KLS 3402 Sustainable Event Management

KLS 3402 Sustainable Event Management

Course code: 
KLS 3402
Department: 
Communication and Culture
Credits: 
7.5
Course coordinator: 
Terje Gaustad
Linn-Birgit Kampen Kristensen
Course name in Norwegian: 
Bærekraftig eventledelse
Product category: 
Bachelor
Portfolio: 
Bachelor of Creative Industries Management - Programme Courses
Semester: 
2022 Spring
Active status: 
Active
Level of study: 
Bachelor
Teaching language: 
Norwegian
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

This is a practically oriented course where students can train to manage an event that is as sustainable as possible. Festivals and events are important arenas for creative industry. In this course students take part in planning and carrying out an event. During the course, students will plan, carry out and evaluate an event. Students will be recruited into groups with specific responsibility for different parts of the event. 

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

During the course, students will acquire knowledge about the journey from an event idea to planning, carrying out and evaluating the event. Students will acquire knowledge about the organizational, economic and marketing aspects of event management. 

Learning outcomes - Skills

During the course, students will develop skills in planning and carrying out an event. They will also choose a specialization where they acquire special skills in working in groups.

General Competence

During the course, students will develop understanding for the meaning of the sustainability of events. They will develop their capacity to understand their role in larger and smaller groups. In addition, they will develop a reflective relationship to different aspects of collaboration, both internally in groups of students and in their contact with businesses.

Course content
  • Event planning – profile, programing and use of arenas
  • Teamwork for carrying out a project  
  • Sustainable events
  • EHS and security during arrangements  
  • Uncertainty and risk management
  • Communication and marketing of events
  • Practical financial management, budgeting and budget application
  • Evaluation of events  
Teaching and learning activities

The case is carried out with the help of lectures, guest lectures and groupwork. This is a practically oriented course where students plan, carry out and evaluate an event. Students work in groups with specific responsibility for different parts of the event.  

Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Qualifications

Higher Education Entrance Qualification

Covid-19

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there may be deviations in teaching and learning activities as well as exams, compared with what is described in this course description.

Teaching

Information about what is taught on campus and other digital forms will be presented with the lecture plan before the start of the course each semester.

Required prerequisite knowledge

No specific prerequisites is required.

Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Written submission
Weight: 
60
Grouping: 
Individual
Duration: 
1 Semester(s)
Comment: 
All exam elements must be passed to achieve a final grade in the course.
Exam code: 
KLS 34021
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination when next scheduled course
Exam category: 
Activity
Form of assessment: 
Class participation
Weight: 
40
Grouping: 
Individual
Duration: 
1 Semester(s)
Comment: 
All exam elements must be passed to achieve a final grade in the course.
Exam code: 
KLS 34022
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination when next scheduled course
Type of Assessment: 
Ordinary examination
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
30 Hour(s)
Group work / Assignments
80 Hour(s)
Prepare for teaching
50 Hour(s)
Submission(s)
40 Hour(s)
Sum workload: 
200

A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.