Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
This Arts and Culture Event Management course is ideal for students who want to build a career delivering worthwhile experiences to audiences across the full spectrum of the arts, culture and entertainment industry. Students who are creative and have a passion for arts and culture will gain practical, hands-on learning and work experience, balanced with experience of the administrative skills required to run successful events.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
-
Event Management
Arts Event Management
Project Management
Finance
Web Authoring
Administration Practice
Communications
Work Experience
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course leads to a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which this award provides a possible progression route, click below:
| QQI Code |
| 6M5013 |
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
Disclaimer: These links are to web sites outside of CareersPortal and we accept no responsibility for the information on them.
Career Progression
Opportunities abound within the arts and culture events industry ranging from working with events management companies and consultancies to working in-house in museums, galleries, theatre companies, music venues and hospitality organisations. Furthermore, the skills acquired in this course can easily be applied in other fields such as the sporting and corporate sectors.
Typical employment options include Events and Venue Management, Music Management, Theatre Production, Wedding Planning, Media Management, Sponsorship Coordination and Arts Liaison officers.