Event Planning Management
The Event Planning Management Certificate gives students the opportunity to join a firm or start their own Event Planning business. This rapidly growing field offers many opportunities for graduates to use their business and creative skills.
Short Title : English Composition I
Course Code : ENG-121
Department Description : English
Course Description :
Through a variety of writing projects requiring competence in clear, correct, and effective English, students use inferential and critical skills in the process of composing documented essays. Extensive reading materials serve as structural models and as the bases for discussion and for the writing of essays involving response, analysis, and synthesis.
Prerequisites :
A passing score on the College Placement Test; or a grade of "C" or better in ENG-010 and RDG-011 (RDG-011 can be a co-requisite; or a grade of "C" or better in ESL-097 and ESL-098.
Co requisites :
RDG-011 may be taken as a co-requisite if not previously completed with a grade of "C" or better.
- Credit : 3
- Lecture Hours : 3
Short Title : English Composition II
Course Code : ENG-122
Department Description : English
Course Description : Through a variety of writing projects requiring competence in clear, correct, and effective English, students use inferential and critical skills in the process of composing argument synthesis essays. Students engage in formal written argumentation based on extensive reading and analysis of complex texts. Through the research process, students will locate, analyze, and synthesize scholarly sources to advance their own informed positions on relevant issues in the composition of a formal research paper.
Prerequisites :
A grade of “C” or better in ENG-121
- Credit : 3
- Lecture Hours : 3
Short Title : Introduction to Business
Course Code : BUS-101
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Description :
The planning, supervision, control and performance of activities involved in the production of goods and services. The problems of human relations and labor-management and the functions of human resources, marketing, purchasing, production and finance are explored from the standpoint of effectively carrying on business that relates positively to the society of which it is a part.
- Credit : 3
- Lecture Hours : 3
OR
Short Title : Small Business Management
Course Code : SBM-120
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Description :
Introduces the student to the principles of small business management and the functions of planning, organizing, directing, controlling, financing and staffing a small business enterprise.
- Credit : 3
- Lecture Hours : 3
OR
Short Title : Introduction to the Hospitality Industry
Course Code : HCD-101
Department Description : Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Dietetics
Course Description : An introduction to the lodging and foodservice industry; its history and development, current trends, and opportunities for employment.
- Credit : 3
- Lecture Hours : 3.0
- Lab Hours : 0.0
- Studio Hours : 0.0
Short Title : Introduction to Event Planning
Course Code : BUS-210
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Description :
This course introduces the special skills required for the planning of meetings, expositions, events and conventions, which are normally expensive and often one-time occasions. Students will learn how to design, plan, market and stage an event; including dealing with staffing problems, ensuring the safety of all involved as well as legal compliance, risk management, financial control and evaluation of the event.
Prerequisites :
- Credit : 3
- Lecture Hours : 3
Short Title : Law for Event Planning Management
Course Code : BUS-213
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Description :
This course is designed for students in event planning. As professionals making decisions every day based on their own interpretation of the law, they have a great need to understand how they can act in ways to ensure that they are managing legally in the industry, the basic foundations and principles of the laws affecting the industry as well as guidelines and techniques that show students how to implement preventive management and apply practical legal awareness to their actions.
- Credit : 3
- Lecture Hours : 3
OR
Short Title : Law for Hospitality Operations
Course Code : HCD-209
Department Description : Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Dietetics
Course Description : A basic course in Hotel, Motel and Restaurant Law. This course introduces the students to fundamental laws, rules and regulations applicable to the hospitality industry.
- Credit : 3
- Lecture Hours : 3.0
- Lab Hours : 0.0
- Studio Hours : 0.0
Short Title : Field Experience in Event Planning Management
Course Code : BUS-239
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Description :
Integration of classroom study with specific planned period of learning through work experience, co-op or internship based. The course utilizes a seminar approach with performance-based human relations activities and individual student objectives that are job related and employer evaluated.
Prerequisites :
Completion of half the courses required in the Event Planning Management curricula plus written permission of both the department chairperson and Career and Transfer Services located on the 2nd Floor of West Hall.
- Credit : 3
- Lecture Hours : 1
- Lab Hours : 12
Short Title : Seminar in Management Experiences
Course Code : MGT-216
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Description :
An interdisciplinary course which integrates and synthesizes concepts and information from preceding management courses. Emphasis is on establishing an environment to employ previously learned material, with the opportunity to practice decision-making and control techniques based on this material. Case studies are employed and supplemented with simulation techniques. Emphasis is given to subordinate supervisor interaction, with students participating individually and in teams.
Prerequisites :
ACC-101 or SBM-115 and ENG-121 or Departmental Approval and four courses in the major with the following designations - BUS, ECO, FMR, HCD, MGT, MKT, SBM
- Credit : 3
Short Title : Marketing for the Hospitality Industry
Course Code : HCD-207
Department Description : Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Dietetics
Course Description : Principles and practices of hospitality marketing. Within the lab component of the course, students will demonstrate the ability to research current trends and applications in the hospitality industry and use software to create promotional media and marketing plan focused in the hospitality industry. Students will be eligible to sit for the industry certification exam.
- Credit : 3
- Lecture Hours : 2.0
- Lab Hours : 2.0
- Studio Hours : 0.0
Short Title : GE Humanities Elective
Course Code : HUM-EL2
Department Description : Humanities
- Credit : 3
Choose one course designated in the course descriptions as General Education Humanities (GE HUM).
OR
Short Title : GE Social Science Elective
Course Code : GE SS
Department Description : GE Social Science Elective
- Credit : 3
Choose one course designated in the course descriptions as General Education Social Science (GE SS).
Short Title : Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Course Code : SPE-121
Department Description : Visual, Performing and Media Arts
Course Description : Introduction to the theory and practice of public address; the study of representative public addresses and the preparation and delivery of short speeches.
- Credit : 3
- Lecture Hours : 3
Short Title : Accounting for Small Business
Course Code : SBM-110
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Description :
Focuses on accounting as applied in the small business setting. Emphasizes small business record keeping from basic journalizing to year-end closing and financial statement preparation. Use of computerized general ledger and other software will be employed to accomplish the above mentioned tasks. Also covers managerial issues and demonstrates use of basic analytical tools for problem solving at the small business level.
- Credit : 4
Contact Information
Contact Name: Dr. Mary-Pat Maciolek, department chair
Contact Phone: 732.906.2538
Contact Email: MMaciolek@middlesexcc.edu
Department Web: https://www.middlesexcc.edu/hospitality-culinary-arts-dietetics/
Frequently Asked Questions
Can students who receive the Event Planning Management Certificate transfer to a four-year college or university?
A number of college and universities will apply the courses taken in the Event Planning Management Certificate.
What will students learn if they study Event Planning Management?
This program combines business, merchandising and marketing, communication skills and real life experience to help students gain the leadership and management skills needed to plan special events. With this certificate students will be able to develop their own event vision to create events, encompassing the development of an event budget, manage vendor contracts, be able to understand risk management in events, as well to have the communication skills necessary to present themselves and market their events.
Are there any requirements that must be satisfied before taking courses in the certificate?
Algebra I is a prerequisite for all majors. Students may satisfy this requirement with a grade of “C” or better in high school Algebra I. Algebra I competency may be verified with a passing score on the College’s placement test.
How long will it take to complete this certificate?
Once students complete developmental coursework (if needed), they can complete the certificate in one year. Major courses are only offered in the evening and not every semester.
