A sequence of two practical application courses offering the opportunity for students who have completed the course prerequisites to participate in a large community festival event or year-long events planning or summer conference planning. Students will be expected to apply knowledge learned in the associated course work to become a valuable contributor to the MAYFAIR team or Conference Services. They will be expected to journal their reflection on their contributions, work, and subcommittee assignments evaluating challenges and successes and submitting journal entries bi-weekly in writing to the advisor. Students will be expected to make application to their advisor for their field experience choice. For field experience with MAYFAIR, Setting event objectives- financial, community, campus values Strategic planning- related events, improvements, competition, expansion Venue set up and layout- campus mapping, geography, access, logistics Contracts-vendors, security, documentation, liability, risk exposure Marketing-social media, invitations, community outreach, donations, messaging Food and beverage- contracts, variety and appeal, serve-safe procedures, health protocols, traffic flow Risk management- safety, health and welfare policies, police, reporting, crowd control, community safety Volunteers- coordination, training, support, follow up Financial analysis- cost/ benefit, ticketing, cash-flow, technology Offered fall and spring and summer. Prerequisites BUA 110, COM 108, MRK 230, MRK 240 or COM 207 Campus housing fees will be waived for the weeks after the academic spring term ends leading up to and including MAYFAIR for students registered for EVT 301. Students engaged in the summer conference services format will have campus housing and tuition waived for the six summer credits of EVT 300-301.
- Subject
- EVT
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026
- Source
- www.cedarcrest.edu