Program Overview

BA (Honours) Festival and Entertainment Management (1 year top-up)

Course Summary

This course tops up your existing qualifications to a BA (Honours) degree in Festival and Entertainment Management. You'll gain practical experience working on real events while learning the roles of multi-purpose leisure and sporting venues. Graduates become employable specialists in music and arts festivals, casinos, theme parks, and nightclubs – with strategic experience in design and management.

How You Learn

Our award-winning teachers have valuable experience working in the festival and entertainment management sector. They’re actively involved in impactful research, so you’ll understand the latest trends in the industry and have the opportunity to apply your knowledge to a live consultancy brief.

You’ll also be able to engage with live projects and festivals. You can access volunteering and work experience opportunities through our extensive network of industry professionals and leading festival organisers, such as Festival Republic.

You learn through:

• A combination of lectures, seminars, and workshops
• Opportunities to attend or volunteer at live events and festivals
• Working on a live consultancy project
• External guest speakers
• Independent study
• Group work

Modules

Final Year

Compulsory Modules

• Consultancy And Enterprise Challenge (40 credits)
  • Assessment: Coursework (70%), Practical (30%)
  • Module Aim: To prepare students for a career as a professional in festival, entertainment, hospitality, tourism, and aviation management by providing an opportunity to work on a company-based project or their own venture, focusing on the application of business and management skills within an organisational context.
• Hot Topics In Events, Festivals, And Esports (20 credits)
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
  • Aims: Drawing on the latest trends within the event, festivals, entertainment, and esports industries, current academic research, and the contemporary global and national issues, this module will ensure students graduate with a clear, subject-specific, knowledge and understanding of what is emerging in their chosen industries and are able to draw on that understanding to make sound, innovative, and responsible decisions.
• Maximising Festival And Entertainment Outcomes (40 credits)
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
  • Aims: This module provides an operational focus to the effective management of an organisation’s assets and resources taking into consideration growing external challenges of sustainability and technology.
• Strategic Experience Design (20 credits)
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
  • Aim: This module will enable students to appreciate the strategic importance of shaping and delivering well-designed event experiences from the perspectives of client, attendee, and other relevant stakeholder groups, and to apply their knowledge and understanding of experience design principles to a range of appropriate event scenarios.

Future Careers

The festival and entertainment industry brings a range of economic, social, and cultural benefits to local areas, communities, and individuals. It’s a vibrant ecosystem with plenty of opportunities for graduates with the right skill set.

This course prepares you for a career in:

• Festival or entertainment entrepreneurship
• Festival management
• Festival operations
• Tour management
• Artiste management and liaison
• Venue management (music, arts, and culture)
• Entertainment venue management (cinema, theme parks, etc.)
• Entertainment operations management

Equipment and Facilities

Every year, our students leverage the wealth of independent venues in Sheffield and the surrounding area to work on festival and entertainment experiences. These include:

• Sheffield City Hall
• The Leadmill
• Yellow Arch Studios
• The Hide
• Genting Casino
• Showroom and Workstation

We’ve invested over £100m in new facilities to help you study how and when you want. This means 24-hour libraries and study spaces designed by our students. Our new Sheffield Business School Building provides state-of-the-art teaching facilities and lots of social learning spaces.

You’ll also work with specialist events and festival planning software such as OnePlan.

Where Will I Study?

You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars, and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.

Entry Requirements

• Normally one from:
  • A HND or foundation degree in a relevant subject, with an overall merit profile from year two modules
  • Equivalent qualification in a relevant subject
• If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 or above, with a minimum score of 5.5 in each skill.

Fees and Funding

• Home students: £9,535 for the course
• International students: £17,155 per year

Additional Course Costs

The links below allow you to view estimated general course additional costs, as well as costs associated with key activities on specific courses. These are estimates and are intended only as an indication of potential additional expenses. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.

General course additional costs

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