The first year comprises the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programme, which is designed to give you the necessary skills in all four language areas (reading, writing, listening, and speaking). This is carefully integrated with content from modules in the disciplines of Business, Economics and Mathematics to fully prepare you for years from two to four of the degree. 

In the second year, you will start to take typical modules found in the field of events management including Introduction to the Events Industry Managing Events and Organisational Behavior. 

ln the third year, you'll study core areas of events management including Managing the Live Event. Design for Events, Consumer Behaviour–Experiential Marketing, and Human Resource Management for Events. 

In the final year, modules include Global Events and Festivals, Creativity and Innovation in Context, and Global Business Strategy among others.

You will learn through lectures, seminars, group projects, industry visits, practical work and managing live events. The opportunity to gain practical experience of events management is a key feature of this course. This is achieved by fieldwork visits, volunteer work experience, staging of events on campus and off campus in the final year.

We employ a wide variety of assessment methods involving individual presentations, group presentations, assignments, group reports, feasibility studies and examinations.

This course offers a wide range of career opportunities in events and conference management and related fields such as sport, arts, and the music industry. There are also employment opportunities in the private sector, public sector, and general industry in Events Management, Hospitality, and the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) market.

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