Undergraduate | TAS-ZAA144-2023
Designing Events
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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed
No prior study
Duration
14 weeks
Start dates
- 10 July 2023
Price from
$2,213
Upfront cost
$0
About this subject
What you'll learn
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Explain the purposes and impacts of events to government, businesses and communities.
- Analyse and use event concepts to communicate experiences for communities.
- Analyse and apply best practice event design approaches to design purpose-relevant event experiences.
- Communicate the rationale and implications for event designs to event stakeholders.
- Reflect on transferable event design skills to communicate plans for professional development as an adaptive practitioner.
- The Event Typology
- Event Roles and Responsibilities
- Events in the Mixed Economy
- Events in the Experience Economy
- Introduction to Design Thinking in Event Design
- Event Legacies
- Designing for Sustainability
- Defining the Event Story
- Telling the Event Story
- The Future of Events
- Transitioning to Event Management
This subject investigates events of varying scale, and identifies their contribution as a potential key driver of growth and economic development of businesses, cities and communities. It analyses the social, cultural and environmental impacts of events on destinations and communities. It also examines the relevance, value and appropriateness of events. Activities will support analysing types of events, venues, themes, target markets, relevance to communities and how events contribute to the mixed economy. You will examine approaches to conceptualising an event of relevance for a specific audience, prepare a simulated event bid, engage in group presentations, and complete an observation of an event to analyse its design components. These activities and tasks will provide you with opportunities to identify key skills and how you may apply this learning in the future to event design.
This subject introduces learning through practice by exposing you to authentic learning experiences. These experiences are placed at the centre of learning and assessment, so you have the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours necessary to respond to industry, community and/or global needs.
You will be introduced to:
- a range of methods, tools, techniques and approaches to practice
- principles and perspectives such as values, ethics, empathy and leadership in real world scenarios
- reflection and deliberative thinking as a means of developing knowledge, skills, attitudes and aspirations
- ways of understanding problems and developing solutions through active inquiry.
- Linking Event Management Skills to Local Events (20%)
- Event Proposal (40%)
- Mixed Economy Case Study (40%)
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Entry requirements
No entry requirements
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - The subject requires compulsory attendance (attending or online) linked to Assessment 'Event Proposal'. Teaching Pattern: Weekly online 2 hour tutorial; 1 x full day online workshop per semester
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