Event planners have a new resource for learning how to manage special events with Kellogg Community College’s new HOSP 102: Special Event Management course starting Jan. 20 on campus in Battle Creek.
The three-credit Hospitality Management Program course runs from noon to 1:20 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through May 7, and is designed to guide students through the various stages of event planning: assessment, anticipation and arrival, atmosphere, activity, appetite and amenities, and administration.
According to the course description in KCC’s Academic Catalog, Special Event Management students will learn many tools for success throughout the course to be ready to plan any special event.
According to the course learning outcomes, students will learn to:
- Define the breadth of event types and opportunities for professional event coordination.
- Develop a strategy for creating and coordinating a comprehensive event experience.
- Secure, implement and monitor technical programming and services to support the communication goals and objectives of an event.
- Recognize the interdependence of event elements in order to forecast potential gaps and discrepancies in an event plan.
- Determine the purpose, prioritized goals and objectives, and expected outcomes of an event.
HOSP 102: Special Event Management is one of three new Hospitality courses offered at KCC as part of the College’s new 16-credit Hospitality Management Certificate Program, which also includes HOSP 101: Hospitality Management and HOSP 103: Customer Service Excellence. Two additional required courses rounding out the five-course certificate are ACCO 101: General Accounting and BUAD 101: Introduction to Business.
Learn more about KCC’s Hospitality Management Program at kellogg.edu/hospitality.
Registration for HOSP 102: Special Event Management and other winter/spring courses is open now, with the first classes of the semester starting Jan. 20. Learn more at kellogg.edu/registration.
