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.
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Program/Degree:
Event Planning Management Certificate - EPM.CER (Certificate)
ENG-121 - English Composition I - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : ENG-121
Department Description : English
Course Title : English Composition I
Short Title : English Composition I
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.
General Education Categories : GE COM 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 or ESL-098.
Co-requisites : RDG-011 may be taken as a co-requisite if not previously completed with a grade of "C" or better.
Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 3
ENG-122 - English Composition II - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : ENG-122
Department Description : English
Course Title : English Composition II
Short Title : English Composition II
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.
General Education Categories : GE COM Prerequisites : A grade of “C” or better in ENG 121
Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 3
BUS-101 - Introduction to Business - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : BUS-101
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Title : Introduction to Business
Short Title : Introduction to Business
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.
Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 3
OR
SBM-120 - Small Business Management - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : SBM-120
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Title : Small Business Management
Short Title : Small Business Management
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.
Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 3
OR
HCD-101 - Introduction to the Hospitality Industry - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : HCD-101
Department Description : Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Dietetics
Course Title : Introduction to the Hospitality Industry
Short Title : Introduction to the Hospitality Industry
Description : An introduction to the lodging and foodservice industry; its history and development, current trends, and opportunities for employment.
Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 3.0
Studio Hours : 0.0
BUS-210 - Introduction to Event Planning - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : BUS-210
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Title : Introduction to Event Planning
Short Title : Introduction to Event Planning
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 : BUS 101 or SBM 120 or HCD 101
Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 3
BUS-213 - Law for Event Planning Management - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : BUS-213
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Title : Law for Event Planning Management
Short Title : Law for Event Planning Management
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.
Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 3
OR
HCD-209 - Law for Hospitality Operations - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : HCD-209
Department Description : Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Dietetics
Course Title : Law for Hospitality Operations
Short Title : Law for Hospitality Operations
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.
Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 3.0
Studio Hours : 0.0
BUS-239 - Field Experience in Event Planning Management - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : BUS-239
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Title : Field Experience in Event Planning Management
Short Title : Field Experience in Event Planning Management
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.
Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 1
Lab Hours : 12
MGT-216 - Seminar in Management Experiences - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : MGT-216
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Title : Seminar in Management Experiences
Short Title : Seminar in Management Experiences
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-101 and ENG-121 or Departmental Approval and four courses in the major with the following designations - BUS, ECO, FMR, HCD, MGT, MKT, SBM
Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 3
HCD-207 - Marketing for the Hospitality Industry - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : HCD-207
Department Description : Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Dietetics
Course Title : Marketing for the Hospitality Industry
Short Title : Marketing for the Hospitality Industry
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.
Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 2.0
Lab Hours : 2.0
Studio Hours : 0.0
___ ___ - GE Humanities Elective - Credits 3
Choose one course designated in the course descriptions as General Education Humanities (GE HUM).
OR
___ ___ - GE Social Science Elective - Credits 3
Choose one course designated in the course descriptions as General Education Social Science (GE SS).
SPE-121 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking - Credits 3Subject/Course Number : SPE-121
Department Description : Visual, Performing and Media Arts
Course Title : Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Short Title : Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Description : Introduction to the theory and practice of public address; the study of representative public addresses and the preparation and delivery of short speeches.
General Education Categories : GE COM Credits : 3
Lecture Hours : 3
SBM-110 - Accounting for Small Business - Credits 4Subject/Course Number : SBM-110
Department Description : Business and Computer Science
Course Title : Accounting for Small Business
Short Title : Accounting for Small Business
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.
Credits : 4
Lecture Hours : 4
