Creative Events Management BA(Hons) Degree

Course outline

Stage 1

• Cultural Management
• Understanding Cultural Organisations 
• Introduction to Resource Planning
• Marketing 
• Professional & Practical Engagement

Stage 2

• Critical & Cultural Appreciation
• Resource Planning 
• Professional Studies 
• Collaborative Planning Project

Stage 3

• Cultural Contexts
• Professional Studies 
• Live Cultural Event Project

Tell me more about the BA(Hons) Creative Events Management course

This course is well situated at Falmouth as it brings together business acumen, entrepreneurship, innovation and partnership firmly grounded within the creative mindset for which the University College is renowned. Working alongside other courses, you'll design and deliver events across both our campuses and beyond.

The curriculum will develop a holistic view of all the components needed to create and sustain organisations within the creative industries by developing project management skills along with an understanding of the workings of the arts and cultural sectors. Particular emphasis will be placed on managing complexity, uncertainty and diversity.

Students accepted onto the course will bring ambition tempered with sense, awareness, skill and the ability to listen to and work in partnership with others. The course will provide you with the opportunity for experiential learning and engagement within a community of practice by ensuring links with locally and nationally recognised creative and media industries.

By choosing to study for a degree in Creative Arts Management at Falmouth you will:

• Benefit from being taught by a friendly and approachable staff who are experts in their respective fields.
• Develop a diverse range of skills via a combination of visual, verbal and written assignments.
• Work on a series of live briefs including a live cultural event project in your final year.
• Benefit from visiting speakers, including industry experts, whose contributions will help you develop well-informed professional practices.
• Have the opportunity to work collaboratively with other courses as you design and deliver events across campus and beyond.
• Be based at the stunning Tremough Campus, which boasts industry standard facilities.

How is the course taught?

During the course, project work will supported by lectures, seminars, workshops, professional experience and tutorials. There'll be a series of live briefs, informed by the contribution of visiting speakers, ensuring you develop well informed professional practices.

Operating on a basis of continuous assessment with no formal examinations, you'll be measured using a combination of visual, verbal and written assignments, including a live cultural event project in your final year. You'll develop peer and self-evaluation skills, which will be used in critical, conceptual, productive and professional capacities.

Assessment

• Coursework and portfolio
• Dissertation or final year project 

Facilities

Our learning Resource Centres and IT facilities boast:

• 140,000 books
• 7,000 DVD/ video titles
• Radio archives, slides, pictures, maps and archive collections 
• Over 400 journal titles

Professorial lecture series

Falmouth's Professorial lecture series aims to produce an engaging and challenging public programme that stimulates the intellectual curiosity of our staff, students and alumni, our research collaborators, our industry partners, our local communities and other supporters.

Answers and advice about the course

For further information about BA(Hons) Creative Events Management at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 255764.

Our student mentors are now on Facebook. To chat to a mentor about the course, living in Cornwall, or what to expect at Falmouth, check out the Creative Events Management group. You need to join the group before you can post. Our student mentors have already done the first year of the course... so ask them anything you like!

Creative Events Management BA(Hons) Facebook group

If you're not Facebook you can still speak to a student mentor. Email your name and the course you're starting to: studentmentorenquiries@falmouth.ac.uk and we will be in touch with you.

Career opportunities

We expect graduates of BA(Hons) Creative Events Management to find employment within the creative industries, universities, charities, PR and marketing, or any type of employment requiring effective communication, presentation and project management skills.

Entry requirements

A minimum of 220 UCAS points, equivalent Level 3 qualifications or relevant experience. Applicants may be invited to attend an interview and will be expected to show an interest/engagement in the creative arts sector and an appreciation of the range of literacy and numeracy skills required for Creative Events Management.

Please see our How to Apply page for more information.

For further information about BA(Hons) Creative Events Management at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 255764.

Interview and selection process

Typically interviews include a group tour of facilities and course talk. If you have organised or been involved in running an event you can bring along any promotional material or newspaper clippings to support your application.

Location: Tremough Campus

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