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BA Events Management

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Institution
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Events Management
Duration
3 years full time. 4 years full time if undertaking foundation year. 4 years full time if undertaking year-long industry placement. 5 years full time if undertaking foundation year and year-long industry placement. Also available part time and can take up to 6 years. Generally we find most students will complete 60 credits per year.
UCAS code
N820
Typical offer
A-level CCC

Entry requirements

UCAS tariff: 112 A level: Minimum three A levels to include Grades CCC. No specific subjects required. Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as a third subject. BTEC/Cambridge Technical: MMM-DMM IB: 2 x H5. No specific subjects required.

About this course

BA (Hons) in International Tourism Management. Core topics include Research Methods, Marketing, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Entrepreneurship. The course is accredited by the Institute of Hospitality, in partnership with The Power of Events. A dissertation, enterprise project, or consultancy project is completed in the final year.

Modules

  • Event Experience and Design
  • Events in Society
  • Professional Practice for Events
  • People Development Within Organisations
  • Marketing for Tourism, Hospitality and Events
  • Revenue, Costing and Budgetary Controls
  • Live Event Management
  • Large-Scale Event Planning
  • Research Design in Practice
  • Compulsory optional modules (pick at least one)
  • Consumer Behaviour for Tourism, Hospitality and Events
  • People Management for Tourism, Hospitality and Events
  • Business Start-Up and Entrepreneurship
  • Summer Work Placement
  • Social Change and (In)Equalities
  • Technologies for Tourism, Hospitality and Events
  • Sustainability and Ethics in Events
  • Innovations in Live Events
  • Strategic Leadership and Change Management
  • Dissertation * / Enterprise Project * / Consultancy Project or Independent Study
  • Marketing Communications in the Digital Age
  • Employee Resourcing and Volunteer Management
  • Leadership and Professional Development with Mentoring
  • Resort and Stadia Management
  • Gastronomic Tourism