VCU Courses

School of Education

Sport Leadership

SPTL 608 Sport and Entertainment Event Development

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. The first semester of a two-course sequence designed to allow graduate students to acquire the fundamental skills needed to plan events in all areas of the sport and entertainment industry, including planning and event design, understanding financial contracts, facility and security risk management, marketing and promotions, and implementation and control methods. By the completion of the sequence (SPTL 608/SPTL 610), students will have designed, planned and implemented an actual event that will take place at the end of the spring semester.

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