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The Event Management major equips students with the knowledge and practical skills needed to function as event management professionals and industry leaders in a diverse range of contemporary event settings. With the increasing social, economic and political significance of high-profile events, employers increasingly prefer university graduates with analytical, practical and transferable employability skills, including leadership, teamwork, critical thinking, communication and problem-solving, for managerial positions. This major commences with an introduction to the events industry and focuses on the application of key business principles, practices and skills including; marketing, communications and sponsorship, managing the service experience, human resource and strategic management, funding and finance, sport venue and event management, business events management, business research and evaluation, and event staging, logistics, and operations management. Course Exclusion: This major cannot be studied in the Bachelor of Event, Sport and Recreation Management or Bachelor of Sport, Recreation or Event Management.
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Event Manager, Events Coordinator, Events Officer, Events Business Manager, Events Operation Manager, Events Consultant, Conference Manager, Wedding Planner, Party Planner, Festival Manager, Corporate Events Manager, Exhibition Manager
Employment opportunities for graduates exist within a range of professional, not-for-profit, government and commercial sport, recreation, hospitality, tourism, arts and corporate organisations at local, state, national and international levels. Within these types of organisations, your role may involve managing aspects of marketing, communications, sponsorship, public relations, sales, venues, equipment, staging, logistics or the hiring, training and supervising of staff related to the management of events.
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| TSM2202 | Introduction to Event Management | 15 |
| HOS2325 | Managing the Service Experience | 15 |
| SPM2610 | Marketing and Communications for the Service Industries | 15 |
| SPM3655 | Sport and Events Funding and Finance | 15 |
| SPM3114 | Sport Venues and Events | 15 |
| TSM3500 | Business Events Management | 15 |
| BUS3100 | Business Research Practices | 15 |
| TSM3501 | Event Operations Management | 15 |
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
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