Higher Diploma in Event Management
會展與項目管理高級文憑

Curriculum Structure

You are required to take, in two years, 20 - 21 subjects in total, comprising 5 – 6 General Education Subjects and 15 Discipline-specific Subjects.

General Education Subjects

3 Compulsory Subjects

• Academic English (Business) I OR English for Academic Studies (Business) I
• Academic English (Business) II OR English for Academic Studies (Business) II
• Chinese Communication for College Students (Cantonese Version) C OR Chinese Communication for College Students (Putonghua Version) C OR Elementary Chinese E & C ~

2 - 3 Elective Subjects *# (from the following cluster areas)

• Community, Organisation and Globalisation
• History, Cultures and World Views
• Human Nature, Relations and Development
• Language and Communication
• Science, Technology and Environment

For the full list of more than 15 General Education subjects, please visit: http://www.hkcc-polyu.edu.hk/GEsubjects/8C121

Discipline-specific Subjects

12 Compulsory Subjects

• Convention and Exhibition Operations
• Corporate Event Operations
• Event Sales and Marketing
• Financial Accounting
• Information Technology for Business
• Introduction to Economics
• Introduction to Marketing
• Managing Organisations
• Mathematics and Statistics for College Students
• Special Events Planning
• The Events Industry
• Venue Operations

3 Elective Subjects # (from the following subjects)

• Advertising and Promotion
• Business Law
• Business Marketing
• Business Putonghua C
• Consumer Behaviour
• Cost Accounting
• Food Service Operations
• Fundamentals of Human Resources Management
• Hotel Operations
• Introduction to International Business
• Introduction to Tourism
• Marketing in China
• Negotiation Skills
• Service Management in Hospitality and Tourism Industry
• Workplace Practicum E & C

~Students who are non-Chinese speakers, or whose Chinese standards are at junior secondary level or below are required to take this subject.

*Students with Level 3 or above in any one HKDSE subject (other than English) only need to take two General Education elective subjects.

#Offering of individual elective subjects is subject to resources and quota availability.

Medium of Instruction: Most subjects are taught in English, although due to their nature and objectives, some subjects are taught in Chinese. Language subjects are taught in the language in question.

E & C English and Chinese
C        Chinese