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HTM-3424: Event Management

Description: Management of special events in the hospitality and tourism industry. Organizational functions necessary for designing a broad range of special events, using formal elements of design to deliver successful events through use of effectively designed floor plans, event flow and logistics, risk management and contingency planning as well as analyzing the factors that influence an events success. Examine ethical issues at play in the context of modern event planning and implementation. Study review processes, evaluation methods and techniques used in events management. Sophomore standing.

Pathways: 6D Critique & Prac in Design, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: HTM-4434

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 26

Average GPA: 3.53 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 46.57%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.92%

Candace Fitch202370.3%22.5%4.4%0.8%1.2%0.8%3.5617
Tarah M Warner202464.9%23.8%6.6%2.1%1.7%0.9%3.458
Fawna Zwart202271.8%22.4%3.3%0.0%0.0%2.2%3.691

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Winter 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Summer I 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W