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Event Planning, Minor

Requirements

The Minor in Event Planning will require eighteen credit hours of courses currently being offered. The minor provides undergraduate Woodbury Business students an official designation on their transcript, highlighting their specific qualifications in this area. The courses in the minor offer students the opportunity to learn event planning management techniques needed to successfully plan, manage, and execute events. Students who complete these classes will have a clear designation highlighting their preparation for this particular set of skills.

Total Program Credits: 18

Discipline Core Requirements: 15 Credits
  MKTG 2390 Professional Business Presentations 3
  HM 1180 Food and Beverage Management  3
  HM 3210 Event Venue and Convention Management 3
  HM 4200 Event Planning 3
  HM 4250 Advanced Event Production 3
Elective Requirements: 3 Credits
Choose 3 credits from the Following 3
  CA 1000 Culinary Basics (3)  
  MKTG 3650 Professional Selling (3)  
  ART 1400 Graphic Computer Applications (3)  
  COMM 3560 Public Relations Event and Media Coordination (3)  
  THEA 1513 Stagecraft I (2)  
and THEA 1514 Stagecraft I Lab (1)  
  TECH 3400 Project Management WE (3)  

Graduation Requirements:

  1. A minimum of 2.5 GPA

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track.

Semester 1 Course Title Credit Hours
HM 1180 Food and Beverage Management 3
HM 3210 Event Venue and Convention Management 3
Semester 2 Course Title Credit Hours
HM 4200
Event Planning 3
Elective 3
  Semester total: 6
Semester 3 Course Title Credit Hours
HM 4250
Advanced Event Production 3
MKTG 2390 Professional Business Presentations 3
  Semester total: 6
  Degree total: 18

Department

Organizational Leadership

The Organizational Leadership department is in the Woodbury School of Business. To find the most up-to-date information, including Program Learning Outcomes for degree programs offered by the Organizational Leadership department, visit their website.

Organizational Leadership department

Program Details

Program Learning Outcomes
  1. Apply the major concepts, skills and values of the event industry by integrating the concepts of marketing, finance, design, and operations in the management of a range of events.
  2. Plan and manage a live event from inception to implementation to evaluation.
  3. Communicate effectively to diverse audiences.
  4. Apply critical thinking and problem solving to management decisions for events.
  5. Demonstrate leadership skills and adapt them to a diverse global market in the event industry. 
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