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RECN 344

Event Management

Course overview

You'll develop an understanding of the key principles underpinning effective event management at the community level through to ‘mega’ events.

Course information

Prerequisites and Restrictions You must satisfy the following requirement(s):
  • a minimum of 75 credit point(s) from the course(s) specified below
  • a minimum of 75 credit point(s) from the course(s) specified below
  • any level 200 course
  • any level 300 course

and

  • restriction Recreation Management, MGMT-326

Available semesters Semester 1 2025
Credits 15
Domestic fees $887.00

What you will learn

After successfully completing this course, you’ll be able to:

  1. Describe the evolution and growth of the study of event management.

  2. Describe the role, function and impacts of events at all scales from global mega events to local community festivals.

  3. Explain the processes and stakeholder engagement required for successful event management.

  4. Critically evaluate a case study of event management in a specific context.            

Course examiners

Trudie Walters

Trudie Walters

Senior Lecturer

Critical Event Studies

trudie.walters@lincoln.ac.nz