Bachelor of Arts/Science (Hons) - Events & Festivals Management
- 3 years
- Duration
- 17,500 GBP/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Epsom / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
BA/BSc (Hons) Events & Festivals Management will provide you with the knowledge and abilities to manage exciting events of any size, scope, or budget.
Thousands of events must be organized, whether they are local charity fundraisers, music festivals, corporate conferences, conventions, or sporting events. This is a vibrant, dynamic business with a global scope that necessitates adaptability and rapid thinking.
This course, taught at UCA Epsom's Business School for the Creative Industries, will walk you through the process of creating an event, from the initial concept to the organization and curation of the participant's experience, and finally to the final staging.
You will learn about ahead planning, venue selection, programming, equipment, experience design, and the critical role that food and drink play. You'll also learn how to create budgets, analyze data, follow health and safety standards, and assess environmental risks.
Before beginning your first year of study for a degree, you can also enroll in an international foundation year that focuses on English and essential creative abilities. You can also spend a year on a professional placement to obtain invaluable work experience before moving on to your final year of study.
Program structure
Year 1
- Business Bootcamp 1: Design Thinking & Orientation
- Promotional Experiences
- Foundations of Marketing and Communications
- Principles of Live Events
- Business Seminar 1 – Understanding Consumers
- Business Bootcamp 2: Research and Development
- Live Music Industry
- Crowd Behaviour and Safety
- Events and the Experience Economy
- Business Seminar 2 – Business Analytics
Year 2
- Business Bootcamp 3: Storytelling and Narrative
- Financial Management
- Festivals & Cultures (elective unit)
- Influence & Influencers (elective unit)
- Digital Marketing Analytics (elective unit)
- Public Relations (elective unit)
- Gamification & Marketing (elective unit)
- Wearable Technology (elective unit)
- Business Seminar 3: Professional Practice
- Business Bootcamp 4: Exploring Innovation
- Events Design 1
- Identity & Marketing (elective unit)
- Supply Chain Analysis & Management (elective unit)
- Behavioural Studies and Consumption (elective unit)
- Professional Placement (for students not on Professional Practice Year pathway)
- Creative Innovation (for students on the Professional Practice Year pathway)
- Industry Lecture Series (for students on the Professional Practice Year pathway)
Year 3
- Business Bootcamp 5: Research & Methodologies
- Events Design 2
- Arts and Festivals: Global Industry & Futures
- Creative Business Start-up (elective unit BA course)
- Data Mining for Marketers (elective unit BA/BSc course)
- Audience Evaluation (elective unit BA/BSc course)
- Business Seminar 4: Strategy & Decision Making
- Business Bootcamp 6: Developing Enterprise
- Degree Project
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 17,500 GBP for international students
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have:
- High school leaving certificate or equivalent.
- A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university with CGPA 3.8.
English Language requirements for BA/BSc courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.0
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 80
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 169
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Merit, Reading Merit, Speaking Merit, Writing Merit, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 33, Reading 33, Speaking 33, Writing 33, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
For these course, you must perform an individual piece as an audition. This piece can be up to two minutes long and can be one of the following: a brief modern text (play or screenplay); a short piece of Shakespeare; or an original work you have composed.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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