Event and Wedding Management

This course focuses on event and wedding planning and management. Emphasis is on various facets of event and wedding planning, including: history and foundation of weddings, politics of weddings, Biblical background for wedding traditions, cultural impact of wedding planning and wedding and event customs. Along with this cultural and historical perspective, the practice of wedding and event planning will challenge students to learn wedding timelines, budgets, ceremonies, site layouts, and how to manage the various entities associated with weddings and events, including entertainers, speakers, and vendors. Students will be challenged to create a wedding or event plan, including timeline with action steps.