**Course summary** • Prepare for the degree with an extra foundation year at the start. • Gain real-world skills in practical classes, live projects and work experience. • Study the essential aspects of planning and delivering safe and effective events, from delivering persuasive pitches to delivering the event itself. • Gain a solid base in business. The festival and entertainment industries offer diverse roles for graduates. After one year studying alongside other business foundation students, you’ll learn how to deliver exceptional events, and build important industry contacts. **How you learn** All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive. The course is suitable if you don't meet the entry requirements for our BA (Hons) Festival and Entertainment Management course, or you want extra preparation before starting degree-level study. You share the first year with other Sheffield Business School foundation year students, then move on to the degree. You will develop your skills through a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, and projects. On the full degree, field trips, site visits and work with external organisations enhance your understanding the festival and entertainment industry and its unique challenges. The full course includes two externally accredited and industry recognised qualifications — the BIIAB Level 2 Award for Personal License Holders and the IOSH Managing Events Safely award. Both enhance your employability and are included as part of the course fee. You learn through • delivering your own festivals and entertainment experiences • guest speakers from industry • problem solving exercises using real-world challenges • case studies from industry • individual and group presentations • field trips • site visits • working with external organisations **Applied learning** **Work placements** You will have the opportunity to undertake a year-long work placement in between your second and third years of the full degree. This gives you real-world experience to prepare you for your future career. Through our strong relationships with employers we can help you to secure a valuable placement opportunity and support you while you're there. We have a team of staff and tutors who will support you to find the placement that suits your ambitions. Alternatively, you can complete the Learning in the Workplace semester where you work and study at the same time, with academic lessons carried out remotely during allocated study periods while on placement. **Live projects** During the first and second year of the undergraduate course there will be a live element where you will either deliver your own festival or live entertainment experience. In the final year you will work on consultancy project alongside an external partner. **Field trips** There will be an opportunity to join field trips and site visits during the course that enhance your learning and given a practical application to knowledge gained in the classroom. **Networking opportunities** Through the event management HUB, students on this degree will be able to participate in the various networking events that we host throughout the year to support students in making industry contacts.

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances. You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information. **Year 1** Compulsory modules Contemporary Issues – 20 credits Introduction To Business – 20 credits Organisation Management And Delivery 1 -20 credits Organisation Management And Delivery 2 -20 credits Self And Stakeholder Management -20 credits The Practice Of Business In The Events, Food, Hospitality And Tourism Industries – 20 credits **Year 2** Compulsory modules Academic And Professional Skills – 20 credits Destination Entertainment – 20 credits Festivals And Enterprise – 20 credits Marketing Communications – 20 credits The Eventscape – 20 credits The Festival And Entertainment Industry – 20 credits **Year 3** Compulsory modules Academic Research Skills – 20 credits Applied Event Operations – 20 credits Event Law And Risk Management – 20 credits Festival And Entertainment Marketing - 20 credits Managing Entertainment -20 credits The Live Festival Experience - 20 credits **Year 4** Optional modules Placement Year **Final year** Compulsory modules Arts And Entertainment In Society - 20 credits Festival And Entertainment Consultancy - 40 credits Maximising Festival And Venue Outcomes - 20 credits Research Project - 20 credits Strategic Event Design – 20 credits

Coursework Practical

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26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: B025

Institution code: S21

Campus Name: Main Site

Campus code:

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 at the point of enrolment.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.shu.ac.uk/courses/event-management/ba-honours-festival-and-entertainment-management-with-foundation-year/

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)	6.0	IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills or equivalent.

Student satisfaction : 79%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 70%

Go onto work and study: 90%

EU	14415.0	Year 1
International	14415.0	Year 1

Our tuition fees for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2022/23 are regulated by the UK government and are yet to be confirmed. For an indication, our tuition fee for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2021/22 is £9,250 per year. During your placement year you will pay a reduced fee of £1,200. † If you are studying an undergraduate course, postgraduate pre-registration course or postgraduate research course over more than one academic year then your tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with Government regulations or UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published fees. More information can be found in our terms and conditions under student fees regulations. Our tuition fee for International/EU students starting full-time study in 2022/23 is £14,415 per year. During your placement year you will pay a reduced fee of £1,200.

City Campus
Howard Street
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Sheffield
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