration | Marks | Aid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | 2/5 | Letter grades | ||
| Oral exam | 3/5 | Letter grades |
The home exam is written individually.
Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen/vurdering
Mandatory exercises
Fagperson(er)
Head of Department:
Trude FurunesCasual teacher:
Marie Christine LundbergCourse coordinator:
Marie Christine LundbergMethod of work
Lectures, written assignments, workshops.
Åpent for
Admission to Single Courses at the Faculty of Social Sciences
Emneevaluering
There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.
The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1
