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Event Planning Management CCC

Event Planning Management (6716)

Type of Award

CCC - College Credit Certificate (CIP 0252090905)

Program Website

www.pbsc.edu/CareerPathways/Industry

Program Description

This certificate program is designed for students seeking an event management career in the hospitality industry, as well as other allied fields. Course content includes event, convention and conference management, contract law, event menu banquet planning, catering, and hospitality management. Graduates of this CCC program may put their earned credits toward Palm Beach State's A.S. degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Admission Requirements

  • Have a standard high school diploma or GED,
  • Complete an Application for Admission, located at www.pbsc.edu/Admissions.
  • For additional information regarding admission requirements refer to the Admissions section of this catalog.

Completion Requirements

Students must successfully complete all courses listed in the catalog for this program.

For more details about graduation requirements please refer to the Graduation section of this catalog.

Program Length

Approximate program length is one year.

Location

The program is offered at the Lake Worth campus.

For More Information

Professor Laird Livingston, Program Chair, livingsl@palmbeachstate.edu, (561) 868-3353

Employment Opportunities

Employment opportunities include event, convention and conference management, event menu banquet planning, catering, group event sales, and hospitality management.

Career Path Notes

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Hospitality and Tourism career cluster. The program provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Hospitality and Tourism career cluster.

The content includes but is not limited to sanitation and safety, maintenance and operation of equipment, recognition and identification of foods, proper storage of foods, methods of preparation, usage of foods, methods of cooking, garde manger, performing different types of food services, nutrition, baking, communication skills, math skills, computer applications, supervision management, professionalism, culinary organization, food and beverage purchasing, dining room management and beverage management.

The course content should also include training in communications, leadership, human relations, employability skills and safe, efficient work practices. This program focuses on broad transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the culinary industry: planning, management. finance. technical and product skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues and sanitation and safety issues.

Career Center

www.pbsc.edu/CareerCenter

For more information about employment opportunities including job outlook and salary information visit: Occupational Outlook Handbook: www.bls.gov/ooh

O-Net Online: www.onetonline.org

Required courses:

Required Courses (Credits: 24)

HFT2750CEvent and Meeting Management (AS)

3 Credits

HFT1000Introduction to the Hospitality Business (AS)

3 Credits

HFT2220Personnel Management Practices (AS)

3 Credits

HFT1313Hospitality Property Management (AS)

3 Credits

HFT2600Hospitality Industry Law (AS)

3 Credits

HFT2510Sales Promotion and Advertising In Hotels and Food Service (AS)

3 Credits

HFT2434Club Management (AS)

3 Credits

HFT2949LHospitality Internship (AS)

3 Credits

Total Credit Hours: 24

Course Sequence

Term One - Fall (Year One) (Credits: 9)

HFT1000Introduction to the Hospitality Business (AS)

3 Credits

HFT2600Hospitality Industry Law (AS)

3 Credits

HFT1313Hospitality Property Management (AS)

3 Credits

Term Two - Spring (Year One) (Credits: 6)

HFT2220Personnel Management Practices (AS)

3 Credits

HFT2510Sales Promotion and Advertising In Hotels and Food Service (AS)

3 Credits

Term Three - Fall (Year Two) (Credits: 9)

HFT2750CEvent and Meeting Management (AS)

3 Credits

HFT2949LHospitality Internship (AS)

3 Credits

HFT2434Club Management (AS)

3 Credits

Total Credit Hours: 24