Unit of Study HOSP2001 Event Planning (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Unit description

Develops the knowledge and skills required to plan successful events. Students will follow a project-based learning approach, using best practice event planning criteria.

Unit content

Module1: Events in a modern world

Module 2: The 5Ws and stakeholder theory

Module 3: Creating, managing and running events

Module 4: Inside the planning process

Module 5: Where is my audience?

Module 6: How did we do? Assessing success through evaluation

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term1	Term1
Online	Term1	Term1

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

describe the unique qualities of events and their audiences

examine the range of organisations and stakeholders involved in event planning

appraise the planning and evaluation strategies of successful events.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	10%
Project	30%
Proposal	60%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	10%
Project	30%
Proposal	60%

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Fee information

Domestic

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