TOU2010 Event Management (FOBUS)

Semester 2 (ONC)Springfld (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Tourism) Band 3A

Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to USQConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at <http://www.usq.edu.au/business/student/computerreq.htm>.

Synopsis

The course looks at the history of events and how it all started. The importance of conceptualizing, planning and staging the event are examined together with the operations and logistics required for it to be a financial and community success. Other topics studied are sponsorship and fundraising, ethics and protocol and finally virtual events. This gives you the highlights of what will be covered in this very interesting course which will enable you to meet the practical challenges of this exciting industry.