BA (Hons) in Marketing with Event Management at Dublin Business School

Event management professionals are widely seen as important to the development and success of Irish business and the tourism industry. This stream will provide graduates with a blend of knowledge and skills to equip them for employment in positions in marketing and/or event management, or will alternatively enable them to proceed to postgraduate study. The central focus of the programme is on specialist marketing and event management subjects. The programme also features a number of relevant business subjects, which extend the field of study to the broader business environment within which the event management and marketing functions are positioned.

Structure

This programme features a unique range of mandatory marketing and event management subjects. Students on this programme will receive a wide-ranging knowledge of the most essential marketing concepts and practices combined with knowledge of all significant areas of event management. Specialist event sector subjects provide knowledge and critical understanding of current thinking and practice across a range of events related areas.  As the course progresses, students learn to apply the various methods and techniques they have studied. They also learn to develop pragmatic solutions to real problems and how to effectively communicate information, ideas, complex problems and solutions to a range of audiences.

Transfer Students  

Students holding a relevant certificate, ordinary degree or other relevant qualifications may qualify for entry to the second or third year of the degree programme.

Career Opportunities

Graduates from this stream will have strong business knowledge and competence in an event management context and will be highly employable. They can expect to have a wide range of opportunities and should easily find suitable employment in the broad field of event management across a range of both public and private sector organisations such as central government departments, international hotel groups, incentive travel organisations and professional conference organisers.