HOST 107 - Wedding Planning Operations3 Credits
This course examines the history, types of, creation, servicing, and management of wedding programs. Emphasis is placed on becoming fluent in industry terminology including various types of weddings (e.g. religious diversity, wedding location, socio-cultural attributes) and operations via a focus on logistical support, shibboleth, and financial acumen. The course focuses on the unique operational functions of this singular component of the event planning (i.e. the wedding planning sector). Finally, the course accepts that students enrolled in this coursework will need both an entrepreneurial spirit and a business orientation for success in this industry.
Fees
Quarters Typically Offered
Spring Evening, Online
Designed to Serve All students planning to work in and/or with wedding planners, in event planning in general, or any learner seeking to better understand weddings.
Active Date 20200330T21:15:30
Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 28
Contact Hours: Lecture 33
Total Contact Hours 33
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
PLA Eligible Yes
Course Outline
Learners completing this course will:
1) comprehend the role of a wedding planner
2) know the historical context of weddings
3) understand the basic tenets of wedding planning
4) have an ability to analyze successes and failures in wedding planning
5) and speak like a professional wedding planner
Student Learning Outcomes
Learners will describe the role of wedding planners using industry terminology.
Learners will analyze wedding planning operations through case studies and examples including socio-cultural, religious, and other areas of human diversity.
Learners will analyze operational areas of wedding planning in order to identify successes and failures.
Learners will design BEOs (Banquet Event Orders), Invoices, and RFPs (Requests for Proposal).
Learners will explain trends in wedding planning.
Learners will identify how historical antecedents of weddings inform modern wedding practices.
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