Arts and Cultural Events
PostgraduateTAS-HEJ5132025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 June 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Arts and Cultural Events
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Critically analyse and evaluate the role of festivals, open days, street fairs and other events in contemporary civic life.
- Effectively and ethically communicate the impacts of these events across a range of cultural perspectives.
- Design a bid for a fully-costed public event by incorporating media and communication concepts, and others’ perspectives and feedback.
- Critically reflect on your professional practices based on feedback that occurs during all stages of project design.
- What are the creative and cultural industries?
- Cultural and Creative Industries in Australia
- Event Planning
- Funding, Grants and Budgets
- Event Pitching
- What does an event look like?
- Event Proposal Guidelines
- Communicating your event
- Marketing, PR and Social Media
- Virtual Events and Innovative Practice
- Sustainability in Events
- Booking and Ticketing
In Tasmania, our vibrant arts and cultural calendar includes MOFO and Dark MOFO, Ten Days on the Island, and Beaker Street. In this subject, you will learn about the role of festivals, open days, street fairs and other events in contemporary civic life and how they contribute to the culture and economy of towns and cities around the world. From concept to producing a fully-costed proposal, you will develop a detailed understanding of the professional activities required to plan and execute an event, including budgeting, programming and promotion.
- Oral Pitch for an Event (25%)
- Fully Costed Event Proposal (50%)
- Reflexive Essay (25%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-SCM-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Strategic Communication
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Weekly 3-hour class and weekly online content.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma of Strategic Communication
PostgraduateTAS-SCM-GDI