Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
Event and Meeting Management will prepare you for employment in entry-level positions in event management, meeting planning, convention sales, and hotel and resort companies. You’ll learn what is required to plan and manage events from concept to completion including contracts, venue, presentations, menu, marketing, and industry business practices. Effective communication skills, strong human relations abilities, and problem-solving skills will contribute to your success in the program and on the job.
Award Outcomes
Solve business problems using critical thinking and decision making techniques.
Apply marketing concepts and strategies.
Demonstrate the steps of the sales process.
Recognize different types of supplier contracts and legal issues for events.
Demonstrate the ability to plan a variety of menus.
Demonstrate the ability to set up and run the needs of an event speaker.
Produce a detailed event using audio/visual and lighting elements.
Integrate the use of industry standard technology and design.
Career Opportunities
Event planning is a growing profession. Many associations and corporations hire people whose main job responsibilities are to arrange, plan and conduct events and meetings in a wide range of venues and locations. There is a high demand for skilled, educated, customer service-oriented employees to enter the events industry.
Semester Sequence
Offered at Brooklyn Park and Eden Prairie
Second Semester
| BUSN1100 | Supervision | 3 |
| or | |
| BUSN2055 | Principles of Management | 4 |
| BUSN2005 | Marketing Concepts and Strategies | 4 |
| BUSN2040 | Introduction to Event Planning | 3 |
| PHIL2100 | Critical Thinking | 3 |
| Choose 3 credits from MnTC Goal Area 3, 4, or 5 | 3 |
MnTC Goal Area 3, 4, or 5
Hennepin Technical College’s 2000-level general education courses meet the guidelines of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC).
A complete list of MnTC courses and Goal Areas that can be used to meet General Education requirements can be found at www.hennepintech.edu. The same course cannot satisfy more than one MnTC Goal Area requirement.
Choose a Total of: 3 Credits
Graduation (60 Credits)
This semester sequence is a tool meant for students to discuss their schedule each semester with their faculty advisor. Some course may be offered once per year and only at one campus.
Semester listings reflect the recommended sequence. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the information herein is subject to change without notice.
6/24/2019 : BP 2518 / EP 2519