Sport Science Ba (A), Science and Practice in Ski Sports, 7,5 credits

WELCOME TO MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY

Hello!
A warm welcome to the course Sport Science Ba (A), Science and Practice in Ski Sports, 7,5 credits and as a student at Mid Sweden University.

The philosophy of the course is to promote the fundamental concepts associated with healthy living throughout the lifespan. The course teaches the knowledge, skills, organization and rules of the selected skiing sport activities such as alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and biathlon.

The main teachers are listed below.
Erik Andersson (responsible for the course)
E-post: erik.andersson@miun.se
Marko Laaksonen
E-post: marko.laaksonen@miun.se
Oyvind Karlsson
E-post: oyvind.karlsson@miun.se

Schedule
Four weeks before the beginning of the course you will get access to your schedule https://cloud.timeedit.net/miun/web/student/ri1Q5008.html (and use the code IV059G to see the schedule). Please note that the timetable may be updated until the beginning of the course and even after that if something unforeseen happens.

Before you can begin your studies, there are three things you need to do
1. Get a login for the student portal (Swedish: Studentportalen)

If you are an international student and admitted to a campus-based program, you will receive your User ID upon arrival at Mid Sweden University. All international students who are admitted to a distance education program, will receive their User ID by email approximately one week before course start.
This is your most important tool during your studies at Mid Sweden University. Here, you will find information about courses, study material etc. This is also where you register for each course. All of this can be found at www.miun.se/admitted.

Please note:
If you have studied at Mid Sweden University before, you will keep the same student login and user id.

2. Read through the current course syllabus

In the course syllabus, there is information about the course literature and other important things about the course for both teachers and students.

3. Register for the course

You must register for all of the courses you want to take during the semester. You do this in the Student Portal by clicking on the link “My Studies”, and then “Register on course”. You can register no earlier than two working days before the beginning of the course. It is important that you register for each course.

Course information
Learning outcomes are:
Develop an understanding of the importance and implementation of regular, lifelong physical activity for a healthy lifestyle and emotional well-being.
Develop good principles in movement and technique to optimise learning and progress.
Develop basic physical and coaching skills in the selected skiing sports.

Student information
You will find information about our campuses, registration, accommodation, checklist for new students and routines for examination and more on our webpage www.miun.se/antagen (Swedish) or www.miun.se/admitted (English).

If you do not want to attend this course you have been admitted to,
please visit the link below for information about how to decline our offer
antagning.se / universityadmissons.se

If you are a student from a partner university, please contact internationaloffice@miun.se.

The Library
In order to borrow at Mid Sweden University you need a library account. You get a library account when you activate your student portal login, register to a course and approve of the library lending rules. It takes about an hour after your activation before the library account is made. Use your student portal login to borrow and reserve books and to access the services of the library from home. You will find further information here: http://biblioteket.miun.se.

Contact us
Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via e-mail contact@miun.se or phone, +46 (0)10-142 80 00 Monday through friday, 08.00-16.00.

Hope that you will enjoy the course!

Best regards
Mid Sweden University

Marko Laaksonen
Erik Andersson (PhD), responsible teacher