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BA(Hons) Business and Events Management
BA(Hons) Business and Events Management

BA(Hons) Business and Events Management

  • ID:UWE440360
  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

English requirements

  • IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).
 

Course Information

Why study business and events management

  • The event industry has seen significant growth and is now worth £42.3 billion in the UK alone. It offers diverse and exciting career opportunities around the world.
  • Events play an important role in economic development and social well-being, and can help achieve other business objectives like community cohesion.

Why UWE Bristol

  • BA(Hons) Business and Events Management brings together UWE Bristol's recognised expertise in event studies and business management. It's ideal whether you want to specialise in the business of events, or events in business.
  • Study the main disciplines and operational areas of business alongside specialist modules on event management functions, processes and values. Plan events from inception through to closure and evaluation. Explore areas of the industry including concerts and festivals, conferences and meetings, sporting events, weddings and celebrations.
  • Bristol is a natural place to study events, with a thriving visitor economy and many businesses involved in event and festival management. Engaging with the local area is an integral part of the learning, teaching and assessment programme.
  • Event organisations, suppliers and venues provide guest talks, placements, voluntary work and internships. An optional placement year allows you to build contacts and experience, and you'll get a taste of running your own event in a collaborative project in your final year.

Where can it take me

  • Career options are diverse and include event project manager, contracts manager, event marketing manager and event experience officer. Some graduates use their business and management skills to start their own events businesses.
  • The solid grounding in business and management ensures you have a broad range of career paths to choose from, and a skillset relevant to many other careers.

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Content

The optional modules listed are those that are most likely to be available, but they may be subject to change.

Year one

You will study:

  • Introduction to Management
  • Economics for Events and Marketing
  • Understanding Business and Financial Information (Marketing, Events and Tourism)
  • Understanding the Principles of Marketing (Marketing, Events and Tourism)
  • Business Decision Making for Marketing and Events
  • Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
  • Events in Society
  • Understanding Organisations and People (Marketing, Events and Tourism).

Year two

You will study:

  • Managing People
  • Research Methods for Events and Marketing
  • Planning and Managing Events
  • Introductory Research Project (Marketing and Events)
  • The Business of Events
  • Practical Digital Skills or Management Skills (Marketing and Events)
  • Introduction to Project Management or Financial Aspects for Marketing, Events and Tourism.

Plus, one optional module from:

  • Good Business, Bad Business and Sustainability
  • Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business.

Placement year (if applicable)

If you study on the five year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work or study placement after Year two.

Depending on which you choose, you'll either complete a placement learning or learning and development module.

See the Placements and Fees sections for more information.

Final year

You will study:

  • Specialised Events Practice
  • Contemporary Issues in Events
  • Strategic Management (Marketing, Events and Tourism)
  • Staging and Evaluating Events
  • Critical Business Enquiry Project or Enterprise Project or Applied Business Project or Business Project .

Plus, one module from:

  • Work-Integrated Learning Project
  • Cross Cultural Learning and Development
  • Placement Learning
  • Learing and Development on Study Year Abroad.

Plus, one optional module from:

  • Marketing Services
  • Organisational Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Entrepreneurship: Ideas and Issues
  • Corporate Events
  • Managing Tourism Experiences
  • Digital Marketing Strategy.
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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

You'll graduate with an understanding of businesses and organisations in the event industry, their management and the dynamic environment they operate in. And you'll have all the attributes and skills you need for graduate careers in events.

Your foundation in business and management and specialism in events means a variety of career options spanning the private, public and voluntary sectors will be available to you

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Overseas Student Health Cover

Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year

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